It’s been a busy few weeks, so pardon me while I screw my head back on and regroup a bit here.
The GCFC Match-Up went exceedingly well — beyond even my wildest expectations. Working with a real orchestra, and a talented one, is an unimaginable treat, and I have to give a special thanks to Darren Fung and Victor Davies from the GCFC and Dennis Patterson from the Glenn Gould Recording Studio at the CBC Headquarters for being so supportive, helpful, and encouraging throughout the process. I could go into wild details about the proceedings and the process of scoring the film, but I’ve already done that here, so take a look if you’re interested.
Since the match-up, I’ve been keeping busy with a healthy combination of schoolwork and musical experimentation. I was recently called up to do a spec track for a company that may or may not end up engaging my services down the road, and since I hate to update without having some music to share, I offer you all a chance to take a listen:
The track has also gone up on my demo reel if you prefer checking it out there. Speaking of which — and I know I’ve already gushed about this on Twitter — I already have over 1000 plays on SoundCloud since switching the demo reel over to it! All I can say is that I’m honoured and humbled that so many people are listening to my work; I truly hope you’re enjoying it! If you are, remember to follow me on Twitter so you can keep up to date with fresh news…I update that a lot more frequently than this Journal, I’m ashamed to admit.
Okay okay, I’ll get to the “pleasant honking” bit. I don’t have a new technique for surreptitious molesting. I’m sorry. I do, however, have a new instrument that I’m thrilled to be playing! I recently inherited a clarinet (his name is Melvin, it says so on his case — Melvin the Magnificent, to be precise) and have been thoroughly enjoying the process of trying to learn to make passable sounds on him without any formal instruction.
Incidentally, I’m not schizophrenic.
I am proud to report that I was (fairly inconsistently) making proper clarinet noises after about half an hour, and now, several days on, I can play some pretty respectable little riffs. My bigger interest lies in the variety of wild and unusual sounds I can get out of the instrument though, which thus far has yielded some, uh, interesting sample recordings. Turns out Melvin does a pretty good Duduk impression.
Anyhow, back to work. Thanks for checking in! :)
