So, #tuneoftheweek. What an adventure! Last week I hit a milestone; week 25. I’ve composed 25 tunes, one every week for 25 consecutive weeks. I feel that I’ve grown as a composer, a performer, and as a person in general…
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I can’t quite believe that it’s week 25 of my #tuneoftheweek project already. I’m still having lots of fun with the project so I think I’ll keep it going for a while longer anyway. I have plans to create a…
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This week’s #tuneoftheweek is a reel in C which is in the pipe scale. I’ve been starting to have a whistle revival as I have been neglecting it a little recently concentrating on flute and piano. I do love the…
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I’ve been writing a lot of tunes on the piano recently so today I fancied trying to write one on the whistle. Different styles of writing happen when I choose to write on different instruments and I like that. The…
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The first Distil Scratch Day took place a few weeks ago in Lofi Studios in Glasgow. The task was to write for drums with bass, piano and fiddle. This was very exciting as I had never written for drums before….
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I love composing. I love my #tuneoftheweek project. I feel that I’m gaining confidence not only in my composing but also in my playing, my recording abilities and my writing (of blogs etc) all from doing this project. It’s also…
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I wrote this tune yesterday on the last day of week 21 of my #tuneoftheweek project. I had been thinking about writing a slow tune (for variety within the project) but a jig came out so I stuck with it. I’m…
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Week 20 #tuneoftheweek is a tune I wrote this weekend which I thought would go nicely with my tune from week 3 of this project: ‘Cherry Falls’. Thanks to Adam Sutherland for joining me once again on the fiddle. I’ve…
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