Leaving town for Origins Game Fair in the morning and I had Good Food that was going to go to waste if I didn't act. And so we had mangoes with a brown sugar-butter-pecan sauce, flambéed with smoked maple bourbon and topped with honey-thyme crème fraîche for dessert.
Everything I’ve said so far is about composing for live #performance, and specifically about preparing music (on paper) to be brought to life by #performers who are trained to interpret it. That’s most of what I do in music. But I would love to work more with #improvising players and explore that side of my musicianship again. Either way though, I’ve always depended on performers, and #liveMusic has always been my focus.
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Nice story. I went through this myself albeit at a much younger age. My sister gave me a #guitar and I deliberately put aside all my theory and just made shapes and listened, bearing in mind what another classical player told me - the best players know exactly how they want to sound. On the #classical musician's fear of #improvising https://flip.it/jY3Npz
Mopomoso TV, curated by Viv Corringham - proud to be a part of this show with my experimental film "restlicht"! Thanks for having me & my work!
Sonntag, 19.3. 15 Uhr // Sunday March 19th for #MOPOMOSO Digital TV with live chat:
https://www.youtube.com/@mopomoso
2pm UK/ 3pm CET
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#Friday #piano, second take. I'm always so unsure of my skills and think I suck! I'm usually playing melodies from my head improvising like this. This is completely out of the blue, unnamed melody, I have no idea where it came from.
I don't plan it, I just play. It's fun, because you never know what you are going to get. Like pushing buttons.
I guess it's something.
#introduction Dear people, hello! I'm an #improvising #composer and #author, born in Belfast, but living in Bristol UK "this long while".
Working always on that oul' elusive gratitude. Fortunate father of four miraculous children, Granda to one (so far)!
So other than #writing, my other life is as a #communications director. Currently working in the health system but spent previous 15 years working in #scicomms climate, sustainable development, environmental comms & marketing. You can catch me every third Wednesday on ABC 774 on Spin Doctors with Virginia Trioli.
And when I’m not doing that or writing, I’m #improvising. Back after a hiatus performing with Innes Lloyd in their improvised Doctor Who show - Time Lord (back for comedy fest 2023!)