About

Meet The Musicians

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  David Rose

  David founded Samplephonics in November 2011 with the intention of creating exciting new products for musicians and music producers. He has worked previously as a producer and mastering engineer, having started his career in 2002 working in various studios across London.

  He is mostly responsible for picking up the phone and telling people what to do, however still has an active role in producing and recording most of the sample libraries, as well as regularly beating James at snooker.

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  James Milton

  James takes care of all the file formatting and Kontakt scripting at Samplephonics. He plays drums in a metal band, produces electronic music, can do a Rubix cube in under 2 minutes and develops IOS apps in his spare time. 

  We'd advise anyone who meets him not to take him on at Poker or Chess as they risk being totally humiliated, however when it comes to snooker he still needs to learn a thing or two.

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  Ivan Shopov

  Prolific composer Ivan Shopov is known by a number of different aliases, including Balkansky, Cooh and Drum Kid. Encorporating a truly diverse production style, his stealth-like infiltration of the music scene as we know it has been closely monitored by Government officials, and Simon Cowell  has issued a $1m reward for his capture, dead or alive.

  We're extremely proud to have Ivan on board at Samplephonics, keep your eyes peeled for more ground breaking sample packs and technical wizardry!

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  George Baldwin

  A multi-talented composer,  George can often be found singing, playing the bass, guitar, trumpet, chapman stick and piano...sometimes all at the same time! He has written and composed for David Hentschel, Roy Hendrikson (Elton John,) Ralph Salmins (Robbie Williams) Dominic Miller (Sting) Gary Husband (Level 42), Simon Philips (TOTO) Derek Sherinian (Dream Theatre) and many more. 

  George is an inspiration to work with and continues to push forward with new concepts and fresh ideas for Samplephonics, a true asset to the team.

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  Ray Russell

  Introducing legendary session guitarist and composer Ray Russell, who has worked with Gill Evans, Tina Turner, Van Morrison, Art Garfunkel, Dionne Warwick, Bryan Ferry, Jack Bruce, Cat Stevens, Phil Collins, Robert Plant, Mark Isham, Georgie Fame, Heaven 17, Frankie Miller and many more. 

  Ray is possibly one of the coolest people you will ever meet, and when he's not with his guitar creating timeless riffs and killer licks he helps out fixing session players and artists for Samplephonics.