Dury Loveridge - Session Cellist

Dury has been performing with bands from an early age. In his teens he found himself pushing to the front of the crowds at the Reading Festival to get a closer glimpse of Martin Maccarick playing cello with Irish rock group Therapy? and he was hooked. He plays both acoustic and electric cello, with a particular interest in multi-tracked cello tracks.

He has performed with a number of bands, including arranging and performing the string tracks on Tanya Walker's EP for Fopp Records, The Changing Me. He also performed with Tanya in Cardiff and South Wales in various venues.

You can hear a sample of one of the tracks on the audio page.

 

A session musician is only as good as their influences. In order to get the right sound for your recording you need to find a musician with the right character, and Dury prides himself in having one of the most eclectic tastes in music around. His influences include the following, and everything in between:

As well as performing as a solo cellist, Dury is also happy working alongside other string players, blending his sound with others with ease - he has a reputation for being a no-nonsense one-take musician - something very important for those on a tight budget in the studio! 

Dury has a string quartet which offers itself as a session quartet for recordings and television work, and can always find other musicians when needed.

On television, Dury has appeared on BBC Commisioned film Percussion, BBC 1's Dalziel and Pascoe, and the string quartet also featured on the soundtrack and visuals of BBC 2's Crisis at the Castle.