About

September 1993

Born

Apparently the earth shook.

September 1998

Started learning the piano

September 2003

Started learning the cello

August 2005

Joined the Music School of Douglas Academy

September 2011

Matriculated at the University of Cambridge

Studying Computer Science

December 2012

Created WhichMayBall

My first “startup” – an events comparison website that went viral among Cambridge students.

Made a few thousand £s in revenue from selling ad space to local bars and clubs.

June 2014

Graduated from Cambridge

Nearly failed my Computer Science degree after spending too much time making music and working on side projects.

Pulled a 2.i out of the bag in my third year thanks to a dissertation project involving a collaborative web-based synthesiser.

July 2014

Joined the Entrepreneur First accelerator

September 2014

Founded Encore

A marketplace for booking incredible musicians, bands & DJs

Started out as tryencore.com then joinencore.com and finally encoremusicians.com

May 2016

Encore celebrates its 100th booking

Time taken: 21 months

June 2017

Encore celebrates its 1,000th booking

Time taken from 100 to 1000:
13 months

March 2020

Encore celebrates its 10,000th booking

Time taken from 1,000 to 10,000: 33 months.

And then the pandemic struck…

July 2024

Encore celebrates its 50,000th booking

Time taken from 10,000 to 50,000: 4 years

December 2024

Goodbye, Encore

After a decade at the helm, I decide it’s time to explore new horizons…