Music for Theatre – Composing for All Eventualities
The music themes are all pretty much composed for The Count of Monte Cristo, a new, irreverent theatre adaptation of the book by Alexandre Dumas. Rehearsals start next week at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, where it will play from mid-April to mid-May.
These are some of the challenges which have become clear through the writing process.
Get the Musical Mojo Back
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!My latest post for SCORECastOnline is up now: How to Get Your Mojo Back
This month’s theme on SCORECastOnline, the very cool site for film music composers, sound designers, and others in the same line of work, was Creativity, and more [...]
Minimalism: Quality, not Quantity
I have an obsessive personality. I’m also a bit on the faddy side. So my latest penchant is minimalism…
Not the musical variety (although I don’t mind a bit of Glass every now and again), this is rather the holistic, organisational, get-rid-of-anything-don’t-need kind of minimalism.
I’ll get on to the specifics in just a mo, but first [...]
Inspiration
inspiration n
stimulation or arousal of the mind, feelings, etc., to special or unusual activity or creativity
the state or quality of being so stimulated or aroused
someone or something that causes this state
an idea or action resulting from such a state
the act or process of inhaling; breathing in
From English Collins Dictionary – English Definition & Thesaurus
Inspiration is [...]
Do You Live Your Life Creatively?
Had to share this blog post about creativity and the myths that surround it: Myths about Creativity | Tickled By Life, by Shalu Wasu.
Go have a read… then come back here if you like.
I particularly enjoyed reading his attitudes about the application of creativity to all aspects of life, not just so-called creative [...]
Writer’s Block? Impose Restrictions.
Sometimes, if I’m a little stumped as to how to proceed when composing music for any sort of media, I realise the reason is that I’ve too many options. To help me out, I impose restrictions on my options.
Quitting Coffee Cold Turkey
Anyone who knows me knows I love my cuppa hot java. It’s been a habit for the last few years (and then some) to have at least two big mugs of black coffee first thing in the morning simply to function at a normal level. And, despite my preaching to the opposite in a previous post on Creativity and How to Deal With Mental Blocks, I have begun to rely on coffee and caffeinated drinks to kick start the inspiration… that is until the last week.
Creativity and How To Deal with Mental Blocks
Having a creative career is absolutely the best thing ever. I really do love it. But there comes a point when you’ve been ‘creating’ for 8 hours straight and suddenly you hit a brick wall – bam! And that’s it. You’ve no idea what to do next. The well’s run dry. It doesn’t happen much [...]
