music and tales
The old tinker’s toy store was the kind of place that glowed a warm, shiny yellow, illuminated the snow and dark sky around it during the winter holidays. It was a mecca for children, who adored the kind old man […]
It is no secret to longer readers that i am a big China Mieville fan. When i stumbled across Perdido Street Station back in 2001 i had given up reading fantasy, as i had simply grown unbearably bored with it. […]
Tunnels run throughout the entirety of New Albion. While many parts of them are related to sewers and aqueduct systems, some sections exist as an entirely separate city beneath a city. For generations a tribe of albinos has lived and […]
It may well be asked how Constance found her most unusual vocation. Hoping to not reveal anything that would serve as spoilers to the second Act, we shall attempt to answer this never the less. Constance comes from a blue collar background. […]
Well, we can safely assume the Americans in our audience will be out of commission today as today is the sacred Day Of The Mixing Of Beer And Explosives (and honestly, it’s basically as awesome as it sounds). We shall however continue […]
Let’s listen to something a little more upbeat today, shall we? As mentioned before, what started out as some simple piano and voice demos has now become a fully produced album. This week i shall play some selections from it […]
A little while back i posted a few demo tracks featuring original fairy tales made into song form with acoustic piano. I liked the idea, the stories but other than one song (Diedre) the tracks with only piano left me […]
Collected all together here in one post is a 5 song experiment in storytelling: telling 5 original, melancholy fairy tales using only piano and voice. How well it’s pulled off is up to you to decide. But not only can […]
For the next few days we’re going to do a track a day of a different dark tinted fairy tale. It’s a… it’s a series of tracks of a work in progress. I honestly have no idea what i’m actually […]
The Story Of Burlap Molly: Once upon a time there was a little girl named Holly who lived in darkness. Her mother was one of the Mole People, people who for various reasons had turned their backs on the world and chosen […]