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Chris Maguire [New Artist]

Christopher “Chris” Paul Maguire was born on 4th November 1978 in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom.  His flair for creativity started very early on.  At age 6 his musical, artistic and technological skill began with Chris crafting his own music by carefully programming the BEEP command on a Spectrum 48K (the one with rubber keys!!).    It wasn’t long before Chris was searching around for other ways to make and record music.  Starting by teaching himself guitar through the use of his fathers Fender acoustic guitar and Beatles records he was soon purchasing his first microphone from pocket money saved and laying down simple 1 track live recordings.

Over the next 10 years Chris honed in one his guitar, vocal and recording skills and had progressed and mastered recording on a four track.  He had also learnt the basics of playing bass, drums and keyboards out of technical and musical necessity.  Chris’ technology skills had also bettered dramatically over these 10 years with Chris now being able to program and build computers and craft his own websites by hand.  Chris also discovered the world of film making through the use of his parents rather expensive (at the time) camcorder.  Chris directed and edited a bunch of home made films over the coming years.

Chris went to University to study Art & Design at age 17 where he concentrated a lot more on his other artistic skills including drawing, painting, animation, design and photography.  At the same time as attending university Chris played in bands (both bass and guitar) and had progressed onto recording 8-32 track reel to reel executively producing all the tracks that his band recorded in varying studios across Wales.

At age 21 Christopher was designing, fixing and maximizing telecommunication networks across the world and was transferred to Washington DC to head up the Network Analysis team in the US.  A very high paying job Christopher did this for 5 years saving all his money with one aim in mind- starting his own multimedia studio back in the UK.  This dream became a reality for Chris in 2005 when he relocated back to Wales, UK and turned his back on his high paying job to focus fully on all aspects of his creativity.

Christopher is currently the senior Engineer, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Artist, Film Maker, Designer and Photographer at Screamadelica Studios in Cardiff Bay, Wales, UK (www.screamadelica.co.uk) and has been lucky enough to find a home that allows him to continue all aspects of his creative career.

As a Record Producer Chris has worked on tracks for Cerys Matthews, Fiction Plane, Ben’s Brother, Will Haven, The Wonder Years and hundreds more and equally as important bands and artists - some signed and some not.  Chris has been key in helping to manifest a very bustling Welsh music scene and continues to do so on a daily basis.

If you are in need of the highest quality record production or other creative work then make sure you use the contact details above without hesitation.  Chris is an extremely approachable character and loves talking to new people about their ideas and where/how he can help on a project.

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