So you know how every online journal author in the world is visited by the regular updates fairy? Yeah, I think mine had a run in with a jetliner on the way over or something.

Excuses aside though, the reason for my silence has, ironically, been largely caused by a profusion of new noise — music! — that I’ve been working on. In my last update, I mentioned that I was preparing to venture into some jazzy territory with a fellow composer’s jazz ensemble, and that came to pass. I acted as recording engineer for their first studio session and it was an absolute blast. There’s something incredibly cool about the organic texture of quasi-improvised large-ensemble jazz music.

After that, I had a brief sojourn into the world of music for advertising, which is fun. I’m hoping that I can attract more clients in that area, especially in the film trailer scene…terribly fun music to write. My most important development though is the completion of a new score for a film called Astrid.

Earlier in the year, I was contacted by an independent director looking to reserve my services for her film project a few months down the road. I agreed and in the time between the last post and this one, the film was completed, I received the footage, and created just about 20 minutes of music for the film…which is actually about its entire length. Astrid is an interesting fantasy-esque live action film and features no dialogue at all, which was both exciting and a great responsibility because it meant that my music had to convey the bulk of the sonic facet of the film and be consistent with the moods and imagery. Needless to say, I enjoyed the hell out of the work and I’m quite pleased with the result. I hope to be able to put up a sample in the portfolio ASAP.

Speaking of which, interested visitors may have noticed a continuing lack of updates to the site’s infrastructure. This is largely due to the interesting creature called “university” which eats the time of my webmaster and myself. Nevertheless, updates will start arriving soon enough (I hope) since the year is winding down. I myself am now completely finished, having written my last exam today, and I look forward to having more music-writing time as the summer approaches…