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That Last 5% I was at a songwriting meet up a couple of weeks ago and the old “last 5%” of finishing a project came up in conversation. If you’ve written and recorded music for a while you know the rub. You start writing and you’re absolutely jazzed with the Read more…
Arturia’s MiniFreak If you’ve read some posts on this blog you’ll know I’ve been leaning into an 80s synthpop thing in the last 12 or so months. It started by sketching together some songs which then grew into an album which I’ve been releasing songs under the moniker Doxkyn. The Read more…
I was having a chat with a friend recently that’s known me and listened to my music for over 20 years. He always jokes about a juvenile habit I had of writing a really good pop song and then ruining it by adding a super weird bridge. Yep, I did Read more…
I enjoy watching/listening to other creatives talk about their process. It’s always encouraging and inspirational, which is never a bad thing – unless you need to finish the project you’re working on before starting a new one – but I digress. Christian Henson is a media composer, one of the Read more…
Speed Song Writing I sort of have this thing I do semi-regularly where I will set a timer on my phone for 30-mins, pull up LoopCloud and then see what I can pull together in that time. It’s fun and it’ll take you in some unexpected directions creatively. I don’t Read more…