Will Thomson

British engineer, composer, guitarist, vocalist from Hastings. He started with classical recorder aged 7 and picked up a guitar for the first time aged 10. Throughout the 70s & 80s, he played with bands Felix, Aircraft, Liane Carroll and his band Wide Open were winners at the Inner London Jazz Awards in 1977. He also played support for 'Lindisfarne', 'Argent', Wilko Johnson and other well known 70's bands. Will's appeared at Olympia Festival of Mind & Body, The Marquee, Rock Garden and music festivals across the UK. In more recent times he's played lead guitar with bands Local Heroes, and Moonshine before joining Stone Junction in 2013. Will's impressive back catalogue of original compositions includes the album 'Earthscapes' with Trevor Nightingale, released by Luminar Records in the 80's (commissioned and published by Studio G), music for contemporary ballet companies Ballet Rambert and London Contemporary Dance Company along with many writing partnerships including projects with Liane Carroll and Kenny Craddock. In 1985, Will formed audio productions company, Dynamic Audio Productions which swiftly went on to garner clients such as Chappell/Warner Music, EMI, Macmillan Publishers and Air-Edel. Recording and production assignments have seen him working across the musical spectrum, with artists such as: Trevor Watts (contemporary jazz), Michael Lewis (TV and film composer), and Peter Knight (ex-'Steeleye Span'). Will joined Stone Junction in 2013 and has recorded and produced their first album.