At the start of the year someone said to me they thought I was the most organised person they knew. Which was very nice of them, thank you kind person. After that, it totally went to my head and I had an idea back in May to do a post on being organised, or, rather, …
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Or What Would Mr Spock Do? I'm going to come right out and say it. I think emotions are key to business. They are a precious tool that should never, ever be ignored. They are the central line of dialogue between your higher brain functions and your subconscious, the route to your creative well. And …
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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 (with consent, obvs).
The year is flying by. April is speeding to a close as I finish up the bulk of the music on a very cool project for the V&A Museum down in London. More about this challenging experience in later posts nearer the time the exhibition will open... I'm starting work on a new feature film, …
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Nobody likes networking. It is a fact. I have yet to meet a single person who says, "You know what, I just LOVE working the room! All these people I don't know, so many faces, so little time, let's DO THIS." More likely it's, "I hate these events... they don't work... I've never gotten a …
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Just read Tony Schwarz's post The Magic of Doing One Thing At A Time and thought I would share a few of my own tactics to avoiding creative burnout and squeezing all the juice from my work hours.
I have jetlag and it doesn't seem to be lifting. I'm up at 5am as I have been for the last few days after returning from Singapore with the magnificent Slung Low (more on that later). I'm tired at 7.30pm and out like a light before 9pm. I read somewhere that it takes a day …
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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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Let's get honest. (yikes!) How much do I charge?
This is a very small announcement (well, HUGE to me but really shouldn't impact on most readers!). I've taken a step back from the string trio. Not a decision taken lightly, it was part of an inevitable trend of moving in the direction of doing what I love rather than doing it for the money. …
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