A Hectic Start

September saw the start of a new season of events as mentioned in the previous post. We’ve been out and about quite a bit this month so far. The most notable event was Media Monday. This one was held at The Cardiff Arts Institute and provided an informal setting to network with other like-minded people. It’s a fantastic event where you get a chance to meet anyone from actors, casting agencies, script writers, technical people and so on.

That said – it’s nice to be in the studio again. This week has seen another piece for Supermarket Matters and another brand new promotional piece uploaded onto the Jamyama website.

Staying with the food theme this one’s titled Strawberries and Cream. So titled by my little girl (a strawberry fanatic and a bit of a rock chick). It does have a slight Beatles feel to it. I’ve moved away from the usual drum machines as used previously and gone for something with vinyl overtones. I tried to aim for something which sounded ‘reminiscent of a period in time’ yet using modern synths and old style effects such as rotary speakers, simulated tape delays etc….

As I was out and about a lot over the past 2 weeks or so, I had to rely on the voice recorder of my phone to whistle ideas into (something I should do more often, as, you never know when an idea will hit you). Basically the whole piece was modelled around a few recorded phrases starting with the melodies, building a chord progression (Real Guitar and Halion) and then working on the drum rhythm (Kore) and bass (Omnishpere) - (the opposite way to how the previous pieces were done!)

The intro was simply a sample taken off of an old vinyl album ‘lead in’ where I also added a part of a previous songs DR-55 drum loop.


Moving On


A new promotional piece. Something with a ‘reflective’, Autumnal feel to it. It features some of my favourite combinations of instruments cello, piano, nylon and electric guitar. Head on over to the Jamyama website for more.
Here’s a tracklist of everything you can listen to. More content is being added regularly so stay tuned!

1. Blimp
2. Headbag
3. Rain
4. Jamyama Websting
5. Drive
6. The Last Day
7. Zenith
8. Stone
9. Climbing a Wall
10. Art of the Non-Descript
11. Song 1 – Supermarket Matters
12. Rice - Supermarket Matters
13. Strawberries and Cream - Supermarket Matters
14. Moving On

Podcast

I’ve been working towards getting a Company Podcast online for a little while now and I’m relieved to say that it’s now live.
Listen to the Jamyama Podcast.

Let me know what you think! :-s