Neil Carter (musician)
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Neil Carter is a musician who has worked in diverse genres throughout his 35 year career. Classically trained, he became a professional rock musician at the age of 17 and initally had his first 'mainstream' experience with singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan
. He subsequently played guitar
and keyboard
for the hard rock band UFO
, blues rock guitarist Gary Moore
, and Wild Horses
. He is credited for co-writing a number of Gary Moore's songs including the worldwide hit, 'Empty Rooms'. At 30 he left the rock world and has in recent years developed a different career as both teacher of woodwind (saxophone
and clarinet
) and as an ABRSM examiner. 2010 saw a return to rock with Gary Moore
, playing festivals across Europe and a tour of the Ukraine and Russia. Future tours and a celtic rock album were to follow but this was curtailed by the death of Gary Moore in February 2011. He also plays other instruments including the flute
and bassoon
.
, holding the position of "Head of Woodwind and Brass". He teaches one-on-one lessons on clarinet and saxophone. Neil is the conductor of the school Concert Band
, and the school Saxophone Ensemble
and leads the School's Swing Band.
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Gilbert O'Sullivan is an Irish-English singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits "Alone Again ", "Clair" and "Get Down". The music magazine, Record Mirror, voted him the No...
. He subsequently played guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
for the hard rock band UFO
UFO (band)
UFO are an English heavy metal and hard rock band, who were formed in 1969. UFO became a transitional group between early hard rock and heavy metal and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal...
, blues rock guitarist Gary Moore
Gary Moore
Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....
, and Wild Horses
Wild Horses (British band)
Wild Horses were a British rock band, active during the late 1970s and early 1980s.-History:Wild Horses was formed in the summer of 1978 by ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson and ex-Rainbow bassist Jimmy Bain...
. He is credited for co-writing a number of Gary Moore's songs including the worldwide hit, 'Empty Rooms'. At 30 he left the rock world and has in recent years developed a different career as both teacher of woodwind (saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
and clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
) and as an ABRSM examiner. 2010 saw a return to rock with Gary Moore
Gary Moore
Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....
, playing festivals across Europe and a tour of the Ukraine and Russia. Future tours and a celtic rock album were to follow but this was curtailed by the death of Gary Moore in February 2011. He also plays other instruments including the flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
and bassoon
Bassoon
The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
.
Brighton College career
He currently teaches at Brighton CollegeBrighton College
Brighton College is an institution divided between a Senior School known simply as Brighton College, the Prep School and the Pre-Prep School. All of these schools are co-educational independent schools in Brighton, England, sited immediately next to each another. The Senior School caters for...
, holding the position of "Head of Woodwind and Brass". He teaches one-on-one lessons on clarinet and saxophone. Neil is the conductor of the school Concert Band
Concert band
A concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, wind ensemble, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of several members of the woodwind instrument family, brass instrument family, and percussion instrument family.A...
, and the school Saxophone Ensemble
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
and leads the School's Swing Band.
with UFO
- 1981 The Wild, the Willing and the InnocentThe Wild, The Willing And The InnocentThe Wild, the Willing and the Innocent is the ninth studio album by British hard rock band UFO and the first to be entirely self-produced by the band. The song "Lonely Heart" was a minor UK hit single. The controversial original cover was as usual designed by the art studio Hipgnosis...
- 1982 MechanixMechanix (album)Mechanix is the tenth album by the British hard rock band UFO, released in 1982. The contemporary music-press adverts on the album's release carried the tag-line 'Mechanix: it will tighten your nuts'...
- 1983 Making Contact
with Gary Moore
- 1983 Victims of the FutureVictims of the FutureVictims of the Future is an album by Northern Irish blues-rock guitarist, Gary Moore, released in 1984. Continuing his path in the hard rock genre, Victims of the Future was a collection of straight-out rock 'n' roll anthems , a mournful love ballad , a...
- 1984 We Want Moore!We Want Moore-Track listing:All songs by Gary Moore except as noted.#"Murder in the Skies" – 5:32#"Shapes of Things to Come" – 8:16...
- 1985 Run for CoverRun for Cover (album)Run For Cover is an album by Gary Moore, released in 1985, and is often considered as Gary Moore's breakthrough album.The album includes a remake of the hit single "Empty Rooms" , one of Moore's biggest successes and top 5 single "Out in the Fields" the album's biggest selling single.The album...
- 1987 Wild FrontierWild FrontierWild Frontier is a 1987 album by Gary Moore. His first studio album after a trip back to his native Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1985, this album has several songs about Ireland and even the music itself is steeped in Celtic roots. The title track was intended to be sung by Phil Lynott, however...
- 1987 Wild Frontier Tour: Live At Isstadion, Stockholm 1987Live in Stockholm: Wild Frontier TourLive in Stockholm: Wild Frontier Tour is the live video Recorded live April 25, 1987 at Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden. as support of the album Wild Frontier. Recorded and Mixed by Nigel Walker...
(Live Video VHS) - 1989 After the War