Joe started playing the guitar at the age of 16 when he found a guitar book in amongst a pile of
motorcycle magazines that were given to his brother.
 He borrowed his niece’s guitar and proceeded to learn basic guitar techniques using the book.
 After a short time and with some help some help from friends and one of his older brothers he
became quite proficient and enjoyed playing and learning all his favourite tunes and songs. 
He soon progressed into recording guitar parts and played along with his recordings, developing
 still further his lead and rhythm guitar skills. At the age of 18 he got himself a set of drums and so
 started his journey into learning to play many different instruments.
Joe played in a few different bands or groups of friends, both playing guitar and drums, For many
years he would travel to a rehearsal room with a group of friends to jam drink and be merry.

Although the group of friends had developed into a good band doing mostly covers,
Joe and his friends were never interested in becoming a serious outfit trying to make
their way into music world of pop stars. They did however a go at writing some songs and tunes. 
This sparked a major interest in Joe and led him to develop the recording side of making music;
 he very much enjoyed creating recording and mixing music in a studio environment. He slowly
built a collection of cheap or second hand equipment to help him get the sound for which he was looking.
After many years and encouraged by his partner, he decided to try and sell his music to TV and film
production companies.  He got himself onto the new deal for musicians, a course that helped musicians
progress into the music industry. This was to give Joe the knowledge and to point him in the right direction
as to who, where and how to approach his future clients. 
After a short time and with just a little success he decided to go get himself educated in sound production.
 He firstly attended Reid Kerr College at the age of 37 to gain a Hnc in sound production this for him was
great success with him finishing as one of the top students that year, which gave him the inspiration to
carry on and get further in this field.
 He then attended stow college in Glasgow which a great reputation in the sound production field.
In this Hnd course in which he also excelled and won a sponsors award for his skills using pro tools.
This was presented at the graduation ceremony were his partner and young family were there to
 support him in his achievement.
Joe decided to then attend university and chose to attend the music technology degree course at
the then university of paisley, later to become university for the west of Scotland Joe got deeper
involved in the recording side of music and continued to work on his own music and develop his
skills in sound production he also around this time started to work in a local recording and rehearsal
 studio and was involved in many recordings.  Joes home studio which has grown bigger and better
equipment.  His music has also been developing and has progressed along the lines of more computer
based music as opposed to his earlier guitar based music. He also at this time got back to selling his music
 to film tv and production companies and still carries on with this to the present day.