They Only Come At Night: Visions on Tour
I love soundifying Slung Low’s promos. They’re so flippin’ exciting!
The hit sell-out show is on tour…
Sold out at the Barbican in October, They Only Come At Night: Visions is moving to the Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, next week (23-28th November, 2009).
So if you didn’t get your ticket before they all sold out for [...]
TOCANLive: The Hunt Goes Live Online!
Slung Low, the fantabulous theatrical collective, is launching TOCANLive this Monday, 10th August.
TOCANLive is an Alternative Reality Game (ARG) that will expand the world of ‘They Only Come At Night’, Slung Low’s series of vampire shows, to a worldwide audience, and promote the next show, They Only Come At Night: Resurrection, which is on at [...]
How to Delegate Work and Do More of the Fun Stuff
So, yeah, if anyone can tell me how that’s done, that’d be ace.
I’m rubbish at delegating. I’m of the school of thought that, if you want something done properly, do it yourself.
To be honest, in my home life this has led to numerous DIY blunders.
But in the case of music composing and sound [...]
What Kind Of Posts Would YOU Like To See?
Take a look at the poll at the top of the sidebar to the right: I want to know what YOU want to see and read here. You decide what I write about next. ————->
The categories are pretty self-explanatory, but if there’s something you’d like to know about that I haven’t put in [...]
How to Compose Science Fiction Music: My Personal Recipe
Image via Wikipedia
If you been reading my posts for the last week or so, then you’ll have noticed that I’ve recently been spending my days writing science fiction-related music.
If you’ve not been reading… why not?
Also, a lot of the search engine terms used that send traffic here are along the lines of ‘how [...]
A Day In The Life Of A Composer
Today is going to be a pretty typical day for me. As in hectic. And exactly the kind of work I like.
Although composing is now my bread and butter, I also do other work to keep the roof over my head. Today is a pretty good example of how I live day-to-day. It [...]
Beyond The Front Line – Trailer for a Slunglow Show
Beyond The Front Line is a new show by Slunglow, currently in development and due to play at the Lowry, Manchester in October. Below is the new trailer…
Online Drama ‘THE END IS NIGEL’ goes LIVE
‘THE END IS NIGEL’ is an online offbeat comedy-drama about a possible impending apocalypse…
This project was originally commissioned by SCREEN YORKSHIRE and BLINK to be a two-minute film for mobile phones, but [became] a little high-concept but low-budget online world full of webcomics, blogs and dummy websites, following saxophone-wielding deities, shady corporations and facing life after university as Verity tries to find out what happened to Nigel.
How to create sound design for a Pixar Animation:
Wall-E and Ben Burtt
Just watched Wall-E again (fab xmas present – thank you!). Have to say that robot is the most adorable thing ever – and in no small way owes this to the sound designer Ben Burtt
Discovered through a post on filmsound.org, these short videos show how Ben Burtt created the physical, sonic reality of a computer [...]
Sound Mixing Techniques for Online Web Audio
This is what I’ve discovered specifically for mixing sound acceptibly for delivery as audio online via website.
Online Music Licensing – How to Make Money from your Back Catalogue
Today I’ve been uploading music to YouLicense and CuePop. These are both sites in the business of online music licensing that will put that back catalogue of unused music to good use and hopefully make you some money! If you’ve also been savvy enough to keep your copyright and licensed your commissioned music non-exclusively, then [...]
Tips for Composing Music With A Computer
(ie How To Make It Sound Good)
Composing on a computer sequencer with software/outboard synthesizers and samples is quite a bit different to composing for real instruments. There’s no subsitute for an orchestra when that’s the sound you want. However, if you think of your kit as something other than an orchestra-in-a-box, and write instead to its strengths, you might not [...]
Writing Music for Theatre – Helium
The ’short adventure for one’, Helium, has completed its run at the Barbican.
4 stars in The Guardian
The show is a theatrical installation, or ‘box show’ where an audience member travels through a number of specially-constructed rooms featuring digital audio, video and live performance. The audience is invited to follow Bella’s imaginary journey through her Grandfather’s [...]
First Post
Hi – and welcome to my new blog!
My first post comes on one of the last few performance dates of ‘Helium’ by Slung Low, performing at The Barbican in London to riotous acclaim (4 stars in The Guardian, same in Metro), and the news that I’ll be off to Florida in October with the [...]
