the skywriter

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! :)

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:36:58 +0000

The Age Of Rockets - Avada Kedavra (The Skywriter Mix) by TheSkywriter

Thanks to Andrew Futral of @ageofrockets for providing an acapella track for everyone a while back for remixes :)

MERR CRISMUH!

The Tiny Thoughts

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:10:38 +0100

The Tiny Thoughts by TheSkywriter

A fairly sunny track during a not so sunny time…

The Way We Fall...

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:56:26 +0100

Slowly wrapping up some production on a track I worked with a friend on. Has his vocals and lyric writing. Unfortunately hampered by a horrible microphone but I did what best I could!

Also working on another synthpop track on top of that… Might even have vocals on that too… ;P

rac: Well, here it is. Ellie Goulding is quickly becoming one...

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:47:40 +0100

rac:

Well, here it is. Ellie Goulding is quickly becoming one of the biggest pop stars out there. I’m really happy to have worked with her on this remix. Lots of piano in this one.

RAC + Ellie Goulding? Yeah. Roll it.

Scrapbook track: Blood Magic

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 01:07:00 +0100

Synth1 Wobble Test by TheSkywriter

Hunz

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:56:37 +0000

Haven’t been able to do anything on the internet for about a month till today so I’m mega glad to have tumblr back so I can feel at my freedom to keep up my scrapbook again!

Anyway, tonight I share some Hunz with you. It’s indie/electronica sourced from Brisbane. The track ‘Soon, Soon’ was featured in the bundle for the music software I use and I only recently listened in on it. I feel somewhat glad to be using this humble and relatively unknown package alongside talents like that of Hunz!

I love this track especially although the whole album is a great listen. It’s really mellow yet pensive. Best of all; the whole album (His second release) is completely free if you fancy it so if Radiohead meets Sting meets Bon Iver fused with 80s and 90s demoscene music sounds intriguing, give it a whirl.

It’s all rather pretty.

My Arcane Fires

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:21:00 +0000

Arcade Fire won album of the year at the Grammys. I’m not the world’s biggest fan (I enjoyed Funeral and Neon Bible though) but I take this as a victory for musicians who passionately believe that music is about innovation.

What I AM annoyed with is how much of the internet is up in arms about ‘no-names’ taking glory away from radio friendly, commercial acts that folks lap up in droves. Essentially they’re saying “Fuck creativity; I bought the CD so I can shake my ass to the same old repackaged music; therefore my purchase should be further rewarded as proof of my awesome taste in music…”

Music awards should be awarded to musicians who try hard in their field to make something that required a lot of heart and imagination. Not to the fans. You wouldn’t see an award for ‘Farmer of the Year’ go to a supermarket just because you like shopping at Walmart for your greens would you?

But who am I to lecture you anyway… I’m just a no-name musician. Nothing I make makes you shake your asses. I don’t count.

P.S.

If you think radio pop is really creative watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PRKfj_5Oso … Because it’s not.

The Attack of The Philosoraptor - Brown Shuga

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:20:00 +0000

The Attack of The Philosoraptor - ‘Brown Shuga’ by TAOTPMusic

Because it’s Valentine’s Day and I think it’s appropriate to put up a song I co-wrote about a massive player. It’s not very appropriate is it? Personally I’m glad I’m single on a day like today since Valentine’s is all about pressure and elevated cortisol… How romantic… :S

Sorry if folks never see me like/reblog their posts etc by the way; Tumblr prefers to repost on user’s main tumblogs and that being my professional one rather than http://eatingwithsporks.tumblr.com/ well… It wouldn’t make sense having a load of random reblogs on here.

Peace

My entry to the RTR Remix contest for This Is a Lull...

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:37:00 +0000

Run Toto Run - This Is a Lull (The Skywriter Remix) by TheSkywriter

I didn’t make the final cut but I’m proud of my attempt!

I’m picking up inspiration at the moment. I’ll likely be conjuring something up for a couple of Hooked in 60 Seconds contests (http://www.hookedin60seconds.com/) pretty much because of these 3 inspirational songs.

Currently, I’ve got a japanese electro track, Deerhoof and CSLSX inspiring me :)

I’ve actually been working on music (2 Songs of late)...

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:41:00 +0100

I’ve actually been working on music (2 Songs of late) despite the quietness of this little cove. Problem is; they’re not really what I’d comfortably call ‘The Skywriter’ material. One’s a retro videogame cover and the other was the work of both Peter Hanson and I in our little genre-parodying side project 2 piece “The Attack of the Philosoraptor”

When I get round to fixing the mix on both; I’ll probably spread the love, especially since Pete and I thought our parody song was an awesome take on funk rock and bizarre subject matter.

For now though; this is a little piece of scrap work that I revisited and remade into an Interlude. It was originally meant to be the ending for a prototype song now confined to the murky depths of creative hell. I liked the bouncy ending so much I turned it into a short synthpop interlude for kicks.

The Skywriter - The Little Things You Couldn’t Kinda a...

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:37:00 +0100

The Skywriter - The Little Things You Couldn’t

Kinda a still born project. I’ve had a major musical block for a LOOOONG time now so I’ll let this one out. I was originally going to ask a couple peeps to chat about the small things they thought gave them cause for disappointment in their last serious relationship on recording. I’d then cut the segments and mix them into the song with a few clever tricks here and there. The song I had in mind would end with the talkies all merging on the same last sentence.

Suffice to say, I ran out of impetus for it.

Still, here it is in it’s state of undress. All I’ve been doing musically is mong out on a guitar or make short Electro dance loops that died after 30 seconds…

I'd buy this if I had loose change to throw.

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:59:55 +0100

I'd buy this if I had loose change to throw.

The Skywriter - We’re Wingwalkers Sega Mega Drive based...

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:39:00 +0100

The Skywriter - We’re Wingwalkers

Sega Mega Drive based nostalgia :)

A short loop track I made using sounds modelled after the YM2612 chip from my favourite ‘old skool’ games console.

I should fix most of my older song links. The old host went down ages ago…

Randomly dropped some vibes into ReNoise and this is the result....

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:55:00 +0000

Randomly dropped some vibes into ReNoise and this is the result. I’d like to think that it feels like a cold New York night if you stripped her of all her people and the traffic. The same goes for Tokyo in Spring.

My twin part song theme. Actually started as a random loop I did...

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:08:00 +0000

My twin part song theme. Actually started as a random loop I did as a homage to those really tacky Korean online game soundtracks.

After I laid down the main hook from my head; I got inspired by the fantastic soundtrack from Square Enix’s latest MMO - Fantasy Earth Zero and decided to re-imagine the first loop as an orchestral piece…

Above is the faux orchestral; Below, the bubblier original…

Audio

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:05:13 +0000

Haven’t updated in ages so here’s my latest track....

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:13:50 +0000

Haven’t updated in ages so here’s my latest track. Will try and upload some more recent works :)

It’s quite unabashed about it’s old school game...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:21 +0000

It’s quite unabashed about it’s old school game soundtrack influence to say the least :P

Just testing some sounds :)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:34:56 +0000

Just testing some sounds :)

Relly rough mix for Canyons (Sorry; I’m feeling too...

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:05:00 +0100

Relly rough mix for Canyons (Sorry; I’m feeling too laaaaaazy to spend time mixing); First time (subtley) using the trumpets and shizz :P