The Blue Mountains has proven to be a haven for the rich and famous of late.

The most recent addition to the area's list of celebrity citzens is ex-1927 guitarist Dave Dwyer, who on top of his work with 1927, has played with such Australian rock legends as Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss and The Angels, as well as members of Deep Purple, The Eagles and Stray Cats.

Dave has moved to Glenbrook, not only to live, but to further his business - focusing on propagating the promising Blue Mountains Music Industry.

Dave, along with his wife Rebecca has established Gangstar Productions, Gangstar Studios and Gangstar Records - a trio of companies that Dave hopes will allow him to assist local bands who cannot otherwise access recording studios.

His plan is to form partnerships with local bands, whereby he would provide the facility of his 72-track state-of-the-art studio (produced by Dave) who in return would take a larger percentage of the profit from the sale of the record.

He believes this would make the producer closer to the band and would make it more likely for them to stay a team for longer. It would also help new bands get heard publicly, who otherwise would not.

Along with the 72-track Dave has a mobile 24-track facility, on which he could record, produce and engineer live performances, straight from the microphones, bypassing the in-house sound engineer.

Dave has also made himself available as a guitar teacher to students of any level.

Dave said he "had always wanted to give something back to the music industry that has given him so much". The musicians of the Blue Mountains have been lucky enough to have this arrive in their backyards.