BIOGRAPHY

Hey everyone.
I was looking at my biography page and realised I hadn't updated it in over a year.

A lot has happened in the last 12 months, my 2 songs on "Mad About The Boy 14" were received really well, which lead to 3 more of my songs being included on "Mad About The Boy 15" released in April 2007. Those tracks did even better, and thanks to all of that my very first album "Follow Me" will be released on Klone in the UK in October. On a personal level I lost my father to cancer on February 19th 2007. While I want to keep my family life private I will say it's still hard, but it's something that gets easier over time. Dad would only want me to stay focussed and keep stepping forward. So that's what I'm doing, with the help of very supportive family and friends.

It seems almost an ice age ago that I had my singles out in Australia. I was 21 years old, thrown into a world of making videos, churning out singles, doing pop mag/radio interviews, not to mention having every move and every decision made for you. It was a great time and I learned a lot, but it certainly had it's share of difficult times.

After my first 3 singles, reality started to sink in. I learned to take responsibilty for decisions I made, and not to make those decisions without thinking. I basically realised I was in a contract I didn't want to be in. However I was not allowed to leave, which at the time infuriated me. But I know now, it was ME who signed the contract and who agreed to it. Why should I be allowed to leave?

In short this dispute was why I didn't follow "Into The Night" with a single right after it. There was a buzz starting about me after that record. I should have done the smart thing and just continued to honour my contract. Then we would have probably had a sizeable hit record and maybe an album. Instead I was pig headed and wouldn't budge. Neither would the company I was signed with, so everything froze, and then went downhill. By the time I started to release music again it was too late.

This is what made me lose interest in the music industry at that time.

But now, things are different. Since then, I've gotten back into it slowly. I started recording in 2001, and I haven't stopped. After a couple of false starts with some producers and labels I finally teamed with Klone. They've been host to so many Hi NRG idols like Angie Gold, Kelly Marie, Paul Parker, Astaire, Quantize, and now I am part of that little group.

After Klone licensed the first two tracks (songs which I recorded for a label in Germany I was briefly with) I started making an album. I had attempted this "album making process" for so many years. But this time I had a feeling it would be THE album. The hard part at the start was deciding who to work with, would I use my early singles, would Klone like it?

In the end I decided not to include the early singles, but I made one exception when we found the original vocals of "I Wanna Dance". I had to pay tribute to my past, and to let go of the bad memories and any regret of that period. I certainly faced my demons when I got the new mix back from Denmark. As a nod to my past I also asked David Wilks, who produced "I Wanna Dance" to work with me again. It was also to regain the control I lost back in 1994 when we stopped working together. I was very happy where I was and liked Dave, yet I was made to work with someone I was not happy working with. These days, I choose every producer I work with, and I have an album I am proud of not just for me, but for everyone who worked so hard on it.

And now with this album, I also have my writing/producing career with my musical other half Chris Richards whom I met recording my album. Writing and producing for lots of acts including some I grew up listening to, which on reflection is so surreal.

After it all went wrong in the 90s I thought that was it. Get a job, forget about the past get embarassed when the odd person once in a blue moon recognise me from that time. But now I am proud of it all. Though now I am virtually never recognised (would be lucky to be once or twice a year) I think of the nice memories. I also look at what is now happening and it's great to know it wasn't all for nothing.

I had a Eurodance No 1 and 2 Top 10s from the "Mad About The Boy" albums, My album is out soon, I am producing and writing for others.

So I feel lucky to be here now, kinda like a 2nd chance.
Thanks, Pete xx