Week 12 #tuneoftheweek is a jolly jig in E major. I tried to write something yesterday but nothing was really working. Not on the piano, flute or whistle. I was very […]
New EP Recording
This week I have been in La Chunky Recording Studios recording an EP with some lovely ladies in our new band “Top Floor Taivers”. The band is Claire Hastings on […]
Week 11 #tuneoftheweek
Week 11 #tuneoftheweek is called “The Trip to Ely” as last night I got back from Ely Folk Festival where I was playing piano with Barluath. We opened the festival on Friday night […]
Week 10 #tuneoftheweek
#tuneoftheweek for week 10 is a slow air, the first slow air I’ve ever written. I composed this on Friday night, the night before my friends’ wedding. This tune is […]
Week 9 #tuneoftheweek
So this week I gave myself a few check points to start with before writing the tune. I gave myself these to help try to write a tune that is […]
Week 8 #tuneoftheweek
So technically I wrote this on day 1 of week 9 (today) but the tune I wrote yesterday for week 8 was so awful that I couldn’t use it. I […]
Week 7 #tuneoftheweek
I thought to myself how is it week 7 already? I don’t know if I have any energy to write a tune but it’s the last day of week 7 […]
Week 6 #tuneoftheweek
Here is week 6 #tuneoftheweek. I wrote this on Sunday evening right at the end of week 6. Felt a bit like homework but I enjoyed writing it and I’m chuffed […]
Week 5 #tuneoftheweek
Week 5 #tuneoftheweek is here already! I was actually trying to write something in B minor for this week’s tune, however F# minor appeared. I’ll have to write one in B […]
Week 4: #tuneoftheweek
It is #tuneoftheweek week 4 and I’ve come up with a reel. I like the chords, the accidentals, the rhythm. I like this tune. I wouldn’t say it’s a nice tune. […]