Meet our Team!

We have a team of friendly tutors who will help you along your creative musical journey. Not only will they spend time working on your skills individually, they will also help to put new people into bands, help with songwriting or arranging music and preparing for performances. At Totally Sound there is always something to do, so if you’re ever stuck for ideas, come find one of our friendly faces.

Adam
Guitar Tutor

Adam is a guitar teacher at Totally Sound, and has been working with the project since joining in February 2013. He is a professional guitar tutor with over ten years' experience (including classical, electric and acoustic styles), and has performed with various groups and ensembles around Edinburgh. He is able to lend a hand with bass guitar and piano lessons for the project, and - from time to time - has even been known to hold a beat on the drums! He is also involved in organising and arranging material for the students to perform live for the various concerts the project offers througout the year.

"Since getting involved in the project, I have learned so much about different styles of music education and tuition, and the flexibility required for such a vibrant youth project.

Garry
Keyboard Tutor

Garry has a range of experience in different styles including rock, jazz, folk and classical and he plays lots of instruments including the Guitar, Bass, Piano, Mandolin, Ukulele, Drums and singing as well as the Bagpipes and Whistles. He graduated from Edinburgh University with a BMus (Hons) Music Technology after having completed a HNC Music Performance at Stevenson College.

One of his passions is musical theory and he enjoys teaching pupils why they are learning, moulding them into great all-round musicians.

He plays professionally in a swing band for weddings and corporate functions all over Scotland as well as local venues.

Garry is also an experienced Sound Recordist and Live Sound and Lighting Technician.

Gav
DJ Tutor

Gavin Fort is an award winning sound recordist, producer and DJ and has been working professionally with musicians, artists and actors both in the recording studio and on location since 2004. After graduating with a 1st class honours degree in Popular Music from Edinburgh Napier University, Gavin worked in a professional recording studio from 2004 until its closure in 2015.  During that time he completed an MSc in Sound Design from The University of Edinburgh. As a DJ and electronic musician he plays regularly around Scotland and has performed at T in the Park, Soundwaves in Croatia, Kelburn Garden Party, and has warmed up for acts such as Leftfield, The Herbaliser and Robert Hood. He is a founding member of the Edinburgh Youth Music Forum and a member of the CLD Standards Council.

Erin
Vocal Tutor

Erin previously attended Totally Sound as a young person. Its relaxed atmosphere and supportive ethos gave her great guidance and opened up many opportunities for her career path in to music. She was asked to return as vocal tutor for Totally Sound in 2009. 

She studied BA(Hons) in Popular Music at Edinburgh Napier University. Since then, she has worked with many community projects across the central belt of Scotland . She moved to Glasgow in 2011 where she teaches privately and for Glasgow Music Studios.

She has written and released two independent EPs, and continues to perform live across the UK. Her experience working as an independent musician has helped her to hone those all important skills which she is always happy to pass on to the musicians that come through Totally Sound.

Mikey
Drum Tutor

Mikey studied modern musicianship and then scoring for film and video. This led to him spending several years playing with touring bands such as Rude, Stellar, Def Heights and Cantara and then went on to work in the pit as a percussionist and multi instrumentalist in various touring theatre shows. Most notably, 'The Threepenny Opera', 'The Taming of the Shrew' and 'Marat/Sade'.

His career naturally guided him towards teaching and he can now be seen as the drum tutor for Totally sound, passing his skills on to the next generation of musicians, drummers and percussionists.

He is also skilled with Music Technology and his newest ventures incorporate running a recording studio, as well as continuing to play music in several bands and with several outfits.

Will
Bass Tutor

William is a full time musician and music tutor, working for both the council and in the private sector. He is an accomplished bass player but he also specialises in other instruments such as the drums, percussion double bass, electric and acoustic guitar and vocals.

He is currently working with local musicians in a variety of projects from recording to performing in venues around Edinburgh and Glasgow and the wider UK.

He is a versatile musician, who is familiar with a variety of styles including  Blues, Rock 'n' Roll, Jazz/ Funk/Soul, Pop and traditional Folk music and has toured in the UK and abroad.

He is best known for his virtuosic playing on bass and drums and is currently involved in the creative side of music making and production.

Scott
Project Manager
Liz
Project Coordinater
Maria
Volunteer
Alan
Volunteer

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