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The Making of “Time Is Elastic” – Future Memories
Physics is not common subject matter for a song. You certainly don’t hear pop divas trying to sexualise the Second Law of Thermodynamics! In the geeky world of synthpop, however, it’s not unheard of. [...]
The Making of “Fly a Pony” – Future Memories
Believe it or not, this song started out as a trippy, Beatlesque song with a 12/8 time signature! But of course, this didn’t fit with the Synthwave stylings of the album. So I started messing [...]
The Making of “Icarus” – Future Memories
As a child, a large, semi-abstract painting hung inside our front door. It was called "Icarus" and was painted by my mother at art school. Mum explained the story of Icarus to me which [...]
The Making of “Forever” – Future Memories
Typically pop albums start with a bang! An up-tempo, catchy number to pull people into the album. Not so here. I chose the second slowest song on the album, clocking just 90 BPM and with [...]
2017 in Review
2017 has been a tough year for me with more lows than highs. Grieving the loss of a loved one, along with family, business and health challenges – the stuff life is made of! Still, the [...]
New Order Live – Vivid 2016
I’ve seen New Order perform several times before, but when I read that they were headlining Sydney's Vivid Festival and performing at the Sydney Opera House with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), I knew this [...]
Making Saturn’s Sun
For me, the most interesting part of making music is taking that germ of an idea and turning it into a song. In the early stages, a song can be anything – it [...]
The Five Year Song
Whilst the creative spark for a song often only takes minutes, finishing it can sometimes take years. Looked at another way, the spark is really just establishing the creative problem. Sometimes the solution comes easily, [...]
It Must Be Obvious – Final Tracklisting
I'm happy to announce the final track selection for my covers album - 'It Must Be Obvious'. The album will be mastered by Robin Schmidt on April 9th. Robin mastered the 'Mountain King' album and [...]
Marnie and Best of 2013
Best Synthpop Albums of 2013 I'm delighted my 2013 album 'Mountain King' made it into The Pansentient League's Best Synthpop Albums of 2013. The Top 20 included some tough competition and many high profile albums [...]