About Me

JIM OUTRAM B.A.(Hons.), P.G.C.E

I am an active & passionate musician, presenter & technology enthusiast with over 25 years professional experience gained through over 3,000 gigs (to date!!)

I have a wide experience of teaching, having written, led and delivered courses encompassing Performing Arts, Media & Music Technology and I have taught students as young as 3 years old up to more mature students (65 +)

I have played in several professional bands covering styles as diverse as Folk, Pop, Rock, Latin, Jazz, Funk as well as working with orchestras on musical theatre projects and I have also worked as a radio presenter, DJ, and karaoke host.

YORKSHIRE
ENGLAND, UK
(1974 - 2007)

I was born on 16th April 1974 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

I developed an interest in music as a young child.

My father played piano and my brother was a DJ and so I was exposed to a wide variety of sounds from an early age.

I began my formal music studies in 1980 on piano, then flute and later studying voice.

I joined my first band, JACUZZI JAMES as keyboardist, formed with my school mates and we performed at school shows.

I regularly performed at school events in the orchestra, choir and wind band as flautist, pianist and singer and occasionally in an acting role for the drama department.

I joined STAC POLY, a folk/ pop band, as keyboardist. This band comprised a mixture of teachers and students that performed local gigs round Sheffield.

I obtained GCSE and A Level Music qualifications from Wales High School and graduated in 1996 from Bretton Hall College of the University Of Leeds attaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in Popular Music Studies and a Post Graduate Certificate of Education.

PEMBROKESHIRE WALES, UK
(1996 - 2007)

I moved from my home-town of Sheffield in 1996 to take up post as lecturer in Performing Arts/ Music Technology/ Media at Pembrokeshire College (Wales, UK), specialising in performance, live sound production and digital audio recording.

As well as setting up the Music Technology courses and recording facilities at Pembrokeshire College, I presented a weekly local radio show on 102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire and set up and managed my own recording studio (The Academy Studio) where I recorded local musicians as well as my own compositions.

I joined the teaching team of Haverfordwest Music Academy in 2005 offering studies in Piano, Keyboard, Recording & Composition as well as offering support for students pursuing GCSE Music - my students attained high grades with a 100% pass rate!

Between 1996 and 2007 I performed many gigs at venues across Wales, in professional bands such as NIGHTCREW (pop band), CICADA (Latin-Jazz), INNER URGE (Jazz quintet), THE JAZZ MASTERS (Jazz quintet) TAKE 2 (Vocal Duo) as well as performing on stage in musical theatre productions such as SINGING IN THE RAIN (with Haverfordwest Operatic Society) and acting as musical director on LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, GREASE & MACBETH (with the Merlin Theatre Company)

2007 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

PAPHOS
CYPRUS, EU
(2007 - to date)

In 2007 I moved to Paphos (Cyprus) with my wife, and fellow musician, Maria to pursue our careers as professional musicians

In Cyprus I have worked as a full-time musician & presenter in the vocal duo TAKE 2 and as a karaoke host & DJ as well as continuing to teach part-time as part of the teaching teams at Limassol Theatre Arts School (LTAS) & The Learning Centre Peyia (TLC)

During the LOCKDOWN of 2020 (16th March until 9th June) I used my time to write, record & produce and album of original songs/videos - which can be found on YouTube by clicking here:

I continue to work, (remotely from my Cyprus Studio) on various UK based projects contributing composition/ production/ voice-over skills to fellow musicians and commercial radio.

2013 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE