Tim McGowan

Tim McGowan was born and raised in Scotland. Brought into a world of music, as it had always been in his family. His Grandmother was a concert pianist, his Father also an accomplished musician, his Brothers also professional musicians playing in bands in many different venues in Scotland. His parents having a piano in their home exposed Tim to a world of music and the main musical instrument which would remain a part of his life.

At the tender age of six Tim had written his first song, a couple more were to follow over the next few years, but, art & design was pulling at his young creative mind & so all through his school years he concentrated on just that.

For the first six years after leaving college he worked for various companies using his graphic design skills, but, during this time bought himself his first synthesizer & after several years of teaching himself to play he realized that a career in music was truly in his heart.

He enrolled in a music course and studied the Rudiments and Theory of music for 2 years. During this time he co-formed a seven piece rock band called "Jeopardy". The next six years he found himself touring all over Britain with his band & going into the studio to record their original brand of melodic rock. Their first two songs simultaneously entered the U.K demo charts at numbers ten and six, which, at that time, had never been done before. The band were now gathering attention from several record companies but the band decided to take the independent?route releasing their own material and managing themselves.

During the last two years of working with the band Tim had started training in drama with a professional theatre company called "Borderline Theatre". This was the start of yet another change in his musical path. At the end of his training he was working as a freelance music & drama workshop leader which saw him running workshops, for local authority organizations, with large numbers of young adults teaching them music & drama skills & writing and producing theatre productions tackling the issues
that were affecting the young people in the community.

During this time he also acted as Musical Director for "Borderline Theatre" & "The South Ayrshire Youth Theatre" & various others which involved writing & performing the musical scores for many professional stage productions directed by Donald Stewart including:

The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe, Alice in Wonderland, Bugsy Malone, Summertime Blues (Summertine Blues was part of the national Lloyds Bank Theatre Challenge Directed by?John Murtagh - Lochlan, in the movie Braveheart), Tam 'O Shanter (based on poem by Scottish bard Robert Burns), The Audition (Royal National Theatre actor Mike Hayward - one man show)..and many more.

He was commissioned to write many other scripts and scores for several local government Social Work Departments, working with groups of young adults with varying backgrounds, including "Another Supper" which was a short film, written, directed, produced & filmed in Scotland by Tim, introducing the life and works of Scottish poet Robert Burns to young adults in the community that Burns lived and addressed modern day issues.

The next six years were taken up by touring with "Flat Broke", a showband he formed in 1993 and also working as a session keyboard player/programmer/arranger for many other bands including tributes to Meatloaf and Whitesnake. During this time he was also writing and recording his own brand of contemporary instrumental music.

Composer Tim McGowan?relocated to America 11 years ago setting up home in Florida. He is at present writing and releasing more original?instrumental tracks which
are currently being played on many terrestrial and internet radio stations around the globe. Tracks from many of his CDs have entered many radio station Top 10 track lists worldwide and his 11th instrumental CD release to date, "Terra Nostra - My World"
is due to be released in 2010.

Tim McGowan was also recently commissioned to write the "Fight Song" for the University of North Florida, Ospreys Athletic Team.

From one end of the musical scale to the other, he is also performing live in the U.S.A. with a progressive, melodic rock band called "Burning in December"