Who we are

Kathy Higgins

Dr Kathy Mansfield Higgins B.Ed. Dip.Adult Ed. M.Ed. PhD. Kathy is Max’s mother. She is not a musician but has spent a lifetime surrounded by the musical men in her family, and as a teacher herself has always been a supporter of Max’s career as a teacher and mentor of young people. She has worked as a teacher at secondary and tertiary levels and worked internationally in several African countries and in the Caribbean as a political advisor. Her attention these days is focussed on teaching creative writing and working with the Max Weedon Music charity to support and encourage young music makers. Kathy is a Trustee of Tools for Self Reliance, a UK registered charity based in Portsmouth UK, and The Zimbabwe Theatre Academy, based in Harare Zimbabwe.

Clive Stocker

Clive Stocker BA, PGCE, MA Clive Stocker worked with Max in Bath College for 7 years where they transformed the music department by centring learning around a record label model. He is always in awe of Max’s ambitious and infectious approaches and learned so much from him about improving the careers and lives of young people. Clive has taught music in secondary school, further and higher education and also trains new teachers in the profession. Currently, Clive is Head of School for Music in BIMM Institute Bristol, a music university, guiding and managing curriculum and delivery for music makers making their way into the industry.

Rapha Weedon

Rapha Weedon Bsc is Max's brother. Musically, he began his career at 7 on a violin, otherwise known as The Torture Device. Making friends with various lonely pianos, he also tinkered around playing the Moonlit Sonata and Winifred Atwells 5 finger boogie. At 17, Max promoted Rapha from 'backing singer' (aka shouting very loudly into a Mic) to the drummer of SHC, Max's first band. After attending university studying Maths and Computing, he was again promoted by Max to keyboard in his band The Just. In 2014 Rapha achieved grade 8 in piano and grade 6 in theory later that year. Having always strummed a guitar his latest passion is now a 5 string Fender Precision bass. You'll generally find Rapha either practicing this less abusive instrument, playing live in his covers band Delta, in the recording studio putting down some phat lines or walking the beautiful Cavajack Ella.

Will Scott-Cree

Will Scott Cree BA (Hons), PGCE, MMus, AFHEA Will and Max met and became friends whilst teaching together at City of Bath College’s music department. Alongside this they setup and ran L.A.B music studios in Stokes Croft, Bristol. Will is a producer and musician, and makes music and performs under the alias, Gatekeeper. Following teaching experience in further education, Will moved to higher education and has been a course leader for HND, FdA and BA (Hons) degree programmes designing and delivering curriculums with a focus on music production. He is currently Lecturer in Creative Music Technology at Bath Spa University.

Chris Littlewood

Chris Littlewood MMus. Chris met Max through Will, and started collaborating on productions as a recording engineer for one of the artists Max was mentoring, becoming good friends through music and a shared enthusiasm for enquiry. Chris is a mix and recording engineer and producer and teaches in higher education at dBs Institute in Bristol, delivering workshops and lectures on studio craft and helping the next generation of sound engineers and artists to develop their signature sound. Chris was always drawn to the altruistic nature of Max’s work with his artists and his drive to help them make great music and hopes that as a trustee we can all help to continue this legacy.

Tallis Morris