The Chronic Quintet is another Principal Music Studios composing portfolio piece from the third semester of my B.Mus. studies. It’s basically a string quartet with a bass added with the intent of composing for the full string choir, and it…
Sax Wicca
Sax Wicca is a Principal Music Studios portfolio composition from the third semester of my B.Mus (just completed – phew!). It’s a reasonably short saxophone quartet in 6/8 time based around F Dorian in concert pitch, composed in a Hebridean…
SoundCloud Playlist for Uni Portfolio Pieces
I’ve finally managed to dot the I’s and cross the T’s on my third semester of uni, which has – of course – included a bevy of new tunes for the Principal Music Studios composing portfolio. I’ve created a playlist…
Site update
The cert provider for the website seems to have changed the way it issues certs, and I’m not knowledgeable enough about Linux Apache admin to fix the fubarness that occurred while I was fixing it. Rather than reverting the whole…
Site Registrations
Hi folks, Apologies to anyone who is adversely affected by this, but I’ve had to turn off user registrations after multiple attempts to DDOS the site and post spam in the comments, which my site settings caught and prevented. I…
Broken Mirror
Using the theme of a broken mirror, this piece states a group of core themes, and then blends them into other sections of the piece in ways that show an ability to integrate a varied palette of harmonies, melodies and…
New Look
Hi folks – quick heads up – I’ve changed the theme of the site. When I first published the site, all of the text was white, but it seems like an update to the theme has turned all the text…
Downtime
Hi folks – just a quick note to say that I’ve been quiet on here other than the Pianobook post because I’ve been having back issues, and because I’ve been helping my mum deal with the flurry of medical consultations…
Pianobook Discord Mod No More
When the Pianobook Discord was set up in February 2022, I was one of a few people who put their hands up to be a moderator. Having run my own discord servers in the past, and moderated others, I was…
Now Now Now Now Now
A couple of pieces of news: Firstly – the EP I released a few weeks ago has found its way to Spotify. If you could see your way clear to sharing the link around, please do! (Largely) free plays are…