Songs, stories and conversations for people who are tired of pretending they are fine. Original music, musical theatre, speaking, radio, books and honest creative work from Central Scotland.
Music
For years, I could hear full arrangements in my head, but could not get them out in the real world. The songs were there. The access was not.
Now music has become the clearest way I say what I mean. Some songs are funny. Some are uncomfortable. Some are both, which is usually where the good stuff lives.
At the heart of it is simple: write the thing people feel, but do not always say out loud.
The heart of 1 Missed Call. Two words everybody says and almost nobody means.
Heartfelt, direct, sometimes funny, often built around the line people were thinking but had not quite said.
A one-man musical about masculinity, mental health, silence, and the terrifying art of answering the phone.
Bespoke songs for weddings, families, tributes, businesses, podcasts, launches, and people who deserve more than a gift card.
Musical Director of four Rock Choir groups across the Edinburgh area. Hundreds of voices every week, proof that singing together fixes more than people expect.
About
I grew up in the East End of Glasgow. A place people misunderstand, but where I learned early that real people and real emotion matter more than perception.
For years, there was a gap between what I could think and what I could execute. I could hear music, stories and ideas in my head, but getting them out was another matter entirely.
At 39, I was diagnosed with ADHD. At 40, medication unlocked the execution. Within two years, I had written a full musical, released original music, built new creative projects, and finally found the missing route from thought to output.
Now, everything I do, from songs to radio to children’s books, is about closing the gap between “I’m fine” and what is actually happening underneath.
Speaking
I speak openly and honestly. No lecture tone. No tidy “inspiration” in a blazer. Just lived experience, humour, music when it fits, and the truth that most people are carrying more than they let on.
I focus on mental health, neurodiversity, fatherhood, male PND, creativity and the strange gap between who we are and who we perform for the world.
Real stories about “I’m fine” culture, masking, neurodiversity, creativity and what people need before they can thrive.
Emotionally honest sessions for young people, delivered on their level, with warmth, humour and proper respect.
Speaking blended with original songs, giving the message more shape, more memory and fewer beige PowerPoint moments.
1 Missed Call. A one-man musical about the things men do not say. Built from lived experience, music, humour and the quiet panic hiding behind “I’m fine.”
Told through a series of calls, messages and songs across one day.
Edinburgh Fringe, 24 to 29 August 2026. theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 6:45pm nightly.
Original music for releases, theatre, campaigns, podcasts and personal commissions, including Welcome Home, the song that brought a new audience into the story.
I write for the moment where people recognise themselves before they have time to pretend they do not. Sometimes that means a song about belonging. Sometimes it means a comedy song about Christmas nearly breaking everyone.
Featured SongWinging It with my wife Lisa. A podcast about marriage, parenting and everyday life, recorded before either of us has had time to make ourselves sound wiser than we actually are.
Twenty years together and still figuring it out as we go. That is the show.
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Professional voice work tied closely to my broadcast identity. My strength lies in natural delivery, timing and tone that sounds human before it sounds “produced”.
Commercial reads, gaming and character work. The reels below do the talking.
Freelance radio presenter. I write and deliver my own links, shape segments and drive the tone of the show. Live conversation is where I am most at home, whether that is Alex Horne, Sydnie Christmas, or a caller with a story nobody saw coming.
Interviewing Alex Horne
Interviewing Sydnie Christmas
Media
Rooms I have been in, stages I have stood on, songs I have sung, and people I have met. A reminder that the most public-looking moments usually still start with a very private reason.
Books
I am a two-time bestselling children's author. Every one of these started as something I wished somebody had said out loud sooner.
A little girl whose hair changes colour with her emotions. The book that started all of this.
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The story behind 1 Missed Call. Masculinity, mental health, and finally saying the quiet bit out loud.
Coming Soon
Screens, family, and what happens when somebody finally switches it all off.
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For every kid facing the big move, and every parent pretending they are not nervous too.
View on AmazonMusic commissions, live performance, speaking, radio, podcast guesting, voiceover, collaboration, or something that does not fit neatly into a box.
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