What do you get if you cross a dodgy keys player, midi sounds, Logic Pro, an hour, excessive listening of Ravel and afrosounds? A musical sketch which sounds like this: sketchy (my bounces always end abruptly for this blog). I know weird ennit. Gonna use it for Uchenna methinks, just so much tidying to do. Couldn’t [...]
sketch
New Commission, Another Sketch
Collaborating some more with Uchenna Dance co. Have learnt loads from previous commissions; indeed the process never ends. Here’s a wicked bit of advice for budding dance composers like me. Today’s 30 min sketch, loops, playing with midi, ah, if only I could access live musicians more easily. This academic year’s challenge. Listen with headphones or [...]
E14 baby!
I’ve spent most of today following the Vocab Dance brief of starting with a seed, so long intros. What excites me about the live performance aspect is seeing/hearing the vocal artists improvise over the loops I’ve created. Here’s some blurb about the piece: “Using dance theatre, music and spoken word, the mixed bill premieres brand [...]
a little reverb on the snare
Today’s sketch, i love playing with midi! rocky A little dubsteppy, bass line needs work.
a sketch for today
I can’t compete with Anna Hardy’s photo a day challenge, but have been writing short bits and bobs. Here’s today’s grey cloud, cherry blossom meanderings: 29.3.11 Quite church-y at the start, maybe I’ll take it along to my rehearsal, see if we can turn it into something nice.
As Far As Hair Goes
I’ve been asked to write some music/collaborate for Uchenna Dance Company for April, so I started sketching ideas. Themes are beauty, the self, esteem. I sampled youtube, it’s a great way for me to feed my obsession with learning how to groom my natural tresses. Some of the ladies, in their discourse on beauty, had [...]