kik.org.uk » Band Bio’s

Tim

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:48:23 +0000

Are you ready for a good time?..then brace yourself for this guy.

Tim is a charismatic frontman with exceptional energy and boundless enthusiasm.. he ignites the audience with his exuberant personality, versatile singing and dynamic stage presence.

Having performed professionally in singing and acting on stage, pubs,clubs,music halls, radio and TV for over 20 years,Tim brings a breadth of experience to Kik. Tim has toured extensively overseas including NewZealand,Australia,Indonesia,China, UK and the U.S singing in a variety of languages.
Tim holds a Diploma of Music and is also a singer/songwriter and session singer.

A natural performer,Tim brings a fresh dynamic to Kik,he loves singing and performing alongside his friends and fellow musicians of Kik.

Kik are the boys to entertain you and will give you THE time of your life.

Ben

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:46:15 +0000

Ben has been playing guitar for 20 years with 15 years gigging experience. Born in Bristol Ben moved to london 11 years ago. Ben has worked with many different bands and performed all over England, Holland, France and Italy. Releasing music through Ocho Records with snowboy and the rootsource. Ben’s music has been played on Jazz FM, the BBC and Italian television. In 2004 Ben performed live for Channel 4 at the Black Plus Awards with soul singer Donna Williams. Recently Ben headlined at the Isle of Wight Jazz Festival with great success.

Bret

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:44:44 +0000

Bret Vanderburg is an upright and electric bass player with 20 years of experience and an impressive studio and live performance portfolio. A graduate with Honours from Humber College of Music in Jazz performance (Toronto, Canada), he has studied with the likes of Mike Farquharson, Pat LeBarbera, and Charles Toliver. Bret has played for Maureen McGovern, Helen Shapiro, Lucinda Belle, Buddy Greco, Frank Gorshin, Lorna Luft, Cirque du Soleil, the original ‘Shout’ at Jermyn street theatre, 8 years of pantomimes, Holland America and Princess Cruise lines, various TV spots in the UK and Canada as well as numerous artists’ albums in styles ranging from Hard Rock to Country to Salsa to Jazz/Fusion and Soul. Bret has also been building his studio along the way which has been used to record two albums and an EP for wife Pipa which Bret has both writing and production credits for. More recently he has begun to pursue opportunities in the composition and production of music for film and television. Bret is currently playing for the 80′s band ‘Tight Fit’ (Lion Sleeps Tonight, Fantasy Island) and lovin’ all the 80′s tunes!!!!

Jamie

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:43:11 +0000

Moved to London in 98 to finish degree at Drumtech (London College Of Music) where I studied music. After the course finished, immediately set up a recording/rehearsal studio to teach and record from. From there, have engineered and produced countless recording projects including incidental music for film and a handful of adverts, played on many recordings as the ‘house’ session drummer and taught many students from grade 1 up to grade 8 and beyond. It is also the home for my long term project,"Fourth Island;, a four-piece band playing a mix of hip-hop,incidental music and jazz.I also teach drums in various schools around west London. Entered into gig circuit playing with various bands doing both function gigs and also working with bands writing original music. Various bands include; FBI (blues brothers tribute), Utterly mad (madness tribute), Wham/Duran explanatory!), 80′s extravaganza, Pure Orange (playing all styles from dinner jazz to rock). There are countless others including a few name artists slightly too embarrassing to list! Have played all around country and Europe from universities to clubs to hotels to big music venues, done various pieces for radio and TV and continue to seek out new projects to get involved with