WATERS, Hurley Ross

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HURLEY ROSS WATERS

FULL NAME: Hurley Ross Waters.
NICKNAMES: None.
AGE: Thirty
GENDER: Male.
SEXUALITY: Straight.
STATUS: Single.
GROUP: Citizen.
GRADE: N/A.
MAJOR: N/A.
JOB OCCUPATION: Sound Engineer.

HAIR: Dark brown and shorn in on the sides with just a little bit of length on the top.
EYES: Hazel.
SCARS/BIRTHMARKS: If any, they’re probably covered in ink.
TATTOOS: “Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial” across the middle of his back. There is a sun, moon and constellation on his left shoulder – with a scroll for his mum underneath. An all-seeing eye on his right shoulder. Jack Daniels “stamp” beneath 4:21 on the back of his neck. He has a swallow, music notes and a sun on the left side of his chest. Sleeves consist of: hammerhead shark swimming around his wrist, a doodled skull, Cleo from Pinnochio on his hand. A galleon boat with the flags of different countries, another black and white ship on the inside of his arm. A neo-trad bird on the inside and outside of his elbow. Sailor Jerry hula girls, a stormy sky, starfish, a bomb with wings. Other arm has flowers, a crow against a blood red sky, and a guitar on fire.
PIERCINGS: He has a nose ring.
PLAY-BY: Zack Merrick!

LIKES: Music, guitars, being in a studio, spicy food, pizzas, gym mornings, mountains, rock climbing, summer hiking, camping, water fights, live music, Northern England (he has little love for the south), British cuisine (which he forces upon all who know him), open mic nights, Salt & Vinegar crisps, fluffy dogs, Coca-Cola, drums, tattoos.
DISLIKES: Silence, being dragged into someone else’s problems, poor quality headphones/speakers, card games, school, chewy sweets, being tired during the day, wasps, being corrected on language, people who try to be ‘edgy’, gourmet cooking, salmon, spinach, bullies, getting a haircut (because it never looks right until a week later).
FEARS: Wasps, another World War, his teeth falling out.
SECRETS: The best night’s sleep he had was in a caravan park in Northumbria. He stole the pillow that was the cause of such a blissful sleep. Now he only ever uses that pillow (or identical purchases) to sleep on and will take it wherever he goes when he knows he’ll be away from home for at least one night. He tells most people it’s orthopaedic if they ask.
PERSONALITY: Hurley is very much the life of the party. He’s friendly and welcoming to almost everybody (providing he doesn’t think someone has an ulterior motive), and he’s almost always the last to go home or pass out. He’s loud and passionate about more than just the musical world he’s part of. He’s hard working and won’t call something complete unless he’s given it his all. Hurley does have a short temper, and while he’s quite prone to snapping and shouting at people, he’s usually pretty good about apologising for it afterwards if they had only been trying to help, or just caught him on a bad day. He’s known to be crude at times, and swearing like a sailor is just part of his charm at this point. He does do his best not to upset anyone with his language, but at the same time he won’t apologise for being himself. Hurley is a flirt and a joker, and most of the time it’s all harmless with zero intentions of it becoming something more. When he is in a relationship though, that person gets to see that he’s a big softie behind all the muscle and shouting.

MOTHER: Debbie Louise Waters, 55.
FATHER: Kevin David Waters, 59.
SIBLINGS: Briony Jane Waters, 26
Liam Samuel Waters, 24.
Lillian Kate Waters, 21.
OTHERS: N/A.
PETS: Journey – a American Eskimo Dog, and Boston, a Bernese Mountain Dog of two!
HOMETOWN: Manchester, England.
HISTORY: Kevin met Debbie through his work. He was a roadie and she was a fan, back when they were both too young to know better. However, love is love, regardless of stupid notions and running away like characters in a music video. They married young and once Debbie was pregnant with their first child, Kevin set up a record shop in their hometown of Manchester and Debbie didn’t have to follow him around the country – or the globe – anymore.

Hurley was the first child to the happily married couple. He was a boisterous little boy who came to love being a big brother to the three younger children that followed him. All of the children loved music, thanks to their parents constantly playing it in their home, the cars, and at the record store. Hurley loved his siblings, but he was also the one who teased them the most too. He never meant to be malicious, and he would apologise if they were genuinely upset by something he did or said, but most of the time they understood that he was just out to annoy them, to embarrass them, and they took it in their stride, often pulling together to find some way to get back at him. Since their parents didn’t exactly want their kids fighting each other, they invested in water guns and NERF toys so that they could torture each other without anything serious coming from it (aside maybe from a grazed knee or small bruise from kids being clumsy as anything).

His childhood was fairly normal. His family was crammed into a modest house where the kids shared rooms, but that wasn’t all too different from those he befriended through school and sports clubs. He played rugby as a kid, but got bored of it in his teens when music became more than just the family business. Hurley learnt to play guitar, and bass guitar, before dabbling with drums too. He enjoyed making music as much as he did listening to it. He did the whole ‘band’ thing with his friends where they covered their favourite rock songs and wrote songs that only made a slither of sense because they were trying too hard to be deep and meaningful. Still, that paved the way for what would ultimately become Hurley’s future career.

It was an old friend of Kevin’s who took him into a studio for the first time. He was assisting in finishing up an album for a new band and Kevin had told him that Hurley would be interested. It was only one afternoon for a few hours, but Hurley knew instantly that that was where he wanted to be once he was done with school.
Hurley studied music in sixth form and then went to Newcastle for university where he studied Music & Audio production.

His university years were wild. He’ll hold his hands up and admit that there were periods of time that he doesn’t remember, be it because he was blackout drunk or just so exhausted from the workload. He tried to keep a healthy balance of work and social life but sometimes this didn’t go to plan, and he wound up burnt out and needed a weekend in bed – alone – to recover. Still, Hurley considers them some of the best years of his life.

When he finished school, he worked in London for a little less than a year. Being a northern kid, he found a lot to dislike about the south and the Capital. He worked hard for that year, building his contacts until eventually someone thought of him when there was a job opportunity in New York. He jumped at the chance.

New York was such an eclectic mix of people that he felt much better there than in London. He settled into the new studio his contact brought him to, and worked hard, expanding his networking and contact list. He got to attend award shows and work with some bands he was already a fan of. Soon he was being asked for by those groups, getting to work with them more and more, or travelling to sit in recording and writing sessions with them. Some even became part of his friendship group. Others were less welcome if he thought they were fake, or if they were only with the band for their own slice of fame and riches. (Hurley considers these people to be complete fucking morons.)

He’s been in New York for eight years now, and Hurley considers it home now. He’s almost always around other people, be it working or socialising. Usually after completing an album or a recording session, he’ll typically take a break to the mountains or a National Park for some downtime, but he typically still goes with friends then – just his closest ones. He’s loving his life, proud of all he’s done, and there are still so many adventures left for him to go on.

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