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| Nick Ashron - Psychic Artist
& Musician |
| Chronology of Events |
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1968
Nick started writing songs at 18 whilst living in Borneo with his parents, where he got involved with several local bands. |
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1969
Nick came back to the UK and went to Art College in Worthing, Sussex where he formed a college band. |
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1971
Nick left college and set up his own 'Portrait' business working mainly in holiday camps including Butlins and Pontins where he was often invited to perform some of his songs on acoustic guitar. |
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1973
Nick began to develop an interest and involvement in healing and spiritual development with his then wife Ingrid, and they started to offer healing to people at their homes. |
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1975
After developing his interest and involvement in healing and spiritual development, and recognising the beneficial healing qualities of music, Nick wrote his first piece of healing music called The Healing Waters (which was eventually released as an acoustic piece on his first album The River Song Suite in 1987). |
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1978/9
Inspired by the early 'New Age' movement in music of the Seventies, Nick formed his own band named Light-Wave which later became Pegasus and they performed at the earliest Mind Body Spirit exhibitions in London. Nick also wrote a song for the band Gold which reached record sales of over quarter of a million albums in Russia. |
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1982
Pegasus disbanded and Nick worked for MCPS in London as a Licence Negotiator clearing and issuing licences for the use of music in TV, film and video production including advertising. |
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1986
Nick Ashron performed with fellow musician and friend Nigel Shaw and writes musical track The Prophecy. Nick set up his own music label called Wandering Minstrel Music and started to produce four albums based on the four elements, the first of which was The River Song Suite. |
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1987
Nick created his second album Earthdance especially for the Cloud Nine music label set up by renowned healer Matthew Manning. |
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1988
Nick created his third album Out of The Mist (The Quest for Avalon) - an instrumental interpretation of the King Arthur legend, based on the best selling novel The Mists of Avalon by Marion Bradley. Music from the album featured on the BBC Radio Derby's Ashley Franklin show. |
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1990
Nick created his fourth album Into the Fire (now renamed Temple of the Sun). Nick performed the album at the first ever concert organised by NAMA (The New Age Music Association) for the Winter Solstice. He also performed at the 'Sacred Run' concert in Milton Keynes in aid of Native American Indians and the Indigenous Japanese, who ran in relays across America, through Europe and ended up in Russia as a prayer for World Peace. During this period Nick developed his abilities as a psychic artist and created numerous inspired images (including The Guide and Unicorn Seed) which were produced and sold as postcards. |
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1991
Nick got involved with a charity group named H.O.P.E. that took improvised healing music into hospitals and care homes for children and the disabled. |
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1992
Nick formed the fun band Crazy 4 Animals (the name was inspired by his then 12 year old daughter Anna's self inspired society for the protection of animals and wildlife). The band performed in 'The Green Fields' at The Glastonbury Festival '92 and at the first New Age/Ambient night club The Seed in London's Soho. |
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1993
Nick produced arrangements for two of his original compositions Sing for You and Beautiful Evening for french singer Carole Lepers first debut CD in France. Nick's own versions of these songs are on his own album Sing for You (Thoughts on a Day). |
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1994
Nick conceived the idea for a double concept album Celestial Gateways and Tribal Awakenings for his newly formed ambient dance band Elfin Spiral. |
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1995
Nick performed at the 'Green Futures Fields' at The Glastonbury Festival '95 and at numerous dance clubs in London. He also regularly performed at the The Big Green Gathering. During this time, Nick's psychic abilities developed further enabling him to channel and draw personal 'spiritual guide' portraits. |
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1997
Nick began to write his first book
By the Light of the Star (An Exploration into Creating Your Own Reality) which describes his unusual journey that led to the insights and tools he discovered, enabling the CREATION of ones own REALITY. |
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1998
Nick featured in an interview on BBC's Heaven and Earth show on Spirit Guides. Nick also featured on a psychic experiment which was aired on several digital channels, alongside respected medium and friend Yvette Tamara, and several other psychics, investigating spiritual activity at The London Dungeons, where Nick drew the portrait of a spirit reputed to have been seen by many visitors to the Dungeons. |
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1999
Nick took his first trip to the USA to promote his music and attend Spiritual/Holistic fayres. |
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2001
Nick's daughter Anna Celeste set up his website www.nickashron.com to enable Nick to share his work with a worldwide audience. Nick also released three albums under Elfin Spiral/Wandering Minstrel Music - With Eyes Wide Open - which was channeled through an Angelic/Multi-dimensional being known as as RAEL, Selections - a collection of tracks from all his previous albums, and Sing for You (Thoughts on a Day) - a collection of songs written and sung by Nick. |
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2002
Nick was invited as a special guest to open the Moonstone New Age Shop in Worthing, Sussex. Nick and Mark Ives (of Woo) also performed at the event. |
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2004
Nick was invited to participate in Living TV's show Jane Goldman Investigates where Nick taught Jane Goldman how to draw Spirit Guide portraits. Nick also organised and held his own music festival event TIME-SHIP 2013 (Last Cycle of the Mayan Calendar) at the Forest of Dean under Starship Pegasus Promotions, which featured music from Nick Ashron's Elfin Spiral including special guests Apollo Pendragon, Trevor Lloyd, Steve Mitchell, Woo, plus Oceanus and Sue Chewter. |
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2005
Nick Ashron's Elfin Spiral including special guests Trevor Lloyd, Steve Mitchell and Angel Sisters performed several gigs in and around Glastonbury and the UK, to celebrate the release of Elfin's Spiral's new album Pleiadean Love Dance. Nick was also featured in an article on Psychic Artists in the widely circulated Vision Magazine. |
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2006
Nick Ashron performed several gigs to promote the new collaborative album Twilight World with Trevor Lloyd in Los Angeles USA. Nick self-published his first book By the Light of the Star (An Exploration into Creating Your Own Reality) under Starship Pegasus Promotions as an e-book. Nick was invited onto NetTalk Radio for an interview and to perform music, supported by Elfin Spiral Special Guest Musician Mark Ives of Woo. Nick Ashron's Elfin Spiral track from the latest album Pleiadean Love Dance was featured on the new 'Spirals' DVD and a live performance in the USA by Holistic Hooping. |
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2007
A busy year for Nick!!! Nick Ashron's Elfin Spiral commenced their 2007 Made In Heaven Tour. Nick Ashron returned to Los Angeles USA to perform several gigs, again to promote the new collaborative album Twilight World with Trevor Lloyd. Nick's Temple of the Sun music was featured on Norwegian film maker Terje Toftenes' DVD The East Field Crop Circle, following Nick's pursuit and involvement in investigating crop circles during the Summer in Wiltshire, where Nick also participated in the film 'The Wake Up Call - Anybody Listening' by Patty Greer from the USA, which also features several Nick Ashron/Elfin Spiral musical tracks. Nick was interviewed by Esoteric Online Radio about Spirit Guides and Psychic Art. Nick performed on Soul Path's new music CD 'The Journey On'. Nick Ashron's Elfin Spiral track Dreamland 5 remixed by fellow Elfin Spiral band member Steve Mitchell of Soul Path and featured in Steve Mitchell's new film 'Dragons and Rings'. Nick Ashron interviewed again by Esoteric Online Radio about Universal Communication and 'Star People'. Nick's first book By the Light of the Star (An Exploration into Creating Your Own Reality) is published in paperback by Real2Can Books. Real2Can Records re-release Nick Ashron's Selections (The Best of Nick Ashron/Elfin Spiral) CD. |
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2008
Nick Ashron's Elfin Spiral commence their 2008 Stargate Tour. Nick Ashron's music is featured in a new DVD 'Walking Between Worlds: Belonging to None' by Steve Mitchell on Reality Entertainment.
Nick Ashron interviewed yet again by Esoteric Online Radio - this time about his Inspirational Music.
Nick Ashron's first music video produced by Real2Can Films, to promote the video single 'Lament for the Trees'.
Nick Ashron is currently recording a new Elfin Spiral album - Down In The Greenwood - with Special Guest Artist Steve Mitchell of Soul Path with some tracks also by guest singer Regin Le Faye. A second music video promo has also been released by Real2Can Films to promote 'Hush Little Dreamer (Lovers Lullaby)' from the new album in progress. Nick also voted 'Most Popular Psychic Artist' in the Spiritual ConneXtions Welsh Regional Awards 2008 - and is also nominated the their National Awards for his Psychic Art, Healing Music and Website! Nick also holds his first own Workshop on self-empowerment. Nick's song 'Dreaming of Wonderland' from his album Sing for You has also been covered by folk singer/songwriter Freida Mai. Keep watching this space!!!! |
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