May 2010 Blog Posts (13)

I’ve done a bit both on this one. At the moment I run my own label. It has to be said that it generates a lot of… Continue

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This past April and May I've been recording my new CD, "Sacred Love", with producer Will Ackerman and recording engineer Corin Nelsen, at Imaginary Road Studios in Vermont. This features 8 of my own compositions, a co-composition with producer/guitarist Will Ackerman, a trio with world flutist Ravichandra Kulur and saxist George Brooks, and a piece by Sri Chinmoy which I arranged for acoustic guitar and flutes.



The entire process has also been documented in a multi-part video series… Continue

The creative and technical process of making music is fascinating and I wish more musicians would expose their own professional practice.

Here’s my short contribution – a video that explores how I came to put strings on Rhymefest’s song ‘Letter’ and some suggestions about how to approach arranging strings.

I am an entirely amateur video maker who believes video is such a great communicator! I’m using Snapz Pro to make screen shots and Final Cut Express…

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I finally got my online-store up an running to sell my music. I will be selling scores of my works as well as recordings and other products/services http:www.jmuspublishing.com I do have my personal composition webpage http://www.HansaniArchibald.com but I will be using that for other purposes now and will not sell music through that site.

I have been busy rehearsing for a single that I hope to… Continue

Hi everyone,

We're planning another get-together in London. This one is going to be on Saturday, June 12th. Again it will be an informal drink, meal and chat kind of thing.

The idea is we meet up for drinks and then trundle along to some restaurant in the middle of London. Last time we spent the whole night swapping war stories and chattering along about music. Huge amount of fun and not an ego in sight!

If you are able to get along and are…

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What does a song look like? If you could represent the shape, character and feel of a song graphically, how would it look?

I’ve played around with this concept for a while; it’s something that helps me, as an arranger, to get inside music and understand how it

works. I’m interested in getting a clear vision of musical form

because as we listen to music, we hear only the moment, and while we are

aware of what has gone before and we anticipate what is to come,…

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As I grew up, I always thought inspiration, whether in music or literature, always came from above, like something divine was involved.



Now that I compose music more regularly, I have a slightly different view on that. I now tend to think it comes from within, like the cummulative product of all subconsceous experiences, engrained in our brain by countless life events. These get twisted by daily external events, moods, etc and the combined outcome is the "Inspiration" we use for… Continue

Hello everybody,

I've just upload my new tune. Enjoy and comment please.

Thanks !!!

After a hard day of wandering around London with a 30 strong troop of goths, I am all worn out! I have college tomorrow so I should get off to bed, but somehow I know I wont be crawling up to my abode until near midnight...

HI:)
Let's think... Why live execution sounds much better than written down and edited in sequenser? I think that the matter is that numerous frameworks in which we put our musi. Templates, midi grooves. quantize, the fixed rate.... I think all it kills our music....