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Happenings

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:08:28 +0000

Even though it may appear to any recent visitors to this site that I’ve been residing six feet under the earth, there is actually a few interesting happenings for me to fill this page with (well interesting to me anyway!).

About a month ago a friend of mine Nick Wales from Coda called to see if I could do some shows with Sarah Blasko . Considering the fact she is one of the only people in Australia (or anywhere for that matter) making unique and beautiful pop music I quickly said yes!

A few weeks before that I was in Melbourne scouting locations in the city for the Interventionist Guide a project that will involve me performing throughout the city streets in October (16,17,18). Coincidentally a piece from my araya ep undertow is going to be used in the fringe festival for ‘en route’ (Sept 26th – Oct 14th) a sound walk conceived by bettybooke (a collective of artists based in Melbourne).

While I was there I visited Lisa Gerrard and met with director Tim Cope who is putting together a documentary of his epic adventure tracing the steps of Genghis Khan, by traveling on horseback from Mongolia to Hungary over three years! Lisa asked me to collaborate with her on the soundtrack for this amazing story and whilst I was there we recorded some improvisations for the project with her playing cymbalom and me on violin. Tim gave us footage of various musicians he encountered on his journey and I have recently been composing some pieces incorporating some of these sounds and others purely inspired by this vast stretch of land and its inhabitants.

At the moment I am currently on the road on my way to Melbourne to participate in the Interventionist Guide and complete the rest of the music for Tim’s film at Lisa’s studio.

May you live in intersting times….. (ancient chinese curse)

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:10:22 +0000

Well I’m not sure if my Sound Crucible set was a success or a failure as nobody ran from the room with bleeding ears. We were warned about the sonic violence of the next act but it didn’t seem to lessen the shock…..ah, the beauty of contrasts.
I’ve had an interesting easter break, getting to meet and jam with Luka Bloom at a friends house (a real pleasure to see the man play up close and personal) and a last minute phone call to play with Tim Finn at Bluesfest, quite a surreal experience – arriving 15 minutes before the gig learning the song, and playing to thousands of people for three minutes……not my greatest musical moment but definitely one of the more memorable. The best part was seeing the crowd chanting for five minutes whilst demanding an encore, one of those real encores where Tim had to run back through the mud from his dressing room.
I’m going into hibernation for the next ten days to a silent meditation retreat, who knows what I’ll have to say for my next post (that’s if I can remember how to speak)……ah, the beauty of contrast!

good morning

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:50:28 +0000

I’ve just made my first video clip, have a look on my look page or at youtube.com.

Sound Crucible

admin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:30:40 +0000

To find out more about this event click on this link – Sound Crucible