It is the beginning of 2014, a new calendar year and I am sitting next to my son while he plays 'endless alphabet' on the iPad with concentrated skill and fury. I find myself thinking about everything that happened over the last year - it has been a pretty hectic 365 days! Some of the [...]
Tag: Music
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 [...]
Banglade$h – LEAN – Remix
As a bit of a break from all of this PhD composition I put together a remix for the band Banglade$h. Their track 'Lean' is such an awesome catchy tune. It was an absolute pleasure to do this remix - even if it was a bit difficult working out where to start because I liked [...]
J.Mayall – Concert Showcase/Live Recording
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Into the Nocturnal Sunshine
For the past couple of years I have been asked to perform at the Waikato University Blues Awards. These awards recognition students who have excelled in either sports or creative and performing arts to national and international levels. It is an honour to be selected to receive one of these awards - and to perform [...]
To Entertain a Wolf
Earlier this year I was asked to write a piece for string quartet by my friend Adam Maha. His quartet was going to be competing in some competitions, and they wanted to play a brand new piece. So, I thought this would be a good chance to add another piece to my composition portfolio, and [...]
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 [...]
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