Multimedia

Music for Ebooks?

5 September 2011 Multimedia

Well, why not? In a world with a constant drive for added value, could the lure of a deliberately chosen or even composed soundtrack be the decision making option when buying your latest ebook? Could it actually enhance the reading experience?

I noticed on a thread on a certain social networking site that someone commented ‘isn’t it just like putting … Read the rest

SCOREcast

15 March 2009 Composing Music
Image via Wikipedia

It’s Sunday so I’m gonna keep this short and sweet

SCOREcast is a podcast series that I’ve just recently discovered, started by Deane Ogden, a fabulous film composer from LA that I recently became twitter-friends with. Why not follow him too: @deaneogdenmusic; and Scorecast is also on twitter as @scorecastonline.

It’s been going since 2006 (I think) … Read the rest

Beyond The Front Line – Trailer for a Slunglow Show

13 March 2009 Multimedia

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

3 February 2009 Composing Music

‘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.

Sound Mixing Techniques for Online Web Audio

20 December 2008 Composing Music

This is what I’ve discovered specifically for mixing sound acceptibly for delivery as audio online via website.

Writing Music for Theatre – Helium

21 September 2008 Composing Music

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 diary to … Read the rest

First Post

19 September 2008 Composing Music

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 fabulous Punch Drunk for a … Read the rest