So in this post I wanted to talk about a collective of people from all walks of life. My students. Past, present and future and all generations will almost certainly affect some of my compositions as they have in the past and as they will continue to do so.
When I say that they have inspired me, most of the time it's a student who sets me a challenge or needs help with composing that gets my creative juices flowing! Some of these compositions have now appeared in various forms on different streaming platforms. A few of these come to mind but for the sake of this post I will only use first names as I don't want to share any other details of students here.
“In the Curve Of A Square” was inspired after one of my students, Christine, was creating a piece for her GCSE's. The rolling ostinato bassline came from her ideas.
“From A Second Perspective” was suggested by a student called James as he wanted me to create a piece using only 3 notes. I kind of evolved from there but at its core came the melody.
The melodies of one of my future pieces “A Roll Of The Dice” was created after proving to a student that you could make up a piece of music from a random number generator.
Here are just a few examples of how my students help me to create and improvise as their curiosity into this wonderful instrument can bounce back off of me and can create some wonderful new ideas that wouldn't have been born if not for their questions and demands!
There are quite a few more pieces that I have written either for students in mind or for exams but these tend to be in more jazzy styles to help catch the attention of the student in mind. One day I might get round to releasing all my past pieces but not for a while at least!
So a really big thank you to all my students as their contribution to my journey should also be shared. I wish them all luck and well wishes in everything they do. Also, they almost all need to do more practice so get back to work!