I’ve been interested in music from an early age and have played various instruments such as the Recorder However one of my my elder brothers Michael, was more advanced and had a electronic drum kit Simmons SDS-1000, and Korg Mono/Poly and Roland SH-101 synths and a bass guitar. He was part of a local band called Choice. My cousin Joseph was part of Jah Warriors also. I liked the drums but never really got into playing, synth and bass were, on the other hand instruments I really liked to play, and I have always played keyboard off an on over the years.
My earliest recordings were through the condenser mic inputs of analog tape recorders, very noisy!
![Casio-SK200-Synth-Sampling-Keyboard](https://www.burnished-bronze.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Casio-SK200-Synth-Sampling-Keyboard.jpg)
My first keyboard was a Casio SK-200 sampling keyboard which I had alongside an Aria Pro bass and a electric guitar I bought of a school friend along with an old amp and headphone mixing box that doubled as a mixer because you could somehow reverse the outputs with the input. The SK-200 had a limited sequencer and a sampling option and was great fun.
![Kawai K4](https://www.burnished-bronze.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/k4.jpg)
I managed to get a work experience placement at a small recording studio, Toadstool Music, just outside Ipswich in Bramford with a friend of my brother who was in his band. They had a very impressive A&H mixing desk, with a Kawai K4, Alesis Midiverb II and some other bits of kit. I think this got me even more interested in the technical aspects of music and MIDI.
![Korg M1 Synthesiser](https://www.burnished-bronze.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/KORG-M1-1.jpg)
After a few years I was lucky enough to get a Korg M1 music workstation, and built a little studio around that with a Roland SC-55 Sound Canvas and Cheetah SX-16 sampler.
![Rolands SC-55 Sound Canvas Sound Module](https://www.burnished-bronze.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/roland-sc-55-sound-canevas.jpg)
![Cheetah-SX16 Sampler](https://www.burnished-bronze.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Cheetah-SX16.jpg)
My recordings were a bit better as I recorded into the RCA phono inputs of my Technics tape deck, through a series of Y splitter cables that merged the outputs of all my equipment. Unconventional but it worked!
![Technics RB-B965 3 Head Cassette Deck](https://www.burnished-bronze.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/technics_rs-b965_3-head_cassette_deck.jpg)
When I went to university 1993, I lost the drive to write music and gave up for a few years, but picked up again when I returned home in 1996.
![Generalmusic S3 Turbo Synthesiser](https://www.burnished-bronze.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GEM-S3-Front.jpg)
I got a rather off the beaten track Generalmusic S3 Turbo, an Italian 88 note weighted keyboard with some interesting sounds and a 88 note weighted keyboard, 6 outputs and 2 sets of MIDI ports.
![Mackie 1402vlz Mixing Desk](https://www.burnished-bronze.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/mackie-1402vlz-1024x576.jpg)
![Akai S1000 Sampler](https://www.burnished-bronze.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/S1000.jpg)
I built up quite an impressive home studio with a Mackie 1402 VLZ desk, Akai S1000 and later S3000XL sampler, Sony DT1000 ES DAT recorder, Alesis D5 drum machine, Alesis Midiverb 4 FX unit, Yamaha MU100R Sound Module.
![Yamaha MU100R Sound Module](https://www.burnished-bronze.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/yamaha-mu100r.jpg)
It was with this set up that I really explored Drum ‘n’ Bass as a style of music, and wrote my first album, “Long Journey Home” under the artist name Future By Design. The music I did wasn’t really spiritual so I have it on my blog, separate from this site.
![Anthony Ewers aka Future By Design interview picture for The East Anglian Daily Times](https://www.burnished-bronze.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/FBDInterview.ver_-1024x725.jpg)
I’ve been a believer since birth, I’ve always felt a need to write songs which say something, but ironically most of my early music had no lyrics! That was until my fourth studio attempt, which was very minimal with just a EMU PK-6 and Steinberg Cubase SL3, this was my first foray into digital recording. You can listen to my efforts done under the artist name DCUL.
![Emu PK6 Synthesiser](https://www.burnished-bronze.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/e-mu-pk-6-lrg-tx.jpg)
Currently under the artist name Burnished Bronze, I have a Korg Kronos 2 88 note synthesiser, Allen & Heath QU-16 mixing desk, Roland Integra-7 sound module, Akai Z8 sampler, Kawai K4 synth, Lexicon PCM92 & Kawai RV-4 multi effects, Alesis Midiverb II effects, a BBE 822a Sonic Maximiser, and a Tascam TA-1VP vocal processor. I run Cubase 10.5 and thank Yah that he has blessed me with the opportunity to explore praising him with music as I do.
![Anthony Ewers (Future By Design) Donations](https://www.burnished-bronze.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/bb-donations-1024x683.jpg)
You can contribute to Anthony Ewers (Future By Design) and help this project grow. I’ll be making new songs under the artist names of DC:UL and Burnished Bronze, podcasting and getting involved in various artistic creations to bring warning to our people and further the good news.
I don’t claim to be bringing a powerful ministry or authoritative on matters of faith, I am learning and growing, but I do pray and hope Yah blesses you and those close to you through what I do.
Alternatively you can donate via CashApp: cash.app/£burnishedbronze