I'm a painter and decorator

I’m a painter and decorator by trade but my love affair with music began when I was young, encouraged by my dad who’s an absolute encyclopaedia of music and luckily for me was a huge punk and reggae fan. So my introduction to music started with rock and roll, through country and western back to rock and roll then came punk and new wave, then reggae, indie, dipping in and out of blues etc… so quite a diverse

The connection between music and experience intrigues me, how a song or piece of music can impact so indelibly on our lives

Nearly all my friends are interested in music in one way or another; our conversations generally turn to music at some point during our times together. I noticed how diverse our stories and experiences we shared around music, even centred around particular songs.

Musicbrick.com was born from these get-togethers, I wanted to find out what other experiences people shared that were connected to music. What things were happening during the 1940’s right through to the current day; the clothes, the shops, the hairstyles, the socialising, world events...