by Michael Grimes | Aug 9, 2020 | Compositions, My music
I always struggle to think of names for pieces that I write. This one was the result of desperate grappling: oboes and bassoons often put me in mind of pirate films and the slightly untethered nature of the piece put me in mind of cats, so I named it The Pirates Cat....
by Michael Grimes | May 25, 2020 | Compositions, My music
Here are three things I wrote before I started exploring tonal harmony a bit more seriously. They’re numbered one to three because they do sort of tell a story, but it’s not one I’m going to put into words; suffice it to say it ends upbeat and...
by Michael Grimes | May 18, 2020 | Compositions, My music
It’s been a loooooong time since my last post. Since then, I’ve started learning the clarinet, acquired more technology that I don’t understand, and sharpened my composing talons a little (just a little). And it’s that which brings me here...
by Michael Grimes | May 8, 2018 | My music
Last week I wrote about how Logic Pro X helps me release ideas from my head in a way I couldn’t before and turn them into more-or-less fully-realised compositions. Butterflies is one of those, which I finally let fly in the wild on Soundcloud recently....
by Michael Grimes | Apr 28, 2018 | My music
The image here is of the unfinished Foreshore Freeway Bridge in Cape Town. Thankfully, none of my unfinished projects have been as bold, as expensive or as public as that; but they do leave me with a profound sense of failure. The problem, though – and a reason they...
