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Character Profiles > Ty Harper Dean Geyer

After giving up his law degree to concentrate on his dream of becoming a musician, Ty Harper found himself disowned by his family. Ty was determined to focus on his music, however, and soon built up a small, but loyal, fanbase. Whilst performing at an all-ages gig at Sanctum nightclub, Ty met Rachel Kinski, who fell at his feet, literally, when someone bumped into her, and she was later embarrassed to realise that he was the cousin of Taylah Jordan, who was dating Rachel's brother, Zeke. Though Taylah had brought her friends to the gig in the hope of matchmaking Rachel with Ty, it looked like their awkward first encounter, and Rachel's reluctance to begin another relationship after a recent bad experience, might nip Taylah's efforts in the bud. The following day, Taylah invited Ty to a party at the General Store, being held to farewell long-time resident Harold Bishop, but Rachel was annoyed with the continued matchmaking attempts. The next day, when Ty ran into Rachel and Zeke again at the store, she told him that she wasn't interested in him, but was left humiliated when he called her 'Rochelle' and said that it was fine, as he wouldn't date one of his cousin's schoolfriends anyway.

On the advice of Zeke, Ty headed to Charlie's Bar and spoke to owner Steph Scully about performing some gigs there. She admitted that she wasn't really interested at the moment but, short-staffed, asked if he had any bar experience. He jumped at the offer, and one of his first customers was Rachel, there with Zeke and their stepmother Susan. Overhearing Rachel complaining to Zeke about Ty, and how she wouldn't want to date him anyway, he asked her if she'd like to read the children's menu.

With brooding musician Ty proving popular with the ladies of Erinsborough, Ringo Brown and Declan Napier decided to form a band to get some attention for themselves. Ty agreed to give them some tips, and also accepted an apology from Rachel for her recent behaviour, as she explained that she'd been through some tough times recently. When Ty later started mouthing off at the bar about the upcoming trial of Angus Henderson, a teacher who had an affair with a student, he upset Rachel, the student in question. As he became the one apologising to her, she realised that she'd been quick to judge him, but was determined that they should just be friends, wary that her friends and family thought that she became romantically involved with every guy she came into contact with.

As they got to know each other at dance classes, Ty started to open up about his past and his problems with his family, and Libby saw a new side to him. When Steph then noticed on her work records that it was Ty's birthday, and he'd kept quiet about it, Libby organised a small party at the bar. Her dad Karl noticed how much she was enjoying Ty's company, while Libby noticed how well her son, Ben got along with Ty, though things got awkward when Ben asked if Ty was going to be his new dad. When Ty then asked Libby out to a gig, she agreed to go, though admitted to Steph that she didn't really see him as relationship material. It was an awkward evening, with Dan and his wife Samantha also at the club, and a jealous Dan trying to warn Ty to be careful with Libby, only to be told to mind his own business. Though Libby and Ty were getting along well, he was also growing close to Rachel, as he helped her overcome her fear of singing in public and convinced her to help him write and perform a song for the upcoming school formal. Following the performance at the formal, Ty and Libby were on their second date - this time a picnic in the park - when it once again ended in disaster when they found Chris Knight unconscious in the bushes by the lake.

As they got to know each other at dance classes, Ty started to open up about his past and his problems with his family, and Libby saw a new side to him. When Steph then noticed on her work records that it was Ty's birthday, and he'd kept quiet about it, Libby organised a small party at the bar. Her dad Karl noticed how much she was enjoying Ty's company, while Libby noticed how well her son, Ben got along with Ty, though things got awkward when Ben asked if Ty was going to be his new dad. When Ty then asked Libby out to a gig, she agreed to go, though admitted to Steph that she didn't really see him as relationship material. It was an awkward evening, with Dan and his wife Samantha also at the club, and a jealous Dan trying to warn Ty to be careful with Libby, only to be told to mind his own business. Though Libby and Ty were getting along well, he was also growing close to Rachel, as he helped her overcome her fear of singing in public and convinced her to help him write and perform a song for the upcoming school formal. Following the performance at the formal, Ty and Libby were on their second 'date' - this time a picnic in the park - when it once again ended in disaster when they found Chris Knight unconscious in the bushes by the lake.

Though Ty seemed disappointed that both of their trips out together had been ruined, Libby made it clear that they'd only ever been friends anyway. Message received, Ty moved on, and his friendship with Rachel grew when she helped him to get rid of an unwanted stalker, Donna Freedman. During a gig at Charlie's, Ty spotted Donna in the crowd and explained to Rachel that she'd been following him around for over a year. So, in the hope of getting rid of her, Rachel pretended to be Ty's girlfriend. Though it seemed to have worked, Donna then moved her obsession over to Rachel, thinking she might win over Ty if she was more like her rival. The whole situation came to a head when Donna, wearing a dark wig like Rachel's hair, turned up to help with some bushfire prevention work, where Rachel and Ty were also volunteering. As Donna pestered Ty with lies about her new work experience at a record label, he turned on her and asked her to leave him alone. She vanished and soon after, a fire broke out. Though pyromaniac fireman Jay Duncan was found to be responsible, Donna was a suspect for a while, and was hurt that Rachel and her friends believed she could do such a thing. Everyone soon realised that all she needed was a few genuine friends and she might stop with the stalking and the ridiculous stunts and, once she started at Erinsborough High and slowly made friends, she left Ty alone for good.

With his own love life going nowhere, Ty concentrated on involving himself in other people's affairs, warning Libby's new boyfriend Lucas not to mess her around, then preventing a tipsy Rebecca Napier from making the biggest mistake of her life, going home with her ex, Paul Robinson, by warning Steph what was about to happen. Steph quickly took Rebecca aside and made her realise that she didn't want to wake up the next morning with Paul next to her.

Ty couldn't help but be jealous when Angus Henderson was released from prison and, despite the thorough disapproval from friends and family, Rachel resumed her relationship with him. Though he drowned his sorrows with friends, Ty also tried his best to be a supportive friend to her and she agreed to play with his band at Declan Napier's 18th birthday party. Angus, meanwhile, was growing jealous of Ty and Rachel's close friendship, and a fight almost broke out at the party - where Angus was already being made to feel like an outcast - when Ty joked that he and Rachel 'make sweet music together'. Rachel was happy to have at least one friend still left in Ramsay Street, and they sang Unforgettable for the party-goers. The following day, Ty was filling in at the gym and was surprised when Angus came in to hand in his CV about a job. When Ty pointed out that lots of teenagers used the facilities at the gym, Angus snapped and said he'd had enough, throwing the CV in the bin and telling Ty to stuff the job. Things only got worse as Rachel and Angus realised that they'd never be able to live normal lives in Erinsborough, and made plans to leave for South Australia, only for Rachel to realise, at the last minute, that she couldn't leave her family. Angus left without her and, hoping to cheer her up, Ty bought her a keyboard as a gift, which backfired spectacularly, with Rachel thinking that he was trying to win her over, when he was just trying to show her that he cared. Meanwhile, Rachel was also receiving mysterious text messages and, as she spent the evening babysitting at number 32, growing increasingly scared, Ty came home from a charity slave auction at the bar, only for Rachel to believe he was a stalker and knock him out with a cricket bat. Few people believed that Ty was capable of stalking Rachel, though as the evidence started to pile up, he struggled to prove his innocence, but it wasn't until Rachel realised that school bully Justin Hunter had been taunting her for days about Angus that she got to the truth. Justin admitted to being the stalker, and Rachel managed to apologise to Ty for the way she'd treated him.

Donna could see that Ty and Rachel were meant to be together, but recent events had caused tension between them. In the hope of helping things along, she dragged Rachel to Triple E radio station, where she managed to get DJs Fred and Big Tommo to interview them about Rachel attacking Ty with a cricket bat, and they even played Unforgettable. Ty was touched by the gesture, and even happier when the radio exposure led to two new bookings for the band. When Nothing Doing then started the search for a new female lead singer, Ty decided to make sure the other auditionees were awful, so that Rachel could win. After overhearing Sienna Cammeniti singing along badly to her iPod, he asked her to audition, but was annoyed when she was reasonably good, and things got worse when the other band members, particularly Logan Ellis, outvoted Ty and demanded that Sienna join. But, just as Ty had feared, Sienna struggled with the songs, though Logan was desperate to accommodate her, angering Ty when he asked if they could change the key of some of the songs, as Sienna couldn't quite manage some of the notes.

With the band set to play an important gig with booking agents in the crowd, Ty was keen for everything to be perfect, and when Sienna's nerves started to show, he suggested having Rachel on stage for moral support, as a backing singer. He then encouraged Zeke, who was controlling the sound system, to ramp up Rachel's voice, so it drowned out Sienna's. Things were going well, until, during the break, Logan tried to kiss Sienna, and she realised that he was more interested in her than her voice, and quit the band. Ty decided that Rachel would have to fill in, but Logan wasn't convinced, believing that Ty fancied her, and her presence would make the band lose its edge. As Ty tried to convince Logan that he didn't have any feelings for Rachel, he failed to realise that his microphone was still switched on, and Rachel could hear every word he was saying. Later, she confronted him and he admitted that he did genuinely have feelings for her, and had just said that stuff to stop Logan being an idiot, but he knew she just wanted to be friends, so would try to get over it, if she'd agree to join the band. The band's next gig went no more smoothly, as they played at a gallery where Dan's brother Lucas had a photography exhibition, but a fight broke out between the siblings, over Libby. But it seemed that Rachel and Ty were getting along better, until she was suddenly distracted as she noticed that she'd lost the ring, given to her by Angus after his trial. They searched but failed to find it, until the next day, when Ty found it in the back of his car, amongst all the band's sound gear, bend out of shape.

Tenure
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Magic Moments
Episode 5419: Ty's Arrival

Biography by Steve

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