Educated at the Grove School In Market Drayton, Shropshire, Ashley
Soan started having lessons at an early age with Brian Stone and then with Andy
Richards.
He studied music at Salford University and then went on to study at Drumtech (now the Tech
Music School) in Acton, London.
Soan's first break was a short stint with Tom Robinson and then in 1994 joined the band
Del Amitri.
He toured and recorded as a member of that band and left Del Amitri in 1997, and
subsequently joined Faithless, then went on to tour and record with Squeeze, staying with
them until their break-up in 1999.
He has done varied session work since, including touring with Tom McRae, Lisa Stansfield,
Rick Wakeman, Belinda Carlisle, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook and recording with Cee Lo
Green, Adele, Clare Maguire, Will Young, Brian McFadden, Delta Goodrem, Pete Lawrie, the
Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow single "Shame", Enrique Iglesias, Ronan Keating,
Marianne Faithfull, Natasha Bedingfield, James Morrison (Songs for You, Truths for Me and
the single, "Broken Strings"), Will Young (Let It Go), Alesha Dixon, Boyzone,
David Cook and Jordin Sparks.
Ash Soan is a member of "The Producers" along with Trevor Horn, Steve Lipson and
Lol Creme.
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