After a year, he then began studying privately with well-known classical pianist and guitarist Sebastian Jorgenson at the Montsalvat Artists Colony in Eltham, Victoria.
Houghton composed music for film and Television, including the motion picture "The Custodian" (John Dingwall) and the animation series Plasmo (Tony Lawrence).
He wrote a large number of unpublished sketches for electronic media and produced a record of his own experimental improvisations on electric guitar and piano frame, distributed privately.
Houghton lived for many years in Sydney, teaching from his home in Petersham and then Summer Hill.
He was highly regarded as a teacher, with a profound understanding of guitar technique and musical interpretation.