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Month: March 2009

Posted on 16 March 200918 October 2023

A Day In The Life Of A Composer

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As of writing, 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 some other work to keep the roof over my head. Today is a pretty good example of how …

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Posted on 14 March 200922 March 2022

Contingency: Planning for the Unexpected

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When planning your time, or if you're asked for an estimate for your delivery, it's well worth including 'contingency' time: this is in addition to the length of time it'll take for you to actually physically do the work...

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Posted on 13 March 20099 February 2022

Beyond The Front Line – Trailer for a Slunglow Show

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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...

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Posted on 12 March 200915 February 2022

Writer’s Block? Impose Restrictions.

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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.

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Posted on 11 March 20099 February 2022

Starting A New Project

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Today I get to grips with a new project. This is the one of the more exciting parts of my job... and possibly the scariest!

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Posted on 10 March 20099 February 2022

30 Day Challenge – A Post A Day

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I've become a fan of the 30 day challenge, where you pick a habit that you'd really like to create (or even one you'd like to lose) and you concentrate on doing that habit day in, day out, for a month. The idea is that it takes 20 iterations of an action (or so) to …

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