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Doof Doof: My Life in Music by Simon May (Paperback, 2015)

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'I have always loved the lines from Rudyard Kipling: If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same...Career-wise, I guess I've experienced a 50/50 mix of the two, and I have always tried to turn a No into a Yes !' Simon May is one of the most successful and celebrated composers for television the UK has ever produced. Best known for writing the 'EastEnders' theme - whose evocative drum beat gives this book its title - Simon's long and impressive list of TV themes includes the 1980s smash-hit drama series 'Howards' Way', as well as such perennial favourites as 'Holiday' and 'Animal Park'. In Doof Doof: My Life in Music, Simon describes the creation of these works, his lifelong vocation as a teacher and even his short-lived pop career, with self-deprecating humour and the sharp eye of the true professional. With a wealth of music and TV anecdotes from Simon's more than 40 years in the business, Doof Doof is a vivid and engaging self-portrait of a successful composer, entrepreneurial businessman, earnest educator and committed family man.