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music
writing

I'm sat here at the start of this
paragraph, with cursor blinking, and have been so for some time, trying
to conceive a way to express how important music is to me. Yet, I know I
will fail. Ironically, I believe it is a message that only music can
express - and I am not yet that much a maestro. But, one day, maybe. For
now, I invite you to listen (and criticise if you will) my attempts so
far.
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music
my albums |

As the list of albums below
suggests, I have been writing music for some time, the genres
ranging from classical through heavy metal and rave to drum 'n'
bass. Life has kept me busy since 2004, but I'm hoping the new
decade will yield some time for penning some more tunes. Click
the covers for track lists, descriptions, images and MP3's for
each
album...
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the
tcd collection
(2004) |
Not
an album, in the true sense, but a précis of
my works at Trinity College, Dublin. These
are a collection of studies and exercises, though each
a piece in its own right - and includes my best
work to date. Pieces include my first foray into live
recording, synthesizer design and a return to more
classical
orchestration, plus a couple of more unique projects.
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vorsprung
durch musik (2002) |
Most
tracks on this album have been mixed, providing
over one solid hour of my best
work at the time. The mastering has also been substantially
improved since the last album, though the DOS heritage
of the music shows. As such, there's lots of musical
ideas here that I keep hoping to "revisit"
someday...
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all
good things (2000) |
There's
an incredible variety of styles on this CD, perhaps too many
for one album - club, Irish, easy, drum n' bass and more.
Nonetheless it charts a big leap towards professional sounding
music - if, as a couple of reviews hinted, a bit weak in the
final mixing. With these tunes, my music has begun to take on
a
quality other than the somewhat sentimental fact that I carved
it with my own hands...
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chronology
(1998) |
Almost
all the tracks on this collection pre-date the arrival of MIDI
synthesizers to my 'studio' - and it shows. However, some tracks
formed the foundation of later album pieces, and I believe
others are worthy of a re-hash one day. Also includes a small
classical suite.
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