Biography
A chance magazine purchase which came with the Amiga music program ProTracker, ignited Barry's interest in music. It all started back in 1991 and computers and music production have changed dramatically, but that love for producing his own sound has never dwindled. His original working name ‘Pandemonium’ was born, then later changed to ‘Cornerhouse’ when working briefly with Tyson Collins.
Born in the UK, even at an early age his baby book recorded ‘loves electronic sounds’ and his sister received a Casio keyboard one Christmas which resided on the landing. His sister rarely played it, and it was Barry who stood for hours hammering away at the keys trying to figure out the scales for himself, before resorting to books to further that quest.
His own musical productions might reside within the realm of electronic synths, but personal influences are quite vast. There isn’t a style or genre which Barry will dismiss outright. If it's good, it's good.
“I sit down, play, and never worry about exactly what I need to achieve, I just want enough people to enjoy what they hear. My problem is that I never promoted myself enough so that people could hear” – Barry.
And that statement summarises the reason why you’ll struggle to find or hear the 100s of Cornerhouse and Pandemonium productions over the years. You’ll find sporadic and limited website releases, and even a remix of ‘BLUSH! Featuring the Killer Queens – Free’ which became the official Norwich Pride 2010 anthem, but never a concrete Cornerhouse release.
Barry’s aim has never been world domination, only a dream that maybe a few thousand people will listen, enjoy, and make the years of hobbyist creative passion worthwhile. For Barry music has always been about drawing emotion from within. Barry often comments that his entire mood can shift from happy, to sad, just from switching from one track to the next. He has no firm belief that his own creations could ever be that powerful, but believes it’s sad that real talented singers are replaced by ‘auto-tuned’ commercialised acts, while truly talented singers often find themselves scrutinised by the music press. A result of that belief is often why Cornerhouse tracks follow no set formula, or any aim to please the masses, they are purely representations of the mood and direction he wanted to take at the point of production.
The Cornerhouse sound and producing music will always be a passion of Barry’s, until he dies, and the pleasure of seeing even a single person proclaim they enjoyed a Cornerhouse production and his own satisfaction of realising ‘I created that’ are the reasons why his music exists and its creation continues today.
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