I finally got to meet Pete Townshend in person, backstage at The Who concert, in Brighton last weekend. During lockdown, June 2020, Pete had graciously agreed to speak to me about my idea to write a rock opera about London’s finance industry. He also expressed a keen interest in what[…]
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Composing cool tunes for warm people
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Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of chatting to London based artist-activist and filmmaker Dan Edelstyn about the making of Canary Wharf: the Rock Opera. Dan and Hilary Powell’s previous project Bank Job was a huge influence on Canary Wharf. Their current project Power (as of 2023) is equally[…]
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On 22 April, I launched Canary Wharf: the Rock Opera at Thornbury Picture House, Melbourne via two screenings (one sold out) to very enthusiastic audience responses. Each screening was followed by a Q&A which allowed myself and movie co-producer Dr Bill Garrett to elaborate on what motivated me to try[…]
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The Sounds of Tomorrow As 2021 slouches towards Bethlehem, feeling like its time for another blog post given the last one was May 2020! Like most people in Melbourne, only let out weeks ago from what was apparently the world’s longest (cumulative) lockdown, still feeling shell-shocked & hard to remember[…]
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I read the news today, oh boy The following is an excerpt from a Phd in music proposal I wrote in Sept 2019, for consideration by several Universities in Australia. My proposal was to write and record an extended musical and narrative work entitled Canary Wharf: The Rock Opera. What[…]
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Prologue Hello! After a long absence I am now going to start blogging again, every week in fact. I’ll be using this blog to document my creative process in writing and composing my practice-led Phd in music which I have just started (Feb 2020). As part of my research, I[…]
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After four radio interviews, enthusiastic album airplay, a feature article in the local music press and an epic two set show at the superb Northcote Social Club, The Disenchanted’s February trip to Melbourne was swift but successful. Melbourne is one of the greatest music towns in the world, 3RRR is[…]
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London update It’s been a unexpectedly busy year music-wise, with gigs every 6 weeks in London – all at small but famous venues. Always a thrill to play places which have a rich music history where my idols have performed, such as the Water Rats in Kings Cross – the[…]
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Deal With Your Disenchantment is my 12th album. It is a 21st century woman’s (ie me) take on Dylan’s classic albums of the ‘60s/ early ‘70s. All the tracks are original, but they started with a specific Dylan track or genre in mind. I used the Dylan classics as inspiration,[…]
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I was fortunate enough to be asked by Australia’s most popular indie radio station 2JJ to do two mixes of Australian ’90s electronica plus write liner notes for a retrospective they have just broadcast about that golden era. Transcript plus links below. Hope you enjoy listening to these sounds (again)[…]
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