richardphoenix

I am an artist and musician living and working in London. I am the Creative Associate for Heart n Soul, which is an award-winning creative arts company that believe in the talents and power of people with learning disabilities. Creating spaces for disabled and non-disabled artists and participants to come together and develop and share their ideas. I also work with Heart n Soul as a music facilitator on the creative arts project, Do Your Own Thing, for young people with learning disabilities and am a part of Heart n Soul's SoundLab team working with music technology to create accessible, expressive music making experiences. I am also the founder and director of the non-profit organisation Constant Flux, which was started to help create opportunities for musicians with learning disabilities. Started as a way to combine my work and interests in two separate areas of music: the learning disabled music scene and the UK’s large DIY music community. I have worked with learning disability arts organisations and individual artists for over ten years as a music facilitator and project co-ordinator and have been playing and touring in punk bands and organising not-for-profit DIY (Do-It-Yourself) gigs for the last fifteen years.