1.5 million mark

Phewee. Am still at it - one more week to the recording, once again in Budapest. 

Have just noticed that my YouTube Tom and Jerry clip has passed the 1.5 million mark! Not bad going for 16 months....

Lecture at Keble College Oxford

I had a brief few hours away from film scoring and orchestration to give a lecture at Keble College Oxford today as part of their Music festival week. I was talking about professional life as a composer, and I found the session enjoyable and the audience very polite, with some interesting discussion following. My thanks to Tom Hooker (and extraordinarily talented and pleasant young man) for his generous and genial hospitality and to him and Barney for a few convivial hours in the Lamb and Flag afterwards. 

Now am back with nose to grindstone, and back on coffee, red bull, pro plus, amphetamines... Ay currumba..

Still hard at work....

Over 2 weeks have passed since my last blog and the [only] difference between now and then is the lack of snow. Otherwise am still working v hard for this film score (additional composing and orchestration) which is recording in Budapest in early March. Still drinking v strong coffee. 

Hard at work

Ah coffee. Friend of the morning. Mainstay through busy periods. What would I do without it?....

Am in the thick of it - a lot of work on at the moment (this film which I am really enjoying), which goes on till early March (when I am back to Budapest for orchestra recording). Hence a lot of caffeine in my diet....

Unfortunately that means my contact with the recent (and unusual for where I live) snow showers has been restricted to (i) looking at it (ii) walking past it (iii) falling over on it and (iv) developing a cold from it. Alas, no (v) playing in it. My inner child (whom loves snow) is in high dudgeon. Too much self discipline.  Memo to self: winter holiday. Go ski-ing.....