Gordon Smith

I currently travel around care homes entertaining the residents and staff with a mixture of Country Music and Rock and Roll. The skills involved include people skills, setting up and using various audio equipment, computer audio skills and administration abilities.

I took care of my late wife until her passing in February 2025. This included making sure she had the right medication at the right time, liaising with the GP surgery, carers and district nurses.

My job involved taking messages for various local businesses and passing them on to the businesses involved. I also had to give advice and instructions to customers of Firmus energy who were experiencing issues with their equipment. This gave me experience in dealing with the general public, sometimes in stressful situations. It also gave me experience with computerised telecommunications and working as a team.

This job involved singing in bars around Northern Ireland. The skills needed for this job included setting up and operating various pieces of audio equipment including a public address system, dealing with the general public and bar staff/owners and general admin that included keeping accounts and basic desk top publishing for promotional purposes.

This business took the form of a mobile recording service for musicians etc who could not afford studio prices. I would travel to the clients home, record them and then edit the result until I produced a finished recording that the client was happy with. This called for audio production skills which I learned through the company BeatnTrack. It also required general admin that included keeping accounts and basic desk top publishing for promotional purposes.