It seems a new musical tradition is being set in motion. This time, one year ago I was lucky enough to spent a couple of days with a group of great musicians (Chris Lam Sam, Nick Granville, Nick Tipping, Jeremy Badger, Adam Page) creating and co-composing the soundtrack to the movie - Penny Black. This movie is [...]
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The Long White Cloud (video)
This is the final video from the concert recordings. At the concert this piece was performed under the title "They say a word is dead". But after some discussions, and a long timing thinking about possibilities... the piece was re-worked, re-arranged and had some new parts written to make the piece better suited to support [...]
The Norse Suite (video)
This is the second to last piece from the concert videos, and there are two different versions of the piece available to be watched: The Norse Suite - concert version & The Norse Suite - final version The difference between the two videos is that after the premiere performance (concert version), I made some revisions [...]
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 [...]
Live Concert Streaming – Sunday 7th April 7:30pm (NZDT)
My PhD Concert Showcase is taking place this Sunday (7th April) at 7:30pm New Zealand Time... If you aren't in Hamilton NZ, you can still watch the concert by checking out the live stream! Hopefully it will all work on the day... I have been doing some tests and it seems to be working okay. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A quest for bearding glory…
At the start of my PhD study I decided to grow my beard. Part of the reason for this was because, while I have had facial hair in various forms for a number of years, I had never really let my beard grow out to reach its full potential, and this seemed like a good [...]
