Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
Synths galore
Posted: 15th December 2011 by Robb in MusicTags: album, assembly, Auto, cachebuster, computer, cover, creativity, Cscript, Draft, era, freeshipping, galore, kaleidescope, Math, objects of desire, peak, pop, pop charts, posibilities, rick wakeman, six wives of henry viii, Synthetic, Synths, tier, type, vintage keys, vintage synthesizers, vintage synths, wives of henry viii
It’s probably not much of a secret to those who know me that I love vintage synthesizers. I used to gaze in awe at images of stars like Rick Wakeman and Vangelis surrounded by tier upon tier of glorious synthesizers. I picked up brochures of the wondrous objects of desire and even managed to work out what each [...]
some tracks wot I wrote!
Posted: 1st November 2011 by Robb in MusicTags: about, Auto, call, classic history, client, coherent sentence, composer, countryside, Crucible, Cuckoo, cukoo, Day, Draft, english countryside, fantasia on a theme, female spy, full orchestra, guises, height, hennegan, life, man version, music lights, param, performance, production, sci fi tv, series, sound fx, spy, vaughan williams, voice, williams music, wot
I’ve had various guises in my life and one of them was/is as a composer. I’ve written loads of tracks for tv and theatre productions – some I’m proud of others, and I’d rather forget about- but hey, that’s the lot of a jobbing composer. Most had to be written, arranged and recorded with ludicrously [...]
Maverick, the battle of Agincourt and me
Posted: 20th October 2011 by Robb in Music, theatreTags: abortive attempt, amateur dramatics, amateur productions, amateur theatre, artistic skills, attempt, aunt sally, Auto, battle of agincourt, Billesly Pub, Birmingham, brmb, Draft, Edinburgh, electrical store, hennegan, henry v, idea, imagination, Lion of England, MAC, Maverick, Maverick Theatre, Nick Hennegan, Part, place, production, promotions company, radio jock, show, time, time girlfriend, version
Never one to say no to the sniff of a new idea, I’ve often found myself led down some pretty unexpected artistic tracks – some fruitful… others not quite so fruitful. One rewarding avenue that I stumbled down was my introduction to the world of theatrical production. A one time girlfriend of mine was very [...]
Robb Williams – music and me part 1
Posted: 23rd February 2011 by Robb in MusicTags: april showers, Blues, carl palmer, center, chord, dansette record player, Discovering, double bass player, emerson lake and palmer, jazz scene, line ups, love, mystical quality, orchestra, player, rock, stage, tea chest, television, time, trad jazz, williams music
Discovering the wonderful world of music. I’ve always been interested in music and sound. One of my earliest memories was sitting down on front of the old black and white tv with my mum, watching a film. I can’t remember what the film was, but at one stage the music took center stage with a [...]