{"id":2,"date":"2010-02-02T23:13:48","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T23:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2016-09-12T15:42:11","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T15:42:11","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/wordpress\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-2 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/hyprov\" class=\"no-lightbox\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/hyprov-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The poster for the show Joe Samuel performed with Colin Mochrie and Asad Mecci\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-221\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-221'>\n\t\t\t\tHyprov Show with Colin Mochrie\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/confessions\" class=\"no-lightbox\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/confessions-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-220\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-220'>\n\t\t\t\tConfessions show\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/happilyneverafter\" class=\"no-lightbox\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/happily-never-after-show-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-219\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-219'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Maydays &#8211; Happily Never After\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>My name is Joe Samuel and I am a professional musician.\u00a0 Most of my time is spent teaching, rehearsing, gigging, looking after my two kids, practising, arranging and working on my own music project, <a href=\"www.seechord.co.uk\">SeeChord<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I am a classically trained pianist and violinist, but have played a wide variety of genres in a wide variety of bands including\u00a0 jazz, trance, world music, improvisation and folk.<\/p>\n<p>I feel like I really found my niche back in 2005 when I started as the Musical Director of\u00a0 <a href=\"www.treasonshow.co.uk\">The Treason Show<\/a> which is a comedy sketch show also based in Brighton.\u00a0 This was my first experience of working with actors and comedians and really put my arranging and performing skills to the test as we perform 12 parody songs every month! I am also the Musical director of \u00a0<a href=\"www.themaydays.co.uk\">The Maydays<\/a>, a comedy improvisation troupe based in Brighton, England. This is enormous fun and probably the most dedicated and professional group of people I have ever worked with.\u00a0 Now Comedy music improvisation is becoming the most important creative outlet for me.\u00a0 I have just finished co-writing the first of three books on the subject, written with Heather Urquhart, a fellow member of The Maydays.\u00a0 Read our blog at <a href=\"www.musicalimprovcomedy.co.uk\">MusicalImprovComedy.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All the performers were fantastic, but it&#8217;s the music which really raised the level of the show. Joe Samuel on the piano is superb. He is able to both cue the performers into various directions, and also pick up where they\u2019re going.&#8221; &#8211; Fringe Guru 2012<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.seechord.co.uk\">SeeChord<\/a> is really where my own expertise lies in music analysis.\u00a0 The idea came to me while teaching a piano lesson, and has demanded that I show it to the world ever since.\u00a0 I am still in the process of development in schools and with professional musicians, and always appreciate any feedback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Joe Samuel and I am a professional musician.\u00a0 Most of my time is spent teaching, rehearsing, gigging, looking after my two kids, practising, arranging and working on my own music project, SeeChord. 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