User:Stuartlynch

Life Stuart Lynch was born in Stockport, UK in February 1970. He moved to Macclesfield in 1973 and attended Byron Street Primary School from 1975-1981. He studied at Ryles Park County High School until 1986. He took A Levels in Music, Physics and Maths at South Cheshire College in Crewe for the next two years until gaining a place at Keele University to read Music and Electronics. He specialised in Musical Composition and gained a 2:1 with honours. In 1991 he continued at Keele and took a MSc in Automatic Identification, graduating after 1 year. During his time at University he gained his private pilots license and upon leaving Keele in 1992 commenced training as an Air Traffic Controller at the College of ATC in Bournemouth, UK. In 1993, after successfully completing his training, he became a qualified Air Traffic Controller and has remained as such until the present day.

Music Stuart Lynch took Jazz Organ lessons from the age of 11 and played in various pubs and clubs at a young age. He studied music theory in School and later University, specialising in composition. At University he played in the Orchestra and Concert Band, which he also conducted. Several of his works were performed by various groups within the University during public concerts. Later in life he joined the Soul/Funk band "Movin' the River" in which he played keyboards for 7 years. After a break to concentrate on babies he joined "Blood Red Sky", a U2 tribute band in which he again played keyboards. The band enjoyed successful gigs in theatres, marquees, living rooms and once - famously - in front of a crowd of 10000 at a St Patrick's Day concert for the London Irish Rugby Club. During this time, he became more interested in composing again; particularly instrumental, ambient, electronica. He built a small studio at home and filled it with eBay bargains. After recording his first album "Postcards From Here", he met Mark Pope of Ambient Teknology who took on promotion of the album. A second album, "Monsoon" followed a year later with a dedicated website www.stuartlynchmusic.co.uk