Well... here are a bunch of people I love; they may not all have an obvious impact on my pieces, but whatever ^^ Dvorak, Beethoven, Randy Edelman, Alan Menken, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Patrick Doyle, Arnold Schoenberg, Koji Kondo, Henry Mancini, Nobuo Uematsu, Einaudi, Yoko Kanno, The Seatbelts, Trevor Jones, Howard Shore, Hummie Mann, Bob Buckley, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Schwarz, Jonathon Larson, Stephen Sondheim, Jackson Browne, Jewel, Helen Trevillion, Kate Rusby, Ariane Moffatt, Savage Garden, Vanessa Carlton, Collective Soul, No Doubt, t.A.T.u., Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, Coldplay, F.I.R., Kate Akhurst, No Doubt, Vienna Teng, Miriam Jones, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Missy Higgins, Collective Soul,
...etc.
I thought I'd listen to more of your stuff before commenting. Now, after having heard most of the pieces you've put online here and there (especially on your personal website) I can go on :-)
Your orchestral pieces are definitely the ones that touch me the most. You have a sense of orchestration that I can only wish to equal someday in a far future, and your rhythmic structures are quite interesting!
Also really liked your songs. They probably sound less original to my ears than your soundtrack projects do, but they are definitely high quality stuff. As for your piano pieces, I have to agree with you: who cares if they are complicated or not, as far as they sound good? and they do sound good.
All in one, well done! I'm glad I discovered your music.
Hello, Sara ! Thank you for friendship. We have a common friend, Gilles Mathieu. He talked to me about your music. So, I heared and I liked. The piece "Rescue" is a little spectacular, like a soundtrack. I also like "letters to Roxane", specially the piano. "one chance" is different from the other pieces. and I like it because it's more animated, rythmic. So, I'm happy to meet you. :)
Hello! Yes, I'm still alive and fighting to stay afloat in this whole Bachelor of Arts thing. I honestly can't believe it's almost been one year since I left Bristol; it all seems so recent and I can remember the last few days incredibly clearly.
I've taken to being sensible, finally - doing very little partying and being sensible and planning things out. It's a nice change, and I do feel (as cliche as it sounds) a better sense of well-being. =D
You've already been out of uni now for a while, haven't you? How's the real world treating you and what are you up to these days? I hope everything's going well for you. (I tried calling you but do you have a new phone number?)
I just came to see new music and I must say... 'Incursion Excursion' is absolutely the greatest thing ever. xD SO COOL. I love it! You are so good at orchestra stuff. Seriously. Wow.
Your new photo's from Panto, innit? Hope that went really well, sorry I couldn't come see. Y'know, what with being on the wrong side of the earth and all.
hey cuz! talked to mom (aunt margaret) last night and said you've got something on youtube, WOOT, that rocks! I'm on youtube playing in anarchy of the soul, a free jazz group i'm in, you should check it! How's school? we're both gradimicating! Ack! Someday i'm going to come over there and visit YOU for once. plus i need to get off this hemisphere at least once before i die. laterz!
Heylo~ Glad you got your parcel, sorry about the book and enjoy the new map! xD Hope Bristol's all well, say hi to everyone &C. Hope the weather there is forgiving - I went out in the morning today when it was raining, it cleared up when I got home, but after I left again in the afternoon it started pouring down. xD Aly.
p.s. Ohh! And hello again because I just noticed that 'Close To Love' has got quite a lot longer since I last heard it! Did it... grow... recently...? Or quite possibly I just heard it last when my internet was being idiotic and couldn't be bothered to load all of it! :) Hee. In any case, I am happy to have heard it all now. I really liked the pretty bit before the piano chords bit (ahh what wonderful descriptive skills I possess) where the piano part changes and is runny and nice and bit of a contrast - not runny like runny honey, of course, but flowing and RUN-Y... (ok Helen, you really need to be quiet now.)
i.e. Nobody Has Heard It Before, but I wrote it aaaages ago and got a not-very-good grade for it I seem to remember. xD Anyway. Yes... merci very much for the comment. :) Tango!
Thank you so much for your nice words.My dad said it was okay to message you. He manages my page for me. I hope your family and friends like my music too.
Ahh thank you! Hee hee, yes it is energetic..! I think I must do more rocky songs because it was really rather fun, even though sequencing the drums was a slightly horrific experience.... um. but all was ok in the end. xD
