A double whammy for you today! These two don’t normally like to be in the same room together, so don’t tell them I’ve combined them into a single post.
Mongolian Death Worm Monologues: Professor Bodkin AND Olgoi Corduroy
Category: Composition
Mongolian Death Worm Monologues: Mr. Bill Der
I thought I’d add some text to today’s blog post, just in case you were worried I had lost the power of wordiness… Less than two weeks from today marks the release date of a project that I and my arch enemy James ‘River’ Ure have been working on very very very very very very …
Mongolian Death Worm: Official Trailer 1
Mongolian Death Worm: Teaser Poster
Loathsome Waltz
Sometimes you’re just not in the mood for writing pleasant music. Such was the case a few days ago, when I chose to vent my various frustrations onto a sheet of manuscript paper. The result is the following horrible piece, which I have rendered using the most vile harpsichord sound available. I hope it makes …
Making ‘Mongolian Death Worm’: The Puppets
They’re just waiting for me to go to sleep, I can tell… What is this I see before me? A blog post? How remarkable! As someone who’s subscribed to a musician’s blog, I really hope it contains no musical content whatsoever and is actually about the life stories of a series of homemade puppets! …
Making ‘Mongolian Death Worm’: The Orchestrations
“Whatever happened to that Michael A. Grant fellow?” “He used to do stuff.” “You never hear from him any more, do you?” “Does he even go here?” These are just some of the things that you may be talking about if you are one of the naysayers! Well guess what? The joke’s on you, because …
100 Of My Favourite Pieces To Perform
You may not have realised it yet, but today is a very special day and this is a very special blog post! For this is the 100th post I have written since starting this venture way back in 2017. To celebrate, I’ve been looking back into the mists of time and working hard to put …
Something About Buckwheat
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it is my sad duty to report that the latest song from The Atwood Project has now been released. ‘Something About Buckwheat’ is our longest and least enjoyable track yet, but if you are in the mood for some self-inflicted pain then check out the …
On Sugar, Plums, and Rotating Bass Clarinets
Happy Star Wars Day everybody! Assuming you read this on the same day that I am writing it, which I suppose in the grand scheme of things is unlikely. But I hope you appreciate the sentiment nonetheless. Dance of the Sugar Plum Clari To mark the occasion, I would like to share a brand …
