John Tavener
Update: Double Busy
22/09/10 21:53 Filed under: Stuff
Productivity is high! ... but you wouldn't guess that judging from the action on my website. Cobwebs are forming in the corners, stale air you can smell is coming from my music page which hasn't been updated in months and months. But I have been busy. Honest, gov! Double busy, you bet.
I've been basically holed up in my little studio room, sipping coffee - lots of coffee, wrapping up work on a film, finishing up an arranging/remix job for a band, working on another super secret project with a producer friend of mine (oh my GOD it's so exciting but I can't talk about it... yet. All I can say is that it is directly related to my obsession with David Bowie), starting a new production project with a singer songwriter, and now it's the start of the teaching year... it's all happening. It's a bit stressful, but I invited it all upon myself - I wanted it all, because I love it! Better to be busy with loads of fun projects than not.
Since Matt has been home, he's been helping me out in the studio with the technical/sound engineering side of things. We're like a busy little production team, its ace: I breeze in and do the creative stuff, flounce off and he gets down to making it sound pretty. The partnership came about after I was asked to help re-arrange/remix an album for The Millipede Engine. I thought this project would be a one-off, since I had never been asked to do such a thing before... but since then more opportunities have unexpectedly come our way and we're thinking this could become a regular thing. There's probably a market out there for our niche: not many budget studios can offer composition and arrangement on top of session playing, and everything else (remixing/production, recording, mixing and mastering). Might promote it and see what happens...
In other news, I love this because the beginning section reminds me of Gavin Bryars (Sinking of the Titanic) and the rest reminds me of Tavener:
I've been basically holed up in my little studio room, sipping coffee - lots of coffee, wrapping up work on a film, finishing up an arranging/remix job for a band, working on another super secret project with a producer friend of mine (oh my GOD it's so exciting but I can't talk about it... yet. All I can say is that it is directly related to my obsession with David Bowie), starting a new production project with a singer songwriter, and now it's the start of the teaching year... it's all happening. It's a bit stressful, but I invited it all upon myself - I wanted it all, because I love it! Better to be busy with loads of fun projects than not.
Since Matt has been home, he's been helping me out in the studio with the technical/sound engineering side of things. We're like a busy little production team, its ace: I breeze in and do the creative stuff, flounce off and he gets down to making it sound pretty. The partnership came about after I was asked to help re-arrange/remix an album for The Millipede Engine. I thought this project would be a one-off, since I had never been asked to do such a thing before... but since then more opportunities have unexpectedly come our way and we're thinking this could become a regular thing. There's probably a market out there for our niche: not many budget studios can offer composition and arrangement on top of session playing, and everything else (remixing/production, recording, mixing and mastering). Might promote it and see what happens...
In other news, I love this because the beginning section reminds me of Gavin Bryars (Sinking of the Titanic) and the rest reminds me of Tavener:
New music and updates soon, promise.
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Currently in love with...
12/08/09 23:49 Filed under: Fangirl
I’ve always loved Isserlis’ playing, but after listening to this performance on repeat for a whole day at work I think Tavener is becoming a new hero.
Anyone who can take this horrid rainy English day of boring school admin and transform it into a life-affirming soul-soothing mouth-watering lush-and-slippery tender-and-tired glowing spiritual experience is a hero of mine.
Now I attempt my own orchestrations with fear and intrepidation. Also anxiously waiting for word from UQ. It’s been 2 months now, I need to be put out of my misery.
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