John Catney started in music in 1975 at the age of 12.In 1981 he was recruited by the army and was sent to the armed forces music academy in norfolk, va for advanced training in music.After graduating in june of 1982 he was sent to the 1st Infantry Division at Ft.Riley,Ks where he performed in both parade,jazz and rock/tour bands as a sax/flute performer backing artists like lou rawls,the s.o.s. band,one way and other performers.In 1986 he began to work with the computer and started writing music on the computer doing various projects for gaming groups and companies.In 1997 he began working with midi-based writing and doing his own cd projects.In 2003 he did a major upgraded of his home studio to produce high quality music and today has done music for video and websites while doing solo cd projects.CD cover artwork for Fields of Irish Green done by Karen Bateman @2004. CD cover artwork for Travels In The Mind done by Janet Churi @2001(janet's webpage is now back online with a collection of her artwork and bio,please stop by and have a look at her work at:http://www.janetchui.net/