I have worked as a sound engineer since 1979. I started out singing with a band of my own in the mid seventies but in 1979 I joined a band called 'Dogwatch' who owned their own Sound system. I suggested that we hire this system out to other acts and went out with it as the engineer. This resulted in my touring as the engineer for the support act for the Gary Glitter Christmas tour in 1982. From then on I became more and more involved in touring with bands in various capacities. You can find more details about my old bands in 'a musical history'.
The following is a brief list of some of the acts I have worked with since 1982:
| Gary Glitter | F.O.H. / Monitors | 1983,1984,1985,1986 Christmas tours. 1984 shows in Bahrain |
| Roger Chapman | Guitar Tech / Monitors F.O.H | 1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990
Originally Guitar Tech for Geoff Whitehorn but later took over Sound duties. |
| Manfred Mann's Earthband | Backline / Actor / Monitors | 1983 (Backline / Acting ) 1991,1992 (monitors) |
| John Cale | Monitors | 1984 |
| Mezzoforte | Monitors | 1985 |
| Rita Coolidge | Monitors | 1986 |
| Eric Burdon | Monitors | 1987 |
| Stump | Monitors / F.O.H. | 1988/1989 |
| Fergal Sharkey | Monitors | 1988 |
| Boz Burrell's Jazz Band | F.O.H. | 1989 |
| Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel | F.O.H. & Production Manager | 1989, 1990,1991,1992 |
| Donovan | F.O.H. & Tour Manager | 1991,1992,1993 |
| Kevin Ayers Band | F.O.H. & Tour Manager | 1992 |
| Sniff 'n' The Tears | F.O.H. & Tour Manager | 1992 |
| Julian Dawson | F.O.H. & Tour Manager | 1992/1999 |
| Tom Robinson & TV Smith | F.O.H. & Tour Manager | 1993 |
| Accept | Monitors / Live Recording Engineer | 1994/1996 |
| Secrets of Industrialised Noise | F.O.H. | 1995 |
| Kingdom Come | Monitors | 1996 |
| Vicious Rumours | F.O.H. & Production Manager | 1996 |
| Axxis | Monitors | 1995, 1996 |
| The Golden Gospel Singers | F.O.H. | 1995,1996,1997 |
| Nick Pynn & Jane Bom Bane | F.O.H. | Various shows 2003 onwards |
| Drift | F.O.H. | Komedia 2005 |
| Brighton Beach Boys. | F.O.H. | Brighton Festival show 2006/7 (with string quintet & Brass Section) Ongoing |
| Ungagged | F.O.H. | 2006/7 - Ongoing |
| In Cahoots | F.O.H. | 2007 - Ongoing |
| The Fire Llamas | F.O.H. | 2006/7 - Ongoing |
I have also worked for the following companies:
| Mike Allen Rental Services (UK) | 1982 -1983 | |
| RSD Studiomaster Hire Dept (UK) | 1983 -1985 | |
| Summerhaze (UK) | 1985 - 1988 | |
| Encore (UK) | 1988 - 1992 | |
L.T.T (Germany ) The Sound and Light Guys |
1992 - 2000 2007 - ? |
While employed by these companies I have augmented the above touring activities with several one-off shows and events including Music Fairs, Product launches, Conferences, Open Air Events Show Cases and T.V. Shows. I have also worked at The Kammerspiel Theatre in Hamburg on productions of the Dreigroschen Oper and compiled sound effects for several other theatre performances. I was part of the technical support team for the "Haltern Seefest" performance of Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman" featuring the late Karl Riddenbush.
I currently live in Brighton; England and run a small company called Q Branch, which
supplies software and hardware for the Sinclair QL. I am still involved in sound
engineering work as a freelance engineer. Just recently I have been working with a company from Oxford called the Sound and Light Guys. They have an excellent sound and lighting sytem and I thoroughly recommend them if you are in need of a system. See http://www.soundandlightguys.co.uk/.
I can be contacted directly by email: RoyWood@qbranch.demon.co.uk
Q Branch web site: http://www.qbranch.demon.co.uk
Brighton Beach Boys - 2007