ABOUT ME

Started playing Guitar aged 11
First paid gigs were playing in a Band in Social clubs around East London and Essex
At 16 I went to college to study music
18 - 30 I played with lots of different Professional/Tribute Function Bands all over England and Europe
Began teaching Guitar at 19 to present day
22 years old I landed my first Session Guitarist job with East West Records (Warner Music Group) where I put together a band for Soul/Garage Artist Robbie Craig who had a big hit with the track Woman Trouble featuring Craig David and The Artful Dodger
24 years old, I worked as a Session Guitarist for an artist signed to Easy St Records playing a nylon strung guitar
Age 27 Guitarist of the Year Finalist 2002
26 - 34 years old I built my own Recording Studio in East London where I recorded Solo Artists/Bands etc. In this period I also got into the Wedding industry performing as a Solo Guitarist and formed my own successful Wedding Party Band
Age 34 I moved to Billericay, Essex and focussed on setting up my Guitar teaching business while working in the wedding industry providing music entertainment
Age 37 I started working again as a Session Guitarist for Kenny Thomas Soul Singer from the 90's who had hits with tunes like Thinking about your Love in 1991 and got to play at some great venues - the O2 in London - and also worked with the Jacksons
Age 38 to present day - I'm busy with my teaching schedule, play various gigs for different people and also currently working on my solo acoustic projects and the Glen Parish Trio which is available on Spotify
2020 onwards I have been focussing on writing my own music and successfully signed a publishing deal
Collaborated with drummer Keith Carlock (Steely Dan/Oz Noy) on one of my original tracks
Recent Session Guitar Work 2021 onwardse
Played guitar for the Queens of Country Music Show at theatres around the UK
Worked with Canadian platinum award winning country artist Jessica Moskaluke who has had a number-one hit on the Billboard Canada Country chart with "Country Girls", at the C2C: Country to Country music festival held at the London 02
Performed with Death of Guitar Pop - one of the UK's leading original Ska bands
Played guitar for Connor Selby - UK Blues Artist of the Year 2020, 2021 and 2022