From the monthly archives:

July 2009

2008 – Part 1

July 31, 2009

Reflecting a move away from other people and focusing more on what was happening to me, this album introduces beat tracks from the Korg Triton for the first time. Weekend Working and Frustration are classic piano and strings track, 113 and Amp Driven are multilayered tracks with a number of different beats.
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2007 – People 2

July 29, 2009

Continuing the development around individual personalities – it’s ironic that this album starts with a track called Identification.
Identification is a very chilled out string heavy piece, Lally and Emma’s Numbers are both solo piano developments and Irene and Marsha both have additional voicings.
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2007 – People 1

July 28, 2009

Writing for the different weddings and workshops had opened a door into a new way of creating themes. 2007 was a development of that approach combined with a growing familiarity with the workings of the Korg Triton. Heath, Wendi and Victoria are all two voice pieces where the piano track is recorded first [...]

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2006 – People 1

July 27, 2009

Following on from the early years, I was starting to get the idea of working with people as inspiration for the music: Paul was an attempt to get the strings to feel like a real violin, Vincent was an exercise in how to write a simple solo piano lullaby, Charlotte, Richard and Cassie were all [...]

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The Early Years – Part 1

July 26, 2009

This album covers the years between 2000 and 2005, when the whole idea of music2work2 was starting to take shape. My sister Victoria’s wedding drove the initial impetus to produce something tangible – Arrival and the Anam Cara were both played during the ceremony. A little more experimentation and another wedding resulted in [...]

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The Early Years – Part 2

July 24, 2009

Predominately from 2004 and 2005, these 4 tracks continue the development of music2work2 from themes written for specific events to stand alone pieces that have a life and meaning of their own. Averaging between 15 and 20 minutes long, these pieces set the general shape of a typical music2work2 piece. Piano driven with [...]

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Last Chance – Trailer Theme Development

July 21, 2009

Last Chance Trailer Development – 1
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Last Chance Trailer Development – 2
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SAmi’s off tomorrow to a festival and he needed the trailer done – these were a couple of development themes that arrived as [...]

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Sigur Rós – amazing music2work2

July 20, 2009

Sigur Rós is a name I’ve been seeing for a while – immediate references would be Radiohead meets Enya but bands from many different genres reference them as influences. I’d made a mental note to check them out and found myself last week on youtube watching – Glósóli. If you’re not in a [...]

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