In the last couple of weeks, I was working on a pitch for a children's show, and that pitch included some new songs made with lyrics provided by the (potential) client. Also, as part of the pitch, I included some songs from previous projects that showed some range in style, tone and orchestration. When I …
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It's turning out to be rather a lovely end to 2015 - Both Emergency Story Penguin and 59 Minutes to Save Christmas are playing concurrently at The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. It's a bit surreal to see billboard advertisements for it dotted around the city centre but I'm attempting to deal with it without squealing …
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The soundtrack album of music from Slung Low's Emergency Story Penguin, a play written by John Hunter and co-produced by Dep Arts, has been released. It's available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon,YouTube and all the other online outlets. For an insight into the process of writing songs - and specifically a breakaway pop hit sensation(!) - for Emergency Story Penguin and other Slung Low shows, …
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In January, I hit the ground running. I sketched out a plot of the cues in the Emergency Story Penguin script, Slung Low’s latest children’s show. I realised there was a lot of music in this show and I better get started pronto!
