Dr Stephen Hopkins, musician
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Discography
| Artist |
Records |
My role |
John Cooper Clarke,
the 'Bard of Salford' |
Post-War Glamour Girl
Disguise in Love
Snap, Crackle and Bop
Zip Style Method
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Keyboards,
co-production with Martin Hannett |
| Pauline Murray |
Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls |
Keyboards,
co-production with Martin Hannett |
Jilted John,
aka Graham Fellows,
aka John Shuttleworth |
True Love Stories
Love at the Hacienda |
Keyboards
Co-production with Graham Fellows |
| Ed Banger and the Nosebleeds |
Kinnell Tommy |
Keyboards |
| Nico |
Procession
All Tomorrow's Parties (cover) |
Keyboards
Co-arranged with M.Hannett |
| The Bernhardts |
I hear you calling
Parlophone single (stiffed) |
Keyboards |
| Gammer and His Familiars |
'Rocket Ticket'
'Won't look out' |
Some Keyboards |
| Happy Mondays |
Bummed |
Keyboards on 'Lazyitis' and other tracks |
| Morrissey |
'Ouija board' single |
Keyboards |
| Distant Cousins |
Distant Cousins |
Keyboards |
| Jazz Defektors |
The Jazz Defektors |
Co-producer with the Jazz Defektors |
| The Mercurian |
Accelerate! |
Writer/producer/keyboards |
| Invisible Girls |
All Sorts of Heroes (Animated Puppet Film) |
Writer/keyboards |
Musical skills
Between 1970 - 1990, I was a working musician, mainly a session keyboard
player and pianist, but also a composer, programmer, lounge lizard, record
producer, teacher and recording engineer.
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Performance
 |
Well competent! pianist, classical sight-reader, jazz improviser, all
styles pop/rock
doodler |
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Electronic keyboard player |
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Midi programmer |
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Composition
and arrangement
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Orchestral
notation and arrangement |
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Transcription
into music notation by ear |
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Song
writer |
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Film
music composer |
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Music
production
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Produced
albums for majors such as EMI and CBS |
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Conversant
with broad range of musical styles |
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Understand tempo,
timbre, reverberation, instrumentation, practical
psychology of musician's modus operandi etc |
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Well-trained ears |
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Work
efficiently within a budget |
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Recording
engineer
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Experience
from professional 48 track to home studio set ups |
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