Well it’s been a while since I posted anything on here so apologies for my absence… I have good intentions to post my thoughts more regularly but there are so many other things that are getting in the way. I need to make a more concerted effort

Anyway, here’s a new short clip I’ve made called ‘Methane’. The rhythm track came first and it seemed to set the tone for the melody to emerge. The rough music track is intended to have a celtic/folk feel underlying it which I really like. There are a few key words which pop out here and there that suggest a militant attitude. I don’t like to stop the flow of what I’m doing while I’m sketching so what comes out comes out. The images are a collage constructed from recent footage of all kinds of things that I’ve been randomly shooting. I hope you enjoy it.Please update Flash Player to view this video.

NOTE ABOUT THESE CLIPS

One of the ways we start composing new songs is with a simple musical or rhythmic sequence which I ‘jam’ melodies over until I’m happy I have something that has meaning to me. I thought these song sketch ideas might be of interest to some of you and so I’ve decided to make little movies of some of them and post them up. They don’t all mutate into finished songs, those that don’t often spark off other ideas which we develop in other ways. The pictures are generally recorded with miscellaneous portable implements I carry around with me for spur of the moment things. Please feel free to sign up and leave your comments and please remember that all the material is copyright.

This gives me a primal sort of feeling, something to do with the sound of the drum loop I think. Its working title is simply “Strong” because I’m singing this word in amongst the other bits and pieces of jigsawed words I’m uttering as I look for a melody. I put the clip together from some footage I shot some months ago, long before the idea for this little loop came. I hope you enjoy it. Please update Flash Player to view this video.

NOTE ABOUT THESE CLIPS

One of the ways we start composing new songs is with a simple musical or rhythmic sequence which I ‘jam’ melodies over until I’m happy I have something that has meaning to me. I thought these song sketch ideas might be of interest to some of you and so I’ve decided to make little movies of some of them and post them up. They don’t all mutate into finished songs, those that don’t often spark off other ideas which we develop in other ways. The pictures are generally recorded with miscellaneous portable implements I carry around with me for spur of the moment things. Please feel free to sign up and leave your comments and please remember that all the material is copyright.

This idea was born on the 9th May 06 and I’ve given it a working title of ‘The Highest Ground’.Please update Flash Player to view this video.
The video shots are taken near where I live. The light was so pretty and mesmerising on that day I felt I had to take some pictures to capture it. I remembered about the video I’d shot after I’d got the song sketch together and I think they fit well together.

NOTE ABOUT THESE CLIPS

One of the ways we start composing new songs is with a simple musical or rhythmic sequence which I ‘jam’ melodies over until I’m happy I have something that has meaning to me. I thought these song sketch ideas might be of interest to some of you and so I’ve decided to make little movies of some of them and post them up. They don’t all mutate into finished songs, those that don’t often spark off other ideas which we develop in other ways. The pictures are generally recorded with miscellaneous portable implements I carry around with me for spur of the moment things. Please feel free to sign up and leave your comments and please remember that all the material is copyright.

I’ve called this song sketch ‘Genevieve’. I started it on the 5th May and added to it a few days later. Please update Flash Player to view this video.

The visuals are snippets of stuff I have lying around on my laptop that I collected just for this occasion.

NOTE ABOUT THESE CLIPS

One of the ways we start composing new songs is with a simple musical or rhythmic sequence which I ‘jam’ melodies over until I’m happy I have something that has meaning to me. I thought these song sketch ideas might be of interest to some of you and so I’ve decided to make little movies of some of them and post them up. They don’t all mutate into finished songs, those that don’t often spark off other ideas which we develop in other ways. The pictures are generally recorded with miscellaneous portable implements I carry around with me for spur of the moment things. Please feel free to sign up and leave your comments and please remember that all the material is copyright.