# Andy Whitmore

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{{Short description|British keyboard player}}
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'''Andy Whitmore''' is a British keyboard player and record producer. He works from his own studio, Greystoke Studio, in [Ealing](/source/Ealing), West London. Whitmore has produced 14 UK top-ten hits including "[Flava](/source/Flava_(song))" by [Peter Andre](/source/Peter_Andre) and "[I've Got a Little Something for You](/source/I've_Got_a_Little_Something_for_You)" by [MN8](/source/MN8).  He also produced the 2000 album ''Love Science 101'' by Phoenix J.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UBAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Andy+Whitmore%22&pg=PA54|title=Real Dolls, Taiwan R&B, Eurasian Fusion|date=19 August 2000|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|page=54|accessdate=6 July 2010}}</ref>

== Early career ==
Whitmore started his career as a [session musician](/source/session_musician), playing keyboards with soul band Caleche, touring the UK, Germany and Norway before applying for the job as keyboard player for [Spandau Ballet](/source/Spandau_Ballet). He later toured and played on ''[Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby](/source/Introducing_the_Hardline_According_to_Terence_Trent_D'Arby)'' -  before working on sessions for artists including [Elton John](/source/Elton_John), [Fine Young Cannibals](/source/Fine_Young_Cannibals), [Soul II Soul](/source/Soul_II_Soul), [Pet Shop Boys](/source/Pet_Shop_Boys), [Cathy Dennis](/source/Cathy_Dennis), [Eternal](/source/Eternal_(group)) and many more. He also has an extensive catalogue of music placed in TV and advertising syncs.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}

==Greystoke Studio==
Greystoke Studio (opened 1991) is the resident studio of Whitmore. {{As of|2013}} it had 192&nbsp;kHz [digital](/source/Digital_data) [recording](/source/Sound_recording_and_reproduction), a large selection of vintage and [boutique](/source/boutique) outboard studio equipment, and the largest working [vintage](/source/Vintage_musical_equipment) [keyboard](/source/Keyboard_instrument) and [synthesiser](/source/synthesiser) collection in the UK. The studio has a [Minimoog](/source/Minimoog) to produce lead and bass sounds, and an [EMS Synthi VCS3](/source/EMS_VCS_3) analogue synthesiser as used by [Pink Floyd](/source/Pink_Floyd). The studio recorded Alexander O'Neal's 2010 album ''[Five Questions: The New Journey](/source/Five_Questions%3A_The_New_Journey)'' produced by Whitmore and Billy Osborne, and engineered by Gareth Matthews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://greystokestudio.com/technical/|title=Greystoke Studio's technical recording studio facilities|website=Greystokestudio.com|accessdate=21 July 2020}}</ref>

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