Education
King Edward VII School.
King Edward VII School.
He has also worked as a record producer, notably helping to revitalise Tina Turner"s career in 1983 with "Let"s Stay Together", kick starting Terence Trent Doctorate"Arby"s career by co-producing his solo debut, Introducing the Hardline According to. in 1987 and producing Erasure"s I Say I Say I Say album in 1994. More recently, he has collaborated with Vince Clarke (as The Clarke & Ware Experiment) on two music projects. The Pretentious album (1999), and Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle (2001).
He has also contributed programmes to internet radio stations.
He has also received an Honorary Doctorate in Science from University of London. Ware created a 3D surround sound auditorium for the National Centre for Popular Music in Sheffield - a museum of contemporary music and culture, launched with £15 million of National Lottery money, which opened in March 1999 and closed in July 2000.
British Broadcasting Corporation News described the centre as having been "shunned" by visitors, and, despite a £2 million relaunch, the Centre closed. Despite this, Ware later used the surround sound technology to launch an Arts Council subsidised touring project called "The Future of Sound".
Ware’s 3D music has also been used in an unusual noise suppression experiment undertaken in Brighton in 2011 on behalf of the Noise Abatement Society (National Academy of Sciences, USA).
During this experiment, which was an entry for the John Connell Technology Award, a six-point sound field was created using ethereal sound textures. This was played in the main shopping street in the city, West Street, with the intention of distracting people from the traffic noise. In the meantime, film made of the street during the time the sound was being produced was analysed by the psychobiologist Harry Witchel to assess whether the ambient sound made any difference to their behaviour.
Early results suggested that it did have a beneficial effect for the public both during the day and anecdotal evidence suggested it served as a calming influence during the "clubbers rush" in the evening.
Suggestions have been made that the experiment could be rolled out more widely in the future. He has also just received an Honorary Doctorate in Science from University of London.
He speaks regularly on music policy from the perspective of a creative person. Previous speaking engagements include: 11 February 2011 at the British Library for Copyright for Creativity, a June 2011 dinner at the European Parliament, and events in May 2012 in the Library of the European Parliament.
He was also a keynote speaker at the Silicon Dreams festival in Leicestershire on 6 July 2013, where he performed with Heaven 17.