I've been keeping this one quiet because it's a present for Yubi... Here's a new album for The Mortal Path! Each piece is based on one of the characters (see if you can guess which one's which!) You can download the whole album for free on my Bandcamp but if you want to support me [...]
The long-promised recording of Caution. You are approaching the end... is here! This was originally supposed to be performed in March but it snowed, so the concert was cancelled. However, Gavin kindly recorded a version for me to upload. I hope you enjoy!
This post is just a chat. No planning, no in-depth discussion. Just my rambling train of thought. So grab a cup of tea. I'll wait... Got tea? Good. The reason that this post isn't planned out is partly because I wasn't well last week and that means I've got behind on most of the things [...]
Listening to music always conjures up strong visual images for me. I don’t mean in the way that it might for someone with synesthesia, where a certain note or chord might be a certain colour. It’s more abstract than that. For example, the third movement of Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony gives me a very clear mental [...]
This week’s main blog post isn’t here....you’re going to have to click this to read it. If you do, you’ll end up on the time - trace - place blog. Time - trace - place is the site-specific project that I’ve been hinting at...and it’s fast approaching! The first place we’re tackling is Porthmeor Studios [...]
Composition deadlines have coincided with a boost in my instrumental teaching...which means I've got scraps of paper full of ideas hastily scribbled between lessons. It also means that this will be another short post. I just wanted to share something that I've been working on. This is a piece for flautist Gavin Osborn. I'm experimenting [...]
A few weeks ago I travelled to Essex to see Talliston House & Gardens, a possible venue for the time-trace-place project that I am part of (more details on this project will be coming very soon). Talliston is extraordinary - each room takes you to a different time and place. It took twenty-five years for the owner, John [...]
Today is the release of The Mortal Path, a Dungeons and Dragons podcast run by the wonderful Yubi. I've known Yubi for nearly seven years and anyone who knows them could tell you that they're great at telling stories. Seriously, I could (and have) listen to them tell stories of their everyday life for hours. [...]
Last week I shared my New Years Resolutions with you and I got some good feedback - some of you said it was an interesting way to make resolutions and you might give it a try! Unfortunately, it hasn't worked... Actually, it might be more accurate to say it isn't working for some resolutions. My [...]
Happy New Year! I hope that everyone reading this is having a good start to 2018. Over the last few years, I had given up on New Years Resolutions. It felt like simply deciding something was a resolution meant I would fail to do it. However, in December I attended a webinar run by the [...]
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