In the mid-1990s, following secondary education at Bournville School, Skinner became a student at Sutton Coldfield College, in Sutton Coldfield, and was working in fast-food jobs while trying to start his own independent record label and sending off demos.
I slutet av 1990-talet var Skinner student på Sutton Coldfield College, nära Birmingham, och jobbade inom olika snabbmatsföretag medan han försökte starta sitt eget oberoende skivbolag och skickade iväg demos.