July 03rd, 2024

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​This month
This is a month of exciting recordings. Next week, I’m in the studio, recording an orchestral piece for an upcoming CD! I’ll be able to reveal more soon.

My orchestral piece receiving edits

​Since that will be a while coming out, I will release a single at the beginning of next month. It is called Switchback, and it’s a total one-off: a hard-driving electronic piece that was part of an EP before I got sidetracked by building the Hyasynth.

I’ll be giving away Bandcamp codes in next month’s mailout. The track will be free for you – or anyone else who signs up this month.

I’ve made short videos explaining my PhD on my Instagram. I will soon consolidate them into two videos – one long, one short – that sum everything up. I’ll put those on my YouTube channel later this month, subscribe there to catch them.

Last month
I had great fun at my viva, which I passed, officially bringing my PhD to an end. James Weeks, my external examiner, was a wonderful interlocutor who asked all kinds of interesting questions I will be thinking about for some time to come: why do I like counterpoint so much? What links my work together, stylistically?

Me speaking at York Festival of Ideas

​Speaking at the York Festival of Ideas with the Micklegate Singers was an absolute pleasure. We’ll be releasing the recording of their superb performance soon!

Coming up
I’ve busied myself playing my custom synthesiser, the Hyasynth, over the last month, culminating in a first demo performance at my house last Sunday! I played synth, my friends played a string quartet, and we ate pasta. I’ll release more Hyasynth material into the world over the next few months. Last Sunday’s set is this Autumn’s gig.

My friends play the Hyasynth