Who are we?

As the name suggests we are FreemanHill; Micheal - song writer, lead guitar and vocals. Ian - song writer and drums. Jenna - vocals and keyboards.

Music has always played a big part in our lives and we all have an intense enthusiasm for creating original music. Together we have found a vibrant synergy that has allowed our unique style of music to evolve. With NOT FOR SALE,  we have a first album that we are very proud of - we hope you enjoy it.

When performing live we are joined by local musicians Steve Linford - bass and vocals. Andy Ellison - guitar.

Micheal and Ian's musical talents merged together in 2006. Micheal already had his own portfolio of songs he'd recorded over the last few years, and Ian had a pile of songs which were still confined to paper. One Thursday evening Ian crashed through Micheal and Jenna's front door seeking a pen and paper as he'd had an idea for a song that needed writing down before it was forgotten. By the end of that evening the three of them had the basis for not one but three songs. As the weeks went by their song-writing became more prolific and by early 2008 they had enough material for an album, and decided on 12 songs for their debut NOT FOR SALE.

Micheal

Micheal, guitarist and songwriter, had been writing, producing and playing his own music whilst playing in various rock bands for over 20 years.

In 2006 Micheal joined a local covers band, Wasteland. "Playing covers live in Wasteland was fun for a while", Micheal says, "but it was never what I wanted to do". Micheal left the band 18 months later to pursue his own musical interests. He and Ian had already begun writing together and decided to combine their talents.

Their combined tendency towards dark and sombre lyrics together with enthusiasm for rock plus Micheal's playing and arranging skills have brought FreemanHill to the point it is today.

Ian

Ian played drums with a Cambridge based covers band called Slingshot for 7 years. The band played predominately rock covers, their most memorable gig was playing Donnington MegaShow in 2003.

In 2006 Slingshot split and reformed as Wasteland with new guitarist Micheal.  Wasteland gigged around the Cambridge area for about a year, before Ian decided to leave, preferring to concentrate on his own material. Six months later Micheal left Wasteland, and the rest is history. "There's a real synergy in our song-writing, although Micheal would prefer it if I didn't write everything in A-minor, but then minor keys suite my sombre character" Ian reveals.

Jenna

Jenna, vocalist and accomplished keyboard player with a BA Honours degree in Music, began her music career in the late 1980s when she formed the female accapella quintet "Gross Encounters" who wowed the cabaret scene for several years. The band toured the southeast and proved a hit at the Edinburgh Festival. Jenna spent the next eight years in various Cambridge bands before embarking on a music degree in 1997 specialising in jazz piano and vocals, which she successfully completed in 2000.

Jenna and Micheal met in the Summer of 2000 and whilst both remaining passionate about music did not collaborate until Ian crashed through the
door on that fateful Thursday evening.