Born in England（born 5 March 1953, Taplow）, with a scottish father playing drums and a french mother playing the accordeon, he was inspired very young to love music and become a musician. He starts playing classical music on the piano at five. At fifteen, he studies guitar and two years later becomes the organ player of a local rock band. Three years later he becomes the official pianist of Nancy Hollaway and David Christie. At twenty one he has his own band and plays in the greatest hotels all around the world. He then leaves for the United States and plays with different bands while studying harmony and orchestration at the Berkley college of music. At twenty five, he goes back to England and gets hired at the famous Trident recording studio. There he meets famous film composer Vladimir Cosma and is selected to perform the main theme of the big hit movie "La Boum" introducing Sophie Marceau.