Andy Whitmore

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Andy Whitmore is a British keyboard player and record producer from London, UK. He works from his own studio Greystoke studios in Ealing, West London. Whitmore has produced 14 UK top-ten hits including "Flava" by Peter Andre and "I've Got a Little Something for You" by MN8. He also produced the 2000 album Love Science 101 by Phoenix J.^[1]

Early career[]

Whitmore started his career as a session musician, playing keyboards with soul band Caleche touring the UK, Germany and Norway before applying for the job as keyboard player for Spandau Ballet. He later toured and played on Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby - before working on sessions for artists including Elton John, Fine Young Cannibals, Soul II Soul, Pet Shop Boys, Cathy Dennis, Eternal and many more. He also has an extensive catalogue of music placed in TV and advertising syncs.

Whitmore played keyboards at PizzaExpress Jazz Club, Dean Street, London for 3 years with Paul Brown, Jessie J, Mindi Abair, Euge Groove, Marc Antoine, Brian Culbertson, Eric Darius, Jeff Golub, Peter White, Richard Elliot, Ricci Braun and Tony Mason. His production career continued with Samar, Romi, Aleka, Kya, Alexander O'Neal, Sparz and Spiro in 2010 / 2011. He is doing TV / film and library music and signed a deal with Accorda Music to distribute his songs worldwide, along with a 2010 deal with Boosey & Hawks for UK distribution. Series 3, episode 1 of Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections, "Burj Al Arab", featured two of Whitmore's recordings - "Arabesque" and "Shah's Bazaar".^{[citation needed]}

Greystoke Studio[]

Greystoke Studio (opened 1991) is the resident studio of Whitmore. As of 2013 it had 192 kHz digital recording, a large selection of vintage and boutique outboard studio equipment, and the largest working vintage keyboard and synthesiser collection in the UK. The studio has a minimoog to produce lead and bass sounds, and an AKS Synthi VCS3 analogue synthesiser as used by Pink Floyd. The studio recorded Alexander O'Neal's 2010 album Five Questions: The New Journey produced by Whitmore and Billy Osborne, and engineered by Gareth Matthews.

The full keyboard and synthesiser collection includes:^[2]

1. Analogue Synths:-

1. Minimoog Model D - 1976
2. Minimoog Model D Re-Issue - 2017
3. Prophet V rev 3.0 - 1980
4. Prophet V rev 3.2 - 1981
5. Studio Electronics SE1X - 1994
6. Prophet VS - 1986
7. Oberheim OB-8 - 1982
8. Oberheim Xpander - 1984
9. Novation Bass Station - 1994
10. EMS AK Synthi VCS3 - 1972
11. Roland MKS80 with MPG-80 programmer - 1986
12. Logan String Machine - 1975
13. Roland Vocoder VP330 MK1 - 1979
14. Roland Vocoder VP330 MK2 Midi - 1980
15. ARP Odyssey - 1979
16. Korg Poly 800 - 1983
17. Roland MC 202 - 1984
18. Roland SH-101 - 1983
19. Roland Juno 106 - 1984
20. Roland Jupiter 4 Midi - 1979
21. Oberheim OB-1 - 1978
22. Nord Electro 3
23. Yamaha Motif ES6
24. Roland JP-8080
25. Nord Lead Rack
26. Korg Z1
27. Korg Trinity
28. Roland D-50
29. Roland P330
30. Roland JV-1080
31. Yamaha TX802
32. Yamaha TX816
33. Korg Wavestation
34. Korg M1
35. Novation Supernova
36. Roland JD-800
37. Akai S3000XL 32 Meg
38. Steinway Model O – 1908
39. Wurlitzer 200A Electric Piano - 1977
40. Fender Rhodes piano - 1979
41. Hohner Clavinet D6 - 1976
42. Hammond C3 + Leslie Speaker 147 - 1968

OMNIVI3E[]

• Andy Whitmore (Greystoke Studios) started OMNIVI3E 6th June 2015. OMNIVI3E is a production team & record label featuring artists that have recorded at Greystoke Studio.

OMNIVI3E have produced 4 albums to date:-

Bring Me To Life (2017), Ricochet (2018), I Just Wanna Dance With You (2019), Ready To Roll (2020).

OMNIVI3E features producers:-

Andy Whitmore, Matt Knight, David Whitmore, Ed Stokes, Brinsley Chidavaenzi, Roberto Panovski.

OMNIVI3E features Vocalists:-

Rosie Pennie, Azadeh, Clara Hurtado, Byron, Henrietta Adewole, Index Dex, Davin Ansel, Tamsin, Oliviya.

The style of music is:-

R&B, Dance, EDM, Rock, Indie.

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