One of the things I’ve been working on recently is my film-music-writing, and as part of this, over the past year or two I’ve assembled a really nice little portfolio of clips for which I’ve composed brand new soundtracks. You may have seen some already in fact, on this very website! Having amassed this collection, …
‘Miniatures’ release day is almost upon us, but if your appetite for piano music isn’t already sufficiently whetted then I’ve got just the thing to get you in the mood! Long by name, long by nature, this piece forms track 8 on the album and draws you into a dark disturbing world where at times …
So I says to Jack, I says, “Would you be up for doing a video recording of one of the Miniatures? Just to keep the publicity ball rolling!” And what do you know, within two hours he had sent me not one but two videos of him expertly performing pieces from the new album! Here’s …
I was saddened and surprised recently to hear of the death of the legendary songwriter Burt Bacharach, at the age of 94. To be completely honest the main surprise wasn’t so much that he had died, but rather that he had still been alive so recently – but that’s beside the point! At any rate, …
The other week I had a delightful time performing with pianist extraordinaire Jack Mitchell Smith for a wedding in Tabley House (near Knutsford). But if you don’t believe me, I HAVE EVIDENCE! Here are some videos taken from our performance on the day, as well as a couple of clips from our rehearsal: There’s …
Alright, before we go any further let me address the elephant in the room. You may have noticed that this blog is looking a little different from usual. Well that’s because, in a frankly thrilling burst of proactivity, I have finally got round to migrating the whole thing from Blogger to WordPress, meaning that it is …
I’ll readily admit that I’m a little behind the curve with this news, as the aforementioned album was actually released a few weeks ago now. But you know how it is – you’ve been busy, I’ve been busy, etc. etc. At least I got round to it eventually. The album in question is …
HEY GUYZZZ!!! I did a couple of zhowz recently, and made a couple of videoz zhowcazing zome clipz of my playing. Zo I thought I’d zhare them with you in caze that’z the zort of thing you’re into for zome reazon. Ready? Zteady? GO!!! Oliver! Footlooze
