“Spring is here, spring is here. Life is skittles and life is beer…” And what better time to showcase a video of the same name, featuring all-new music that I began working on in the autumn, finished writing in winter, and recorded in spring? The video in question, in case you hadn’t guessed, is …
Category: Composition
‘Empty Walls’ – New Music for Piano Day!
Today is the 88th day of the year, meaning we’ve had 1 day of 2022 for every single key on a standard piano, and therefore it’s time to celebrate… Piano Day! Seriously, it’s a thing. Look it up. As my little contribution to this festival, I would like to share one of my own never-before-released …
Happy New Year from The Atwood Project!
Having not heard from us for 19 months now, you may be forgiven for having thought The Atwood Project had been put out of its misery and was mercifully extinct. Well I am here to tell you that your optimism was misplaced, as we are now back and ready to offend your ears once again …
Mongolian Death Worm: Behind-The-Scenes Commentary
Just when you thought there were no remaining words to be said about ‘Mongolian Death Worm: A Puppet Show Musical’, here I am with some more! My co-creator James A. Ure and I recently had a delightful evening recording a behind-the-scenes audio commentary for the greatest puppet show musical ever made (sorry about that Avenue …
‘Stargirl’, Re-Scored By Yours Truly
[EDIT, 12/3/2022: I have since made a new improved version of this video with better orchestral sounds – find it here: Hello everyone! It seems I have a little catching up to do in the blogosphere – it’s been a rather busy couple of months and I have quite a backlog of things you may …
Making ‘Mongolian Death Worm’: Recording the Music
[13-minute read] Watch the full musical here: N.B.: For optimal listening pleasure, it is recommended you listen to the audio examples through a good pair of headphones. It may have escaped your notice (because I’ve been keeping very quiet about it) but there’s a new musical in town, and it’s really really great. …
10 Things You May Have Missed in ‘Mongolian Death Worm: A Puppet Show Musical’
[2-minute read] Watch the full musical here: On a casual, superficial viewing, ‘Mongolian Death Worm: A Puppet Show Musical’ may appear to be just another piece of frivolous light entertainment, nothing more than a mere trifle unworthy of deeper analysis. However, for the more observant viewer this musical is a multi-faceted cornucopia of wit …
Making ‘Mongolian Death Worm’: The Swazzle
[11-minute read] Watch the full musical here: Hear the Witch Doctor’s behind-the-scenes insights here: On the night of Hallowe’en (or thereabouts), in the year 2020, the world was changed forever with the release of the pioneering audio-visual masterpiece that is ‘Mongolian Death Worm: A Puppet Show Musical’. Humanity looked on in amazement, delight …
Mongolian Death Worm: Just One More Post…
This post is for the benefit of anyone who’s been living under a rock in the Gobi Desert for the past few weeks, and don’t know that Mongolian Death Worm: A Puppet Show Musical is now finished and available for anybody and everybody to watch online! Yay! See below for over an hour of fun, …
Mongolian Death Worm: RELEASED TODAY! (Plus, Roy’s Monologue…)
It’s here, it’s finally here! Ladies and gentlemen, wake the kids, phone the neighbours, because today (31/10) is the day that Mongolian Death Worm: A Puppet Show Musical is released onto an unsuspecting public! From now on everything else will be a disappointment – birthdays will seem boring, Christmasses will seem contemptible, even weddings will …