17 Ways to Optimize Your Windows PC for Studio One

Microsoft Windows has been the world’s number one operating system for almost 30 years – it runs on everything from desktop PCs, laptops, tablets, phones, ATM machines, electronic billboards and many other devices. Because of its ubiquity, there are an enormous combination of hardware settings, system settings and audio settings available that can affect how Studio One will run on …

Global Youth Leaders Congress

I just finished orchestrating the theme song for this years Global Youth Leaders Conference in Kassel, Germany 2018. The title of the track, and the theme of the conference, is “Pass It On” Check out more about the event at http://youth.adventist.org/GYLC

Split Each Bar- Studio One Macro

This macro is super-useful for tempo mapping in studio one. It splits an event at every bar for your entire song. Easy Way: Download the macro here: https://mega.nz/#!XF8RDagQ Then move the file to your macro folder. On windows, it’s C:\Users\Documents\Studio One\Macros Done! Hard way: Alternatively, if you want to get a bit more control over the inner-workings of the code …

“Human” now available on iTunes and Spotify

A song I produced back in April has been released on iTunes and Spotify. “Human”,  a song about homelessness, was written by Danny Dempsey and sung by Gillian Walsh All proceeds from sales are being donated to homeless charities including #HomesweetHome, #ICHHDublin , #MyNameIs  and #EndHomelesssnessNow Stream it here on Spotify!

Lyre Recording of Bach

The very talented lyre player John Billing recently come to the studio to record a full album of Bach’s music. John recorded a selection of Bach’s music on his hand-made renaissance lyre, which is an ancient instrument shaped and played like a small harp. Check out John at his website for his tour and teaching schedules: http://www.johnlyre.co.uk/         …

Nemo James

I recently featured as a guest pianist on a  new album by Nemo James- a folk singer/songwriter from Croatia. I also contributed some orchestrations. The album is called “Special Days”, and you can listen here! http://www.nemojames.com/albums/special-days

Instafamous

A short film I scored recently will be included in the New York City Independent Film Festival. “Instafamous”, directed by Yunxin Hu, will be shown at the Producers Club, Theater G, 44th Street, New York on the 7th of May at 4:15. It’s a film about some of the pernicious aspects of social media. In the directors own words: We construct …

Interview with Claremorris Community Radio

Anni-Wilton Jones of Claremorris Community Radio popped round to the studio to interview me about my work and my music recently. The first part of that interview will be broadcast this Saturday the 5th of March at 7pm. It was a lot of fun and we ended up having a great conversation! The link to listen live is http://ccr946.ie/

One Difference

Great work going on at One Difference, a charity that provides clean drinking water to some of the most remote parts of Africa. Check out their Christmas appeal for which I arranged & produced the music. More here: www.onedifference.org

“Antrum” Soundtrack

Just wrote a short cue for psychological suspense film “Antrum”, by director David Amito. This track features the voice of Alicia Fricker. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9213244/

Stagecloud

Just wrote two very short music clips for Chicago-based theatre company and streaming service, Stagecloud. Have a listen! Watch live theatrical performances from around the world at http://www.stagecloudtheater.com/  

Carbon City Lights

I recently played piano on an upcoming album by Carbon City Lights.  This track is called “How It Feels To Be In Love” Have a listen! More info and updates @ http://carboncitylights.com/

Hope Coalition

Just finished writing a short piece to accompany a promo video for the Hope Coalition: a Minnesota-based non profit fighting to end child abuse, sexual assault and domestic violence. Listen here!   More info here: http://hope-coalition.org/