About Jeff Edwards
Childhood
Jeff Edwards was born in Chiswick, West London in July 1965. From an early age, he had a fascination with music and quickly got together a record collection. His tastes were wide ranging then, and that still rings true today.
Initially, Jeff wrote poetry - a lot of poetry. He also tried his hand at a bit of art. His ambitions gathered pace after he wrote a mini book of poetry, and he turned his creative interests towards music. This was all before he reached 10!
Career
After leaving school he moved from job to job, finally settling into an IT Career. Computer engineering was to be his working life. This he pursued for 5 years. After a break of nearly 3 years he re-launched his career in the direction of computer programming. During the course of his rise through that part of his career, he became an expert in computer telephony and a number of programming languages. Jeff is now an active director in a small computer company. His efforts are mainly focused on web development and programming.
During his career he has written many songs, and only decided to pick up a musical instrument in 2004. A lot of his early material is mainly lyrical, and you may notice that his lyrical talents are a little bit special. It must have been all that poetry as a child. His favourite toys are a couple of Fender guitars. Jeff has composed over 50 songs in the last year alone. You’ll find a selection of his compositions in the audio catalogue. If you wonder where all the other music comes from then remember what he does for a living. Yes, you got it - computers. Composers at home have never had it so good!
The Present
Jeff’s passion for music is still as strong as it was when he was a child. Most of his songs are from inspiration and observation. Words written on any available surface. From brown paper bags to actual writing paper. What a luxury. The elements of the music float around in his head again and again as he draws each instrument and sound from the mix - putting it all back together in reality.
Has he had any exposure?
He accidentally won a competition to appear on a TV show several years ago. Other than that, he has had one of his tracks released on a ‘Best of New Talent’ compilation CD that is currently on sale. He wasn’t too happy with the track himself but the reviews were extremely positive. His track even got a special mention in the booklet! 2006, as we all know, was World Cup year. After listening to all the junky World Cup songs on the radio, he was quoted as saying “I could write something better than that”. He was issued the challenge and put together a track in just one day. Shortly after, the song was played on UK local radio station Spirit FM (which serves the counties of Hampshire and West Sussex) and was branded “brilliant” by the enthusiastic presenter. They voted it the second best world cup song they had heard. Praise indeed, for an afternoons work!
What’s he doing now?
Probably working on the web, or writing another song. Maybe he’s negotiating a share deal with one of his songs. He could be chatting with one of his musical friends, or perhaps he’s relaxing at the pub. Thank heavens for e-mail.
The Future
More song writing. An attempt to play a major part in a successful web company and… more song writing!
Singing?
Well, he doesn’t have a bad voice but it seems his ambitions are more in the song writing area. He might take part in a band in the future if there was an offer that was too good to refuse. Who knows? The quality of his writing talent is plain to see. If you don’t get to hear him singing, you’re likely to hear his words embedded on the albums of various commercial artists.
