Now, continuing on with concert videos... For my PhD composition portfolio, I have had the honour and privilege of writing for a range of specific (and extremely talented) musicians. This means I have been able to work with each person throughout the creation of the piece, writing something that works with their playing style - [...]
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Tracking forward (video)
The next video from the concert is here! Tracking Forward For viola, backing track, harmonica and video Viola: Adam Maha Harmonica and backing track: Jeremy Mayall Musically this piece is inspired by the composer’s love of Blues music. A lot of Blues tells stories of lonely journeys, catching rides on the trains, and often powerful [...]
Not a one way street (video)
Here is part two of my finished PhD Concert footage... The video for today is the piece that opened the concert. Not a one way street by J.Mayall For viola, cello, synth and backing track. This piece 'Not a one way street' is about cyclic but slightly alter journeys that occur through our hectic everyday [...]
A pulse worth fighting for (video)
Now that all the concert footage is ready to go, and I have done a final watch through to check all the details, it is now ready to share!So, to start this process of sharing videos... here is the last piece we played at the concert.'A pulse worth fighting for' is a tune that wrote [...]
Concert videos coming soon!
I am busy working away on my new piece (currently titled) 'Sketches of an Intergalactic Earworm' for piano trio and boombox - it's nearly finished and I am pretty excited about it! In the meantime, the videos from my PhD concert are pretty much ready for uploading - just one final check to do and [...]
Things are moving forward
Well, it has been a long road on this re-write of a piece for my PhD. Many changes and re-arrangements, constantly fine-tuning the mix, the video is being edited... and it is finally reaching a visible end point. Plus I have had some feedback from supervisors & colleagues saying that the piece is much stronger [...]
New recording
I have been busily working away on film scores, contemporary art, composition re-writes, audio mixes and new music... so busy that I have fallen behind with posting here! But there is a bunch of new stuff (especially concert videos!!) that will be being released soon. In the meantime, here is a mix from the live [...]
Re-writes and new ideas
I have just come to (what I think and hope) is the end of the re-write process for my chamber orchestra piece 'The Long White Cloud'... Just need to let it sit with me a few more days and then it will be on to the re-recording part. I think that, despite my frustration for [...]
All of the goings on
There has been a lot going on in the past few weeks! Thought it must be about time I did an update. I am still working away at the post-production of the recordings of my PhD Concert. Both in the way of audio mixing and video editing with Dan Inglis. The audio part of this process [...]
New Festival Screening for ‘Rolling Stock’
A piece I composed - 'Tracking Forward' - for viola and backing track with a video by Dan Inglis, also exists in a video only version called 'Rolling Stock'. This piece has been performed live numerous times, and has also been screened at a few international festivals. The film 'Rolling Stock' has just been announced [...]
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