Blog – Page 16 – Heather Fenoughty

5 September 201115 January 2025

Music for Ebooks?

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 …

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24 August 20112 February 2024

4 Essential Prerequisites for Creativity

Creativity. To really get creative, your brain desperately needs: Time Space Freedom from distraction Focus to make cool stuff happen. Systems enable this. I schedule low-level activities, if I can, at the same time every day, week or month - for example, email, shopping, phone calls... I do this no less than 1 week in …

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16 August 201115 January 2025

Why I Love Collaborating With Directors

Graffiti: Together, We Create! on a brick wall

Just to get this up front and out of the way: this isn't some sappy love letter. It's not, "I love directors, they're so creative and visionary and I couldn't possibly do what I do without them," blathering piece of sales rubbish to make you want to hire me (though that would be good, the …

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3 July 201118 April 2019

The Basics of Music, Copyright and Licensing (Oh, My)

Music copyright law. Not the most exciting of topics. Or the most straightforward. But here’s how it works when we work together... When you commission me, I’ll write a piece of music, specifically to your brief. It’ll fit to picture or to a specific duration. You’ll pay a fee and that fee will include the …

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12 May 201122 March 2022

11 Lessons I Learned from Scoring Mapping The City

a man in a play talks to the audience in a warehouse

...by Slung Low. As is usually (= always) the case, the production schedule for Mapping The City was quite... tight. Some of these lessons I’ve learned from previous shows and have been confirmed and strengthened through the experience of scoring Mapping The City; some are brand new or unique to this show. And all were …

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17 March 20112 February 2024

Blank Pages and Creative Angst

Ah, the blank page. The start of a project. It's hideous. Totally over the excitement of being offered the project, accepting, signing on the dotted line... I find myself here. Again. So much potential - for both fabulousness, and failure. Sometimes you just have to make a start no matter what. It is sooooo much …

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13 March 20112 March 2018

New Release: The John Akii-Bua Story

Well this is all rather exciting... I got my first official album release! The John Akii-Bua Story is available on Spotify, Amazon, iTunes and Last.fm. V exciting for me anyways. 🙂 Listen on Spotify Buy on Amazon Buy through iTunes Listen on Last.fm The John Akii-Bua Story: An African Tragedy is a feature-length documentary about …

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28 February 201118 October 2023

How To Make Virtual Instruments Sound More Realistic

close up microphone in front of an audience

Short answer: Think like an instrumental player. This is just a thought I had as I was tweaking a string part I’d written for a new piece. Sampled, sequenced strings sound fake when they’re 'perfect'. I’ve already written about introducing imperfection to humanise an instrumental part. In order to make an acoustic (or even electro-acoustic) …

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21 February 20111 February 2022

How Much Do You Charge?

Four UK 20 Pound notes with the Queen's Head

Let's get honest. (yikes!) How much do I charge?

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24 January 201118 February 2021

New Album Release: The Fifth Mind

The soundtrack album of music from The Fifth Mind is now officially released. It's available from most online outlets including but not limited to Spotify, Amazon, YouTube and, of course, iTunes.

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