I found out from Taxi this morning that the music supervisor of a new TV series is looking a suitable song, and the deadline was today!

“Think ‘The Simple Life’ meets ‘Extreme Makeover’. Lyrics about ‘making dreams happen’ will give you an edge.”

So….

I put my translation project to one side for the day, and set to work. With only half a day to finish it, I decided to focus on ‘the hook’. If they like it, they will hopefully let me ‘flesh it out’ later.

Here’s the result (finished just in time for the deadline):

• Things Are Gonna Change

What do you think?

PS Another bit of good news: Taxi has forwarded another two pieces, ‘You Make Me Smile’ and ‘Easy Does It’. Cool!

… is the name of an electronic instrumental I just finished today, for film and TV:

• Eastern Promise

And here is another electronic instrumental I finished on Saturday:

• Joe’s Harp

The brief was to be creative with samples and electronic grooves, which was great fun.

I hope you like them!       

I guess it’s very much like keeping a diary.

Only diaries don’t work for me. I started a number of them, but never made it past the first week. I just forget or get side-tracked, or can’t be bothered after a while.

Blogging is different. There are people waiting for the next one.

So every day, I reflect on what makes that day special, what makes it stand out. Then I write about it.

I like that. It keeps me focussed.

“When someone dies, it is because at that point their karma has become insurmountable in the present body.  It is not possible to understand… had to come when it did and there is certainly no point in assuming responsibility and guilt.  The course of action is unfathomable.  However, .... continue reading 'Leaving The Body'

Good news everyone!

Today, I found out that ‘In The Silence’ was forwarded by Taxi. My first one!

This was for the listing ‘ROCK SONGS WITH WORLD INFLUENCE’.

It means .... continue reading 'Taxi Forward'