At the end of this week I am putting on a concert of original music that I have written over the past couple of years as part of my PhD. I have been exploring the possibilities of cross-genre hybridity in new music composition! The concert will take place on April 7th 2013 from 7:30pm in [...]
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Time for a catch up…
It has been a long time since I have posted here... this is disappointing because I was aiming to be more regular with these posts, and I seem to have done the opposite. But hopefully it will be up and up from here. Life does tend to get in the way a bit, but in [...]
They No Longer Sleep Alone – Now Online
This is my first major post for 2013. I have been busily working away in the studio crafting some new music for my PhD... lots of notes on paper, and sounds in the machine - but it is slowly coming together! But, as a treat for 2013, I want to present to you a film [...]
Lots going on!
At this time of year things seem to always get really hectic - christmas madness, end of year functions, last minute jobs etc. and this year hasn't been different. I have been taking on the role of full-time stay-at-home dad while my lovely wife is helping out at her old work during the crazy season, [...]
While Wolf Sleeps – EP1
As part of a goal to continue to increase my creative output, and also as a desire to have a escape for my mind from working on my suite for viola and cello. I decided to put together a bunch of uptempo tunes that were just for fun. Not trying to re-create any specific sound/style [...]
Days filled with music
My days are either filled with looking after my boy or working on my PhD. Luckily, my PhD is a creative practice based portfolio/thesis that involves me composing a lot of new original music, and then writing about the music I have written. (Somewhere in that process I also get to perform that music with some [...]
An unknown Superhero
I have the distinct pleasure of being involved with the creation of some parts of a new superhero story. This superhero is 'LAPWING' - This hero has been created by the people behind a new feature film that is being filming in New Zealand - Penny Black. "Instead of quoting existing movies in the dialogue of [...]
Music I’ve been listening to vol.1
As part of this blog I want to be able to share some of the music that I have been listening to that is inspiring me in my own music making. And I can't get enough of Snarky Puppy... Snarky Puppy "is somewhere between a garage band and a collective, with over 25 players in regular [...]
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