After ending a recording £200,000 deal with Sony, musician Will Hunt is ready to set his own tone with a solo-record launch party in Worcester, “where it all began’’.

Will’s gene code is written in high notes – son of the keyboardist behind the hit I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day says he simply “could not avoid music”.

“It was an obvious choice for me. I grew up in a house where lots of instruments are just lying around. My dad formed an early ELO and Wizzard line-up and my cousin Miles fronts the Wonder Stuff,’’ Will says.

With heavy domestic influence and piano lessons at an early age, Will’s ambition quickly extended beyond the scene in Bromsgrove, where he grew up, or even Worcester, where he attended Sixth Form College.

For the then 20-year-old, it felt like a natural progression to move to London to meet other musicians.

In the capital, Will says he was fortunate enough to play paid gigs, notably at the Abbey Tavern pub, where he used to jam alongside the likes of Ed Sheeran.

“I moved to London because I already played with everyone from Worcestershire. I wanted to do something other than singer-songwriter stuff that I’d been doing, so I started making electronic music.

“My manager persuaded me to do it live and the next thing I knew I was signed to a major label,’’ he says.

Will put pen to paper in a mind-blowing £200,000 deal with Sony Colombia Records for his electronic project ‘Dansette Junior’ but the young artist became disillusioned.

“When you’re under this big umbrella it takes a lot of time for everyone to make decisions.

“Besides, it just wasn’t the sort of stuff I wanted to do. I was doing music that I hated,’’ Will remembers.

“Once the deal was over, I had the chance to breathe again. I’ve made a record that I’m proud of because I wrote and produced it myself.’’

In his own words, the gist of the record – Temporary Romance – is “quite hard to put down”.

It is a singer-songwriter album reminiscent of the acoustic days he cherishes the most, “with narrative scenes of the loves you’ve lost and observations from my own life’’.

The album is released on March 31, with a launch party held in Worcester’s Bull Inn on April 7, followed by more live performances around the UK and Europe.

“The idea of a handful of small solo gigs and intimate performances comes as such a breather to me.

“And what a better place to play than Worcester where it all kind of started?

“I played at the Bull Inn when I was only 16 and it was a

no-brainer when they asked me to do a live gig this April,’’ says Will. “What a way to complete the circle!”