Banker Seeks Fortune as Rock Musician

And on a final note... the current financial crisis has many people concerned about whether they'll make enough money to put food on the table. Well one London banker has hung up his suit and well-paying profession for a less than financially stable job.

As the global economy suffers from its worst financial crises in eighty years, the music industry would not traditionally be considered a career safe haven for people seeking fame and fortune, but that's exactly what Martyn Shone did, packing in his lucrative day job as a City worker at Credit Suisse in London's Canary Wharf and following his life long ambition to be a rock star.

[Martyn Shone, Honey Ryder]:
"I have always been into music, I have always aspired to be a professional musician, said guitarist Martyn Shone, one half of pop duo Honey Ryder during a break from rehearsal. "I did my degree in business and French, came to London and everyone needs to earn a wage and I just got a job in a bank as a consultant, I had a good time there, but I have always been playing music."

Joining Shone in his life changing career move is business partner and fellow band member, singer-songwriter Lindsay O'Mahony. O'Mahony gave up her job at MTV to begin gigging with various bands around the London pub circuit before meeting Shone through mutual friends and forming the pop band Honey Ryder.

[Martyn Shone, Honey Ryder]:
"It takes a certain type of personality to go for your dream and go for it and to put your money where your mouth is really. People who know me well they know that I am a risk taker and I have always believed in this, always so people aren't that surprised really that I have been doing it full time. But obviously there are people have said, maybe you should stay where you are, the irony now is that the credit crunch is setting in and it almost looks a safer option anyway."

Honey Ryder's debut album, "Rising Up," goes on general release in the UK on November 17.

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