Julian Colbeck was born on 1952 and is an English businessman, musician and journalist.
22 Facts About Julian Colbeck
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Formerly a professional keyboard player for over 25 years, Colbeck is the author of numerous music-related books, the creator of Twiddly.
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Julian Colbeck worked as a session player on numerous recordings, including with Charlie, Yes co-founder Jon Anderson, Steve Hackett, and Vitamin Z, whose debut album was produced by Alan Parsons.
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Julian Colbeck continues to work creatively as a studio session musician, songwriter, arranger and producer.
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Julian Colbeck co-wrote "Give 'Em My Love", a song included on Alan Parsons's studio release From the New World.
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Julian Colbeck was principal arranger, keyboardist and co-producer along with Armand Ruby on the pre-release soundtrack for "Equinox the Musical", and served in similar roles for other releases from Karmic Neighborhood, including "I Don't Want to Walk Away".
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Julian Colbeck began playing piano at age 8 when his parents purchased a 1910 Broadwood upright piano, on which he composed more or less everything he has ever written.
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In 1973 after a brief stint in college, and a spell in the left-wing rock choir Co-operation, Julian Colbeck signed a record deal with Charisma Records with the band 'Greep'.
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The New Seekers needed a keyboard player and Julian Colbeck landed the gig, playing many live concerts and TV shows in UK and Europe, including the group's famed Drury Lane concert in 1974.
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Julian Colbeck was called upon to replace the Charlie keyboard player Martin Smith and began almost five years of constant touring and music making.
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Julian Colbeck co-produced three Charlie albums: Lines, Fight Dirty, and Here Comes Trouble.
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Julian Colbeck appeared on two albums, Symphonic Music of Yes and Live at Mountain View, the latter released as the DVD An Evening of Yes Music Plus.
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Julian Colbeck appeared on Watching the Flags, a Jon Anderson solo record on which he played and co-wrote extensively.
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Julian Colbeck recorded with Steve Howe and Bill Bruford on a number of solo projects.
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In 1996, whilst on stage with Steve Hackett and Chester Thompson along with John Wetton and Ian McDonald, Julian Colbeck had a cathartic moment.
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Julian Colbeck made a conscious decision and determined to "get the hell out" of performing onstage and has yet to return.
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Julian Colbeck continues to hold a firm belief that live rock 'n' roll music is a young man's game.
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Julian Colbeck subsequently published several keyboard buyers guides, a Frank Zappa biography, music related and even assisted his then brother-in-law Raymond Blanc, with a cookbook.
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When Julian Colbeck was asked to review some particularly dismal standard MIDI song files, he realized that there were no MIDI samples available on the market that actually sounded good.
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Julian Colbeck then enlisted help from programmer Dave Spiers to create Twiddly.
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Yamaha approached Julian Colbeck to create content library for the Yamaha RM1x.
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Julian Colbeck has two children Abi, born 1988, and Cameron born 1992.