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Josh was born in Malaysia and grew up in a home filled with love and music. He showed an early interest and gift in music by picking up simple piano playing by ear at the age of 3. He started playing the piano from the age of 5, specialising in improvisation by listening.

At the age of 15, Josh also showed a keen interest in the drums, an instrument he had not had a chance to play or be exposed to. Taking some early lessons, Josh showed promise by possessing a good sense of rhythm and showing a quick rate in improvement. By this time, the piano had become Josh's first love and he was playing the piano in high school musicals, including reproductions of "Miss Saigon" and "Oklahoma". He began playing regularly in small groups and duos, focusing on accompaniment for solo and duet vocals. Josh joined the swing band in high school for an opportunity to develop his ability on the drums.

Although leaving home was hard to do, Josh moved to the UK to attend university, and found his feet quickly by earning the position as resident pianist at an award-winning fine dining restaurant. He stepped his way onto the drum throne of the incredible University Big Band, gigging regularly. Three amazing years later, Josh found himself playing in the Montreux Jazz Festival with the Big Band.

Upon graduating from university, Josh has moved his focus to drums and has plays sessions and in funk bands, Big Bands, and jazz quartets including Moment's Notice and resident jazz quartet for JAM, a regular jazz evening at Warwick University. In addition to his love for playing jazz, Josh has also collaborated with up and coming artistes across the UK in private functions, sessions and showcases, playing a variety of music styles, including latin, pop and funk.

In the near future, Josh is looking to get involved in exciting new music projects, ideas and thoughts are welcome on a postcard please!

Friday, September 10, 2004
port labelling

Hello. Lemon.

I've just come home from work (at Raffles) and have an unbelievable tale to tell.

I got my 2nd Unitemps job - and the assignment says "Assisting IT Services with labelling ports."

For those of you who know anything about Unitemps, you'll know that it's next to impossible to get a job with them. Ever. For every job, they send an e-mail out to a good 5000 people, and you get 200 odd people applying. For one job. The other day, my ultra-amazing-pianist Big Band mate, James, said he'd given up after applying to Unitemps every day for a month and never getting anywhere. I've applied for about 10 jobs with them and been selected for 2. Looks like I'm doing quite well.

The even more amazing thing is, these people are paying me £6/hour to walk around Lakeside & Claycroft, fiddle with the computers and write down a few numbers that come on the screen. Isn't that like STEALING money? It is, but then again, so is my piano job.

When I came back to England, my objective was to make £1500 by the end of September - and by the end of August, I knew this was not going to happen. Thanks to this job, I will be closer to the initial target, and with a bit of luck, I might win the National Lottery. :)

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josh: n. 24-year-old male stuck in the corporate financial world of professional services, who spends more time playing the drums and piano than anything else - apart from eating or sleeping.


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March 2007


Fri 9th
University of Warwick Big Band
Charity Gig
Wishes for Kids & Inter-Arc
8.00pm onwards
Theatre, Warwick Arts Centre
£8 (£5 concs)

Fri 16th
University of Warwick Big Band
Ball
7.30pm onwards
Birmingham, West Midlands
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Moment's Notice
Conference Dinner
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Coventry, West Midlands
Private Function

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University of Warwick Big Band
Private Party
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Meriden, West Midlands
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