MY FATHER, ROY CRIMMINS WAS A PROFESSIONAL JAZZ MUSICIAN WHO PLAYED THE TROMBONE WITH MANY GREAT MUSICIANS SUCH AS LOUIS ARMSTRONG, PEE WEE RUSSELL, WILD BILL DAVISON, HENRY RED ALLEN, BUD FREEMAN, DON BYAS, STAN KENTON BIG BAND, ALEX WELSH AND SEVERAL ELLINGTONIANS a.o. I HEARD A LOT OF JAZZ AND CLASSICAL MUSIC AT HOME. ONE DAY - I MUST HAVE BEEN 6 YEARS OLD - MY FATHER GAVE ME TWO MUSIC CASSETTE: “THE BEATLES, 1962-1966” AND “ELVIS PRESLEY, GREATEST HITS”, I IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE BEATLES AND THAT WAS IT REALLY: I DECIDED I WANTED TO BE EITHER A FOOTBALL PLAYER WEARING THE NO. 7 SHIRT LIKE KEVIN KEEGAN OR BE A MUSICIAN.

I STARTED PLAYING THE TRUMPET WHEN I WAS 7 YEARS OLD AND THEN THE PIANO WITH 13. WHEN I TURNED 16 I TOOK UP THE ELECTRIC GUITAR AND STARTED PLAYING WITH SEVERAL POP ROCK AND JAZZ BANDS. LATER ON I STUDIED MUSIC AND PEDAGOGY AND GRADUATED WITH A MASTER DEGREE. I WAS TEACHING GUITAR AT THE CONSERVATORY OF ZURICH, SWITZERLAND AND A HIGH SCHOOL IN THE KANTON OF ZURICH AND AT DIFFERENT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS IN CAIRO, NEW YORK CITY AND JERUSALEM. IN CAIRO, EGYPT WHERE MY WIFE AND I LIVED FOR 3 YEARS FROM 2012-2015, I RECORDED SOME OF MY OWN POP/ROCK COMPOSITIONS. IN 2015 WE MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY, USA FOR 4 YEARS WHERE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECORD AN E.P OF MY OWN SONGS WITH SOME GREAT MUSICIANS SUCH AS CONRAD KORSCH ON BASS (ROD STEWART), SHAWN PELTON ON DRUMS (SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SHOW), LINUS WYRSCH ON TENOR SAX AND LUCY WOODWARD ON BACKING VOCALS (ROD STEWART, CHARLIE HUNTER a.o). I HAD MY OWN BAND (WITH MEMBERS OF THE CINDY LAUPER, BLONDIE AND THOMPSON TWINS BAND) PLAYING LIVE GIGS IN AND AROUND NEW YORK. I ALSO PLAYED DUO GIGS WITH CORCORAN HOLT ACCOMPANYING ME ON BASS FROM THE KENNY GARRETT GROUP.

WHEN COVID ARRIVED IN 2020, I HAD TO CANCEL ALL CONCERTS THAT WERE BOOKED. I THEN GOT THE CHANCE TO COMPOSE SOME ORIGINAL ORCHESTRAL MUSIC FOR 3 THEATER PLAYS.

I ALWAYS LOVED LISTENING TO JAZZ BIG BANDS, ANALYZING THE COMPOSITIONS, ARRANGEMENTS AND THE ORCHESTRATIONS, READING THE CHARTS, THE SCORES OF DUKE ELLINGTON, THE MILLER AAF BIG BAND, STAN KENTON, WOODY HERMANN, GIL EVANS, BOB BROOKMEYER, MARIA SCHNEIDER AND MANY MORE. PLUS A LOT OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, FROM MONTEVERDI TO BACH TO HAYDN, MOZART AND BEETHOVEN TO BERLIOZ, SCHUMANN, BRAHMS, DEBUSSY, MAHLER, SCHOENBERG, THE RUSSIANS TO IVES, COPELAND, GERSHWIN AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE FILM COMPOSERS BERNARD HERRMANN a.o.

AS A MOVIE BUFF I HAVE ALWAYS DREAMED OF COMPOSING FOR THE SCREEN, SO I DECIDED TO STUDY FILM/TV AND ORCHESTRAL MUSIC AT THE BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC. THE COMPOSING OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC OR A HYBRID MIX WITH ELECTRONICAL MUSIC GIVES ME AN ABSOLUTE THRILL.

PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN OF MY MUSIC AND SEE THE VIDEO CLIPS. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO COMPOSE MUSIC FOR YOUR PROJECT, WETHER IT BE MAIN THEMES, UNDERSCORE, INCIDENTAL MUSIC OR ALL TOGETHER TO SUPPORT YOUR VISIONS AND IDEAS AND BRING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL!