Click on the green play button to hear some of Ed's music.

Ed Mead, who is known professionally in the music world as Elysian Piers, is studying for a degree in contemporary media arts practice at the West Durrington Northbrook College campus.

Despite never chasing after a record deal himself, Ed was amazed to discover an email from a record company offering him a contract.

"It was a bit of a shock to read the offer from the label at first, but it was really exciting," said Ed, who works on his music only in his spare time.

Webpage

Soapsud City records said they discovered Ed on his MySpace webpage and were so impressed with his demo music they contacted him via his email to invite the musician to London to sign a contract.

Ed said he never dreamt that putting his music on the internet would lead to something as big as a record signing because he only thought his friends would listen to it.

In fact Ed, 21, is the very first of Soapsud's artists to have signed for a full EP, a six-track album.

"I'm producing the album which is due to be released in October completely on my own. Initially it will sell through online retailers like iTunes, and then, hopefully, it will sell in music shops."

Effects

Ed uses his keyboard and computer to create contemporary audio effects and describes his music as instrumental and ambient.

After playing the flute as part of the Worthing Youth Orchestra for six years when he was younger, Ed said classical musical is his biggest influence.

"I hope I can open people's eyes to different types of music besides rock and pop and show that the possibilities are endless. I'm really happy to have this recognition."

Ed plans to finish his degree at Northbrook College next year before focusing efforts on his music career.

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