I don’t know why, but, when I get to the end of a piece I find it incredibly hard to finish. I’ve spent the last month rewriting, tweaking, hating the tone quality and generally being dreadfully unhappy with everything about the Wendi piece.

This is normal – I wish I didn’t go through it but I do. I’m probably another couple of weeks away from publishing but it will come eventually. While I work through the bullshit – every now and again I have to sit down and beat the crap out of my frustration on the keys. This is what it sounds like…

transition from one theme to another – no editing yet – just volume and tones – lots of listening to do…

I’m an uncle again – heh!

This is her main theme, popped out yesterday – I’ll be working on it after Wendi is published.

Download audio file (caroline-clip.mp3)

Raw mix from this morning’s session. The string parts are almost there and the keys are pretty much dialed in too. This is using the raw audio from the Roland HP203 which I kinda dig. No balancing and just a little bit of panning. Still not got the parts on the back end – but that should come throughout the week.

With the arrival of the new iPhone 4S, video suddenly becomes a lot easier. I’ll be working out things like lighting, candles, mailchimp T-shirts etc over the next few months, the audio track on this is a little low but you should get the idea. Also not quite sure why YouTube insists on sticking me upside down for the still – odd!

I like the rallentando into a perfect 6 count while I take a drink..awesome!

You can listen to the full track below – hell – you can even download it here

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Took a week off the Wendi development last week to let some ideas sink in and incubate. Started back on it again last night and will be working through it this week.

It’s interesting how some themes suddenly pop up and last night I had a visit from an old friend – The Anam Cara.

Originally written for a wedding I like the fact that it pops up in the middle of Wendi’s theme; makes me smile.

Been listening to this all week along with a deeper variation of the core piano theme – the strings need editing but you can hear where they’re going. I love the initial C# where the top string comes in – it delivers a subtle spookiness which is appropriate I think for this theme!

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Have arrived at the actual tempo – 108 bpm – slowing it right down and leaving huge amounts of space for the strings. This is the first run of many to really dial it in and see where the voices sit – no mixing – just a little panning and the occasional clam…

And who knew – Guinness Black Lager – never seen it before – weird but strangely good…

Back after a lazy labor day weekend (yes – American spelling but it is their holiday ya’ know!) and already fighting the heat. 101 yesterday, promising to be 106 later today – so – up early and getting stuff done before it gets too hot.

I really like this tempo – 107 bpm for the piece and may end up using it although the track sounds good at 67 / 134 bpm too – it’s somewhere in that range. I’m still working out the form of the piece – there are two distinct halves and I have yet to really define the front half. The string melody is well established but this is the first time I’m working it up with the reason string patch so it may take a little while to dial it in.

This clip looks at the transition between the two halves – very basic at the moment but should sound pretty good when it’s done.

Free members get to download the Writer’s playlist which contains Frustration - the most popular music2work2 track.

After we publish a new piece of music2work2 we always produce an additional piece that is sent to our paying members as a thank you.

Having recently published Nath, here is an unedited clip from the 11 minute thank you piece that will be go out to annual members next week.

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Free members get to download the Writer’s playlist which contains Frustration - the most popular music2work2 track.