Warren started playing guitar at the age of seven, inspired by hearing his father and older brother play. Over the years, he has studied many styles including rock, metal, blues, jazz, celtic, gyspy, bluegrass and country.

Warren has been playing in bands since the age of 12. The most significant part of his ongoing musical development took place during the 8 years as lead guitarist/writer in AVACOST. The group played very experimental progressive rock and released two recordings, the AVACOST E.P.(1989, Independant), and "A Peace of the Sky".(1993, Nudibranch Records). After the band stopped playing together in 1995, Warren took a break from live performance and focused on learning and composing new styles.

In 1997, Warren and some friends formed a celtic quartet called BRAE. This group played at conventions and private functions. Warren's time with BRAE allowed him the opportunity to further explore the possibilities of the acoustic guitar, and to develop a feel for the traditional music of his home region.

Warren joined up with a local singer/songwriter Ray Mattie and bassist Jonny Grant for a couple of shows in 2002 . This Celtic rock group is known as POGEY, and travels throughout Canada and the United States, playing a variety of material from original songs and instrumentals to adaptions of traditional material. POGEY's latest release is called “Full Speed Ahead” (2010 Universal Music Canada)



In 2004/2005, Warren recorded and released an album of experimental shred guitar instrumentals entitled "Thoughts and Realities". It featured melodic tunes, complex textures and orchestrations and fast shred guitar playing. Topping sales charts on Guitar Nine Records, this first solo release earned Warren a reputation as a both a melodic shred guitarist and as a modern composer. Warren has followed up his debut with a recording called "Music From the Void". This concept album is inspired by the writings of the great Samauri Musashi.

Warren has recently recorded and released a performance of W.A. Mozart's "Requiem Mass in Dm KV626". The recording is an arrangement of the full mass for orchestra, with all choir and soloist parts performed on the electric guitar. His latest solo recording is a 12 song collection of space, physics and sprituality inspired melodic guitar instrumentals. The album is called "Mysteries of the Invisible" and features 6 guest artists.

Also trained in orchestral composition, Warren leads an active career as a composer for film, television and live theatre. He has written the music scores to over 90 international documentaries. Warren has also done a great deal of studio session work on a variety of projects in many musical styles, and still teaches guitar to a handful of keen players.

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