Sunday 24 October 2010

The first song...

It is official. I have written my first song for the webiste.
This one is a metal track with the working title '999'. 

It is inspired by bands such as Iron Maiden with a touch of Paul Gilbert style harmonies & techniques.
I am intending to get into the studio over the next two weeks tohave this recorded as well as another track I am going to start to work on today.
Things are feeling good and the creativity is flowing.
BOOSH!

Saturday 9 October 2010

The Proposal that Sarted It All

Professional Practice Proposal
Duncan,

For my Professional Practice Project I am going to set-up my own music website advertising myself as a Session Musician and through doing so I aim to perform at a variety of venues and to various members of the public.
The main focus of the website will be the music that people can listen to.  I will compose several pieces in different styles of music to show to people how diverse I can be with my playing in the hope of acquiring session work.
I will then set-up recording sessions to have copies of these pieces to up load and distribute accordingly. I may also wish to hand out copies to members of the public should any gigs arise from my website, and therefore using a different type of advertising for my-self and my music.
Along with writing and recording the music on the site, my project will also entail the setting up of the website itself. This will involve finding a website to set up on, I am intending to use the very accessible Myspace.com site for this as they have a very large music community and are very user friendly for up and coming musicians. This also has the added bonus of being easy to view by the general public as-well as other musicians and scouts for session musicians.
 There will also be a level of promotional work I will need to arrange and carry out.
I am going to organise my own Photo shoot, taking pictures of me and the equipment I use and also live shots from gigs. I will also have some live footage from shows or recording sessions for people to view as-well.

Nick