SONG WRITING
Dark, Modern, Poetic
Etude for saxophone, computer and monsters
Monster, Monster in my head; why can’t we be friends again. This dark exploration of mental health and its physical manifestations sits a top a delicate and luscious bed of harmony, synthesised pads and layers of saxophone samples including the percussion processed from clicking keys.
It ain't history
Orchestral, R&B, Soundtrack
Written as the climax for the short film Sister From the South, this song connects a history of racial abuse to modern struggles, dispelling the myth that racism is simply history. Vocals performed by young American artist Courtney Doucet.
Sapphire patch
Absurdist, Comedy, Poetic
An absurdist peice with incredulous lyric that hit a heart of truth and passion. At first glance the gaiety of the arrangement may mask the pain in the poetic content, deliberately imitating the human experience of vulnerability through humour.
Don't give me love
A Capella, Sincere, Light Jazz
A lush a Capella song orchestrated for a single voiced vocal ensemble with a focus on intimacy, smooth harmonic transition and lyrical fragmentation. It relies on vocal instrumentation more heavily than deeply intricate lyricism.
Silent House
Minimalism, Poetic, Light Rock
A minimalist light-rock track using two cyclical chord progressions creating a self-perpetuation momentum symbolic of the nature of eternity studied thematically in the lyrical content.
Kids, Pop, Uptempo
You can be a star
A commercial kids-pop style track written and recorded at Action Drama Studios Popstars holiday programme. Through the song writing workshop, the performers aged between 6 and 9 years old, wrote their own verses to a pre-written chorus and backing track. The track was written, learned and recorded by the children in a single day.
I'm in your head
Dark, Character Driven, Music Theatre
A music theatre piece with a Disney villain approach to mental health struggles. Painting one’s darkest inner monologue as an unrelenting entity separate from reality, yet all too real.
Living it up
Slow Build, Funk, Demo
Combining elements of modern vocal production and funk music, this demo demonstrates the care-free tropes of the funk genre with tight horn stabs and groove whilst also maintaining a consistent poetic phraseology.