Trained as a folk music accordionist between the ages of seven and sixteen, MacNeil discovered pop music at seventeen.[2]
MacNeil joined Simple Minds in 1978 and left in 1990. During his time with the band he was recognised as one of their main composers. After leaving Simple Minds, he occasionally joined Simple Minds-related projects such as Fourgoodmen (along with fellow ex-Simple Minds member Derek Forbes plus Ian Henderson and Bruce Watson)[3] and XSM (with Forbes and original Simple Minds drummer Brian McGee).[3] He also recorded with a reformed Visage.
He released a solo album called People, Places, Things on his own record label, Mix Records, in 1997.[citation needed]
Equipmentedit
During the early years of Simple Minds (the first four albums, between 1978 and 1982) MacNeil used a Farfisa organ and a "tiny wee Korg, two oscillators on it... It was a stupid sound, but it had lots of good noises on it."[2] He added a Roland Jupiter-4 programmable polyphonic synthesiser in the early 1980s, which featured heavily on the Sons and Fascination and Sister Feelings Call albums.
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