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. Also, a lot of the search engine terms used that send traffic here to my blog are along the lines of 'how to write film music', so here's …
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I have to be honest. It's day 8 of the 30 Day Challenge to myself to blog a-post-a-day and I was completely stumped on a topic. So today's subject comes from John Hunter, my lovely man. Ta! 8 Points to Keep in Mind... When it comes to chatting to the director during the initial meetings …
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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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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...
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...
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.
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!
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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Having just returned last Sunday from a week of research and development with the Slunglow team, I've had time to reflect on how the week went for me in terms of productivity, efficiency, effectiveness, those sorts of things. Winter Break We stayed in St. Aygulf on the South Coast of France, the French Riviera, just …
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It's verrrry difficult to copyright a short chord progression, say, of four chords or thereabouts. In fact it's impossible. Having a music composing mental block? Go find a chord progression from your favourite piece of music...