Travel Without Movement happens to be my 100th Published Project (album, film, etc). It also happens to be the first time that I have worked with more than one person to bring the whole project together and the first time that I have worked with a guitarist in my own studio! Guest Artists Jake Cropley: … Continue reading Travel Without Movement
SpaceTape VST
SpaceTape VST Benedict-Roff-Marsh While this SpaceTape VST is completely free to download, if you find that you get value from this device please pop on over to my Bandcamp music store and buy one of my albums. This gives you some music you may like (better than just "donating") as well as encouraging me to … Continue reading SpaceTape VST
Courage
The role of music is to help people feel confident; to feel courage that tomorrow (or even this afternoon) is worth facing. People don't want Rock & Roll to make them feel less confident. If you don't approach your own music with courage, you can't expect that it will deliver the courage that people want … Continue reading Courage
Befell – stories from before
Befell started with the working name "before" as they were stories from before us: before clearly recorded history. Many loosely cover Old Testament era stories. The idea is not to be religious in any way but just to carry some of the feeling of those stories that resonate down through the ages, despite not really … Continue reading Befell – stories from before
Lying Back Looking Up
Lying Back Looking Up is a set of tracks based around the idea of lying on the ground and looking upwards at the world around. Much as in the same way Vah Gogh and many other Impressionist painters had of seeing the world in a dreamlike state. The pieces are daydreams. If you enjoy this … Continue reading Lying Back Looking Up
Imperfection is Beauty – the Dangers of Perfection
Imperfection is Beauty We went out for dinner the other night and the restaurant owner sat us under this message on the wall. "Imperfection is beautymadness is geniusand it's better to beabsolutely ridiculousthan absolutely boring" I don't normally photograph restaurant walls, but this was so topical for what I keep seeing and was already thinking … Continue reading Imperfection is Beauty – the Dangers of Perfection
FM Fancies – Algoritm ReFill
https://youtu.be/B2hCBvqXnXY FM Fancies is a ReFill for the Algoritm FM Synthesizer Rack Extension for Reason Studios Reason. As the name indicates (in my own special way) these sounds have an emphasis on being beautiful rather than that hard "paint-stripper" thing. PurchaseFMFancies$19 Reason StudiosShop The ReFill contains 88 sounds for Algoritm. Most of those sounds are … Continue reading FM Fancies – Algoritm ReFill
Weight of Memories
Weight of Memories refers to the way memories seem to gather and develop a kind of weight. Some memories lift us up, others drag us down. The album starts with the idea of a Zero Point of initial memories out of which repetition builds those feelings of weight. Musically I wanted everything to be simple … Continue reading Weight of Memories
think+sync – Speak No Evil
I played Musical director for a friend, Travis, who wanted to get a song out there. He has been doing the music thing for a very long time but felt unsure about doing this alone. I said I would let him focus on the core ideas and I would put it together for him seeing … Continue reading think+sync – Speak No Evil
Basics of Song Promotion
The Problem Too many artists don’t have any strategy when they go to release music. They simply think if they put it online (Spotifry maybe) that it is enough; that everyone will recognize their amazingness and next week they will be stars. Having been in this business for 30+ years I know this is not … Continue reading Basics of Song Promotion