http://tircurstudios.com/blog composer of ambient music Tue, 05 May 2009 20:48:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since last posting a new saxophone ensemble has been created! Originally it was just extra practice for the sax section of the St Eugene's Band which myself and Lorna play in. However, we have gone from strength to strength and now are gigging regularly. Originally just a quartet, we are now a sax ... http://tircurstudios.com/blog/?p=45 Yes! Where have I been for the last year and a half? Busy - for all sorts of reasons... However I'm back now and have much to share. I shall be back in a mo with more.... http://tircurstudios.com/blog/?p=44 Sorry I can't say 'not alot has happened' cos it has... I will enlighten you with an update later. The day after the dreaded 'dentist'.... I feel fine and on top of the world now that my 'gnashers' have been fixed. I have to be 'sedated' for the good of me and all who touch ... http://tircurstudios.com/blog/?p=42 This is getting tiresome!.... Here is Lorna with her first son Stephen.... Stephen lives in Ayr, Scotland and works in the hospitality industry with a bright , new enterprising company. To complete the picture - here is wife, Lorna, with her two beloved.... Never a word shall be said against them! http://tircurstudios.com/blog/?p=37 Alex and I on an 'off' day - looks like we like each other! Alex is a typical post GCSE boy - you'll find him in bed until the reasonable hour of 2ish in the afternoon. Mind you, come to think of it, nothing much has changed there! Alex and friend Scott at ... http://tircurstudios.com/blog/?p=34 Just to balance the picture - we also have a cat who is top dog! Kitty is about 15 now but still rules the roost. Here she is in her favourite pastime...... Can you tell which end is which? http://tircurstudios.com/blog/?p=31 This is another new track - It was an exercise primarily to see how the saxes would record. Again it is part of my post Cubase onto Logic development and have used Logics default software instruments with 2 soprano and a tenor sax together with some live acoustic and electric guitar. I ... http://tircurstudios.com/blog/?p=29 These are shots of Nevan as a puppy - 8-16 weeks old! As I said before, Nevan is an extremely well behaved dog. For the first year of his life we lived out in the country and went for long walks never meeting another soul (or dog!). Now we live in town ... http://tircurstudios.com/blog/?p=28 My wife and I both play in our local St Eugene's Brass and Reed Band. Lorna plays the flute and I play tenor sax. I joined because Lorna wanted something we could both do together. I had never played a brass or reed instrument before - but the band needed ... http://tircurstudios.com/blog/?p=24 Here is Nevan... He is a very smart collie dog. During my childhood our family always owned a dog - a succession of Rough Collies (Lassie dogs). Having spent the majority of my adult life living and working in London it was always impossible and impractical to own a dog. But I ... http://tircurstudios.com/blog/?p=19