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These Things Shall Be

March 6, 2010

These Things Shall Be – Happy 70th Birthday Dad [Audio clip: view full post to listen] It has been an incredibly turbulent week across all fronts. It started horrifically with Charlotte being badly injured in a car accident and finishes today with my father’s 70th birthday. Charlotte is on her way to recovery although she [...]

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Birdsong Radio – A Different Kind of Tweet

February 10, 2010

If you watched the Julian Treasure video on the power of sound, you’ll already know why listening to birdsong has a calming affect on us humans. But I bet you didn’t know that there is an Internet Radio station that plays bird song 24/7! powered by birdsong radio The thinking goes that over the years [...]

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22 tracks – Music Curators Extraordinaire

February 5, 2010

As Charlotte and I expand our listening habits, it never ceases to amaze me just how much new music there is “out there,” and not just new music, but new and easy ways to listen to it. This morning’s post is a little bit of cross pollination from Alex over on Kilted Chaos as he [...]

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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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Victoria – 7 minutes 15 seconds

June 11, 2009

Sisters rock and Victoria Richardson rocks more than most… $1.99 Download Now Written for my sister Victoria’s 40th, this starts out as a very delicate, almost melancholic piece and turns into something rather beautiful. The major melody at 4:50 is sung in my head as 4 distinct notes: "Vic-to…-ri-a." Happy Birthday Vic – remember [...]

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Charlotte – 10 minutes 9 seconds

June 3, 2009

Strings and Piano – written for Charlotte. $1.99 Download Now So this is Charlotte’s session – who knows how this music comes out but I do think of her and smile when I listen to this piece Two strings based upon three distinct piano themes. I particularly like the third one in 5 / [...]

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Cassie – 20 minutes 1 second

June 2, 2009

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Strings, piano and a church organ – written in memory of a good friend . Put the words “Creative Process” into Google and you’ll get over 95 million results – maybe I should read a few but I’m inherently suspicious of patented 4 step systems, 5 stage cycles or 8 discrete states of consciousness. Creativity [...]

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Arrival – 17 Minutes 50 Seconds

April 21, 2009

Soothing strings and gentle keys create a perfect platform for quiet contemplation. Great for bedtime or homework when you want to create a calm environment $1.99 Download Now For a piece that was written for a wedding, it’s ironic that there is only one voice playing at a time. This particular session was written [...]

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