Hi, I'm a trombonist and musical odd-jobs-man from Glasgow, Scotland. I studied as a composer (at what is now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) but these days I find myself spending more time gigging and recording on the trombone, and transcribing, proofreading and engraving music for clients around the world.
I offer two main online services: remote trombone sessions, and music transcription.
I've been playing the trombone for about 20 years, and in that time I've backed some showbiz legends in the house band on a cruise ship, toured Europe with an Icelandic singer-songwriter, recorded with some critically-acclaimed artists here in Glasgow and in the last couple of years I've done over a hundred remote sessions for online clients. I have a simple, quality set-up: Rath trombone --> EV RE20 mic --> Apogee interface, in a decent-sized, acoustically-treated room. I regularly work with trumpet and sax colleagues as a section, and I'm happy to help with any arranging required - just ask!
I also specialise in producing detailed, neat, accurate sheet music for your projects - transcribed from audio, MIDI, hand-scribbled sketches, or just vague notions. This can be a simple lead sheet with guitar chords, a piano transcription, or notating every note of every instrument in a full album. As a composition graduate, I've a good (and highly-trained) ear, and I've spent an unhealthy amount of time on Sibelius software, so I can produce great results quickly.
I'd love to hear about your project. Click the 'Contact' button above to get in touch.
Credits
- Alana Henderson
- Alasdair Roberts
- A-Side Soul
- BBC SSO
- Col. Mustard and the Dijon 5
- the Crying Lion
- Daniel Padden
- de Selby
- Des O'Connor
- Elaine Delmar
- Gwen McCrae
- J. Simon van der Walt
- Laki Mera
- Lyn Paul
- Mairi Morrison
- My Lady Of Clouds
- Oceanallover
- Over The Wall
- the Plimptons
- Roger Wright
- Samba Ya Bamba
- Strike The Colours
- the Ten To Five Project
- Trembling Bells
- Tibi Lubin
- the TUI UK & Ireland Choir
- Two Wings
- Withered Hand
- Big Hogg
- Dumb Instrument
- The Tradeston Brass Agreement
- Benni Hemm Hemm
- Kaleidoscope Jukebox
- Ensemble Thing
- Sharmanka Gallery
- Pester&Rossi
7 Reviews - 2 Repeat Clients
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Outstanding work. Great attention to detail and communications!
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Ross is innovative with great attention to detail. Five+ stars!
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Ross did a great job of transcribing music from my midi files. Great communications and excellent product, delivery. Highly recommended!
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Ross did an excellent job and was super quick! Highly recommended!
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Very professional as a transcriber! Ross even revoiced the voicings of the transcribed song and made it more beautiful.
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I asked Ross to play a subtle trombone track to help give some character to a ragtime-pop song. He did an excellent and quick job. There was no need for revision -- a perfect job, well-recorded and easy to place in my project. I would definitely use him again.
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Ross came recorded a really really awesome horn section for my track burn out, and added his own part too. Highly highly recommend. Do yourself a favor and hire Ross, immediately. Thanks you Ross!!
- TromboneAverage price - $100 per song
- HornAverage price - $300 per song
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Reasonable revisions included. Turnaround time can vary, but usually a maximum of 1 week for a small job. Deposit required upfront.
- Rath R100 trombone
- Holton TR180 bass trombone
- ElectroVoice RE20
- Red5 RV15
- Apogee Duet
- Soundtracs PC MIDI 16