Taken from The Snowdonia Photo & Music DVD and Reflections CD

The above slideshow contains various photographs, including many from the DVD. Most of the photos are taken within a few miles of the town of Dolgellau in Snowdonia. More details (and photos) can be found on the dolgellau.com website

I was born in 1967 and spent most of my youth in Woking, Surrey. At the age of eleven I moved to Bransgore in Dorset (after a year living in Chippenham, Wiltshire) and at this time my parents bought me my first organ; a Baldwin Howard Skyline 244. I quickly moved from the Baldwin to a Yamaha B75-N (which I used with a Logan String Machine for a time) and from this I moved to the 'mighty' Yamaha D65, although by this time my interest had moved into other areas and the D65 was supplimented by other 'bits' including a DX7 synth, a Teisco monophonic synth and a Korg drum machine. After leaving school in 1983 I had a few jobs including a brief time at Eddie Moors Music in Boscombe, Dorset in 1984. I joined my father Gerry in the music engraving business in 1988 and was one of the first people in the UK to use Coda's "Finale" scorewriting package (which we are still using today). I still write music and play the organ and keyboard when I have time, but most of my time is spent with the business. When we moved to Wales in 1988 (via Ferndown in Dorset where we lived for a few years) we bought a Technics E66 which we had for a couple of years. After a few years break from organs (concentrating on other keyboards) we eventually got back in the organ field and bought a Yamaha EL90 in 1996.

In 1998 I produced a CD of original material called "Lines in the Sand" and a matching music book of the pieces arranged for organ. The pieces were picked from various compositions I have recorded from 1983-1998. One of the earliest pieces was a jazz waltz called "Jazzmine" which I wrote when I was 16 and which was recorded by Peter Hayward in 1984 and published in Organ Player magazine (which later became Keyboard Player). Our latest organ is a Wersi Spectra and our studio also included a Hammond Concert E from 1937/8 (which was originally in Canterbury Cathedral during World War II).

In 2004 I produced a DVD containing over 500 photographs of Dolgellau and the surrounding area called "The Snowdonia Photo & Music" DVD. The photographs are contained in 'slideshows' together with original compositions. This DVD was closely followed by a matching CD "Reflections" later in the year. The DVD had a major update in 2007 which is the current version for 2009-2010.

I currently produce various websites including; www.ORGAN.co.uk, www.ORGANS.co.uk, www.ORGANISTS.co.uk (This One) and www.DOLGELLAU.com.

30 Second Audio Clips:

Back from Avalon from: (DVD) Ian King - Snowdonia Photo & Music DVD

Barmouth Hornpipe from: (DVD) Ian King - Snowdonia Photo & Music DVD

Bird Rock from: (DVD) Ian King - Snowdonia Photo & Music DVD

Silent Night from: (DVD) Ian King - Snowdonia Photo & Music DVD

Tell Me from: (DVD) Ian King - Snowdonia Photo & Music DVD

The Two Rivers from: (DVD) Ian King - Snowdonia Photo & Music DVD

Recordings Available at www.ORGANS.co.uk - Link to CDs, DVD & Book

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