The Distil Showcase will return again to the Tolbooth in Stirling on Friday 8th April 2016 at 8pm. The concert showcases the new and exciting music of traditional music composers. We are very lucky to have Mr McFall’s Chamber as our resident house band once again. You can buy tickets for this fab night of […]
Anatomy of a composition. The Merry Lads of Ayr – blog 3
I’ve been meaning to write this blog for a few days. I’ve had lots of creative highs and lows since last Thursday. On Thursday I had a eureka moment for the end of the piece just before I left to pick up the kids from school. I quickly pasted the idea into Sibelius and sauntered […]
The Merry Lads of Ayr – blog 2
I’m always amazed that when writing faster music you have to write so many notes to make 1 minutes worth of music! As I’m writing a reel I’ve written loads and it’s still only at 1 min 30 secs… The idea is to stick to the theme and not write lots new stuff all the […]
The Merry Lads of Ayr
I’m writing a piece of music for the Distil Showcase on April 8th at the Stirling Tolbooth and I thought I would blog about my process of writing it. So I decided last week I would do this which gives me 2 weeks to come up with a concept and deliver ready for rehearsal. Not […]
Distil Scratch Band 3
We are hosting our third Distil Scratch day on Wednesday 25th May led by musical director Dave Milligan. The day will focus on writing for the rhythm section. We are looking for 5 composers who want to have a go at writing for piano, drums and bass. There will also be a fiddler present to play […]
Mr McFall’s String Writing Workshop 2016
Mr McFall’s Chamber return for a third year to deliver their brilliant workshop on writing for strings. They will look at different techniques and sounds for making your string writing more interesting for the performers and audiences. The workshop will run from 11am – 2pm, 9th February at Edinburgh Society of Musicians, Belford Road, Edinburgh. […]
Exploring Hector the Hero written by Karen Marshalsay
Another great workshop with Drake Music Scotland last Thursday saw a well-balanced mix of trad and technology with three musicians from each organisation exploring how to work together . We started with an improvisation round a given set of notes, tried out some scored pieces by Drake’s Clare Johnston, and went exploring with Hector the […]
Distil Residential- the photos!
We just had another brilliant Distil Residential in New Lanark. Thanks to all the participants and workshop leaders. Next stop Distil Showcase! Below are some photos from the event. Default Gallery Type Template This is the default gallery type template, located in: /home/projects/public_html/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/nextgen_gallery_display/templates/index.php. If you’re seeing this, it’s because the gallery type you selected has […]
Ableton Live Workshop
One of the things we get asked about at Distil the most is live electronics and Ableton. Lots of people want to know how to manipulate sounds live on stage to enhance their performance. I’ve been looking for a while for someone to teach a workshop and I’ve found someone! We are very lucky to […]
Distil Residential 2015
I can’t believe one year has passed and it is now nearly time for our Distil Residential! In 2002 thanks to the then Scottish Arts Council (SAC) and PRS Foundation we hosted our first residential. Dave Francis and I had an idea to make a National Scottish traditional music orchestra (or something like that) and we went […]
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