#theoceanprotectsme...

I recently attended the workshop ‘Be a composer’ as part of Melbourne knowledge week. It was an experimental and enjoyable process...

Unlike the traditional ways a person may compose, this work focused on providing a visual score for the players. 

While devising the piece 'sea weak' i reflected on the impact of August... 

>when i lost my keys to the ocean

>five days later i dropped my phone in the ocean

>the next day, friends of mine left a card in my letterbox with the ocean on the front and one hundred dollars and kind words on the inside

>two days after that, i received a ring the the mail- of a seashell

#lifeisweird

i have loved the sea for as long as i can remember, despite almost drowning in it at the age of nine. i don't ever crave a new thing or something that tastes sweet or human attention; i find i long for the water...

after the ocean took all my things i wrote these lyrics:

"build your city by the river

so you can take a long walk

pour out your lies into the water

it'll take all that you've got

not a lot

if you build your city on the sand 

you know it won't last very long

the view might be splendid honey 

but you know it'll just do you wrong

and if you build your city on the stone

i know its seems a good idea

but its hard and it's cold 

and you'll end up alone

you know it's the truth my dear

but if you build your city by the river

you can take a long walk  

pour out your lies into the water

and it'll take all that you've got

not a lot

so i sailed out into the deep

i gave the ocean my keys

gave the ocean technology  

and it brought you to me

i gave the ocean all of me

i gave the ocean all i own

and it brought you to me"

I would look forward to working on more visual scores in the future #musicismybestfriend

Below is a very raw recording of a work I composed played by inventi ensemble