Summer is rolling to a close, Camelot is but a distant memory, and the score for the latest Red Star animation is in the can, so time for a wee catch up on things that happened earlier this year…
A little while back I had a lovely chat with Leila Johnston of Hack Circus to talk, amongst other intriguing topics, about musically manipulating people’s emotions (with their consent, obvs 😉 ).
We discussed some of my recent work, simple ways using music and tonality to convey ‘otherness’; how to systematically plot, plan or generally approach a large project; touched on familiarity and referentialism; hearing the sound design of the world; introversion and life design; Slung Low scores, manipulating the audiences’ experience and emotional journey during these shows; working with writers and lyricists in songwriting; the ‘four chords’; being busy (enough) and keeping weekends sacrosanct; using musical terms (or not) with directors in briefing sessions; working with Patrick Stewart for Helium…
It was a good chat. 🙂
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