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…
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…
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…
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…
EP Launch Event Stream – 8pm 18/9/22 ACST
So… I just set up a launch event for my new EP! Anyone who wants to come along and laugh at a decrepit middle-aged trans woman flogging electronic instrumental tracks? Come along. I’ll be doing project walkthroughs in Ableton Live…
Now Now Now
In my Production Fundamentals course, we’ve been studying synthesis and MIDI composition using Ableton Live, with a particular focus on how these techniques can be applied to EDM and synth-wave music. I got inspired to write a basic synth-wave track…
Doubt
After discussions with my tutor, we’ve decided to make the portfolio pieces a little shorter this time around, and a little more focused on what we’ve been studying. This semester I’ve been diving into classical music writing and techniques during…
Walking on Moonbeams
This is an old song, written in my late teens. I needed something to record for a music production unit for uni and selected to do a version of this with some new ideas associated with it – specifically the…