Duncan Moss
Biography Duncan Moss
Duncan Moss
has been a musician all his life, however his path to becoming an artist was a journey that has taken him some time to arrive at. Having played the piano for over half a century, been a boy chorister and, in his early twenties sang with the London Symphony Chorus, he wrote his first song at the age of 6 and everything was pointing to a career in music. However, the twists and turns in life sent him down another road and ultimately, by accident, a career in business ensued. This opened up a very different world and, whilst the composing never stopped, it would become an escape and refuge for him from the busy corporate world, he found himself in.
Then came a life changing moment for Duncan, whilst he was on holiday, when he collapsed suddenly. Ill health had crept up on him and heavily overweight and burnt out he was diagnosed as being diabetic, which would see him injecting insulin into his body four times a day.
This shock diagnosis changed his life dramatically. It was the spur he needed to re-evaluate what was important to him and pushed him to reconnect with music.
With a “lifelong itch that needed scratching”, Duncan’s reticence to devote himself fully to music occasioned largely due to finding unfounded reasons not to take a leap of faith, give up everything that had become the norm in his life to date, he finally accepted that he had to take the plunge and immerse himself in a fully artistic life
To quote the great Charles Bukowski, “Can you remember who you were before the world told you who you should be?” Also. “Find out what you love and let it kill you.”
