A Home Studio Recording As I mentioned in Part I, the overproduced first draft of the Elements EP was tailored for a university project and despite using interesting recording techniques and production elements to keep the listener entertained/intrigued, the end result was swimming in reverb and I felt it did not truly represent how I […]
The First Draft As I mentioned in the About Elements EP blog, the project has been a long time in the making and not only the composition of the tracks. Jump back to 2013 as I moved into my final year at university and began to work on my honours project – the Elements EP. […]
Overview Every instrumental composition on this EP has developed from something rather basic into a more complex version over time; paralleled by my own progression as a musician. As the pieces have been written for a while now, they have had time to ferment with embellishments and evolve with rearrangements, with the earliest track being […]
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