About Jamcast

Welcome to Jamcast - a multimedia blog dedicated to helping you improve the way you write and perform music.

The blog is going to feature a wide variety of tutorials, posts, podcasts and - coming soon - videos offering expert musical advice. Whether you’re a beginner or a pro musician, we want you to find Jamcast friendly and fun.

Bill Hilton founded Jamcast in April 2009. During the day he’s a freelance writer, magazine editor and Head of Communications at agency Creative Partners. He’s also the author of Working for Yourself: a Which? Essential Guide and How To Really Play The Piano (with Sarah Beecroft, forthcoming November 2009). He studied English and Music at the University of Wales, Bangor, taught music in both classroom and one-to-one environments, and has played piano and keyboards in many bands.

Graeme Allen is the founder and MD of Amati Studios - a company that looks after a number of recording studios across the country. A former freelance producer and engineer, accomplished classical musician as well as a guitar god, Graeme was one of the very small number of producers who combined deep technical knowledge with first class musicianship in both popular and classical music. Launched in February 2010, Amati’s home page can be found here.

Sarah Beecroft studied Music at Manchester University and sang and played keyboards in indie-electro-punk band Daggers. She is the co-author (with Bill Hilton) of How To Really Play The Piano.