Adrian Bates is a contemporary songwriter / vocalist from a little town called South Elmsall in the north of England (U.K.). It`s a small place where little changes, but the town and it`s people never fail to inspire Adrians songwriting. Dreams, hopes, ambitions and fears are all recurring and universal themes which run through his songs. Adrian has played in several rock bands since leaving school and is now looking to get some recognition for the many songs he has written over the past few years.

Along with a bunch of old school friends he has recently been playing under the name COPE. Adrian is the frontman / pianist and occasional guitar player in Cope, they have over 20 great songs and are a formidable live band, with excellent receptions at sold out shows in their local area and have already worked with record producers Andy Whitmore and Peter Lorentz. All Adrian, his songs and band need now is to be heard by the right people!

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Bio

Adrian Bates is a contemporary songwriter / vocalist from a little town called South Elmsall in the north of England ( U.K.). It`s a small place where little changes, but the town and it`s people never fail to inspire Adrians songwriting. Dreams, hopes, ambitions and fears are all recurring and universal themes which run through his songs.
Adrian has played in several rock bands since leaving school and is now looking to get some recognition for the many songs he has written over the past few years.
Along with a bunch of old school friends he has recently been playing under the name COPE. Although they are only a few gigs old they have had some excellent receptions at sold out shows in their local area and have already worked with record producers Andy Whitmore and Peter Lorentz, the results of which can be heard on some of these recordings.
Adrian is now looking to attract the attention of any artists, publishers or companies who would be interested in using any of his songs in their upcoming projects. He is happy for artists to record their own versions of his songs or companies to use the existing versions which are recorded to industry standard.
Adrian is the frontman / pianist and occasional guitar player in Cope, they have over 20 great songs worked on already and are a formidable live band, All Adrian, his songs and band need now is to be heard by the right people!