A little teaser the track I'll be opening with at Gainsborough Voices on the 12th September at the Old Nick Theatre, Gainsborough.

The incredible Duty and utterly awesome Subphotic will also be playing - it's going to be a cracker of a night.

Tickets are going, so if you'd like to pop along, I'd recommend you grab one (for free!) from here sharpish - https://bit.ly/gvtickets

More information can be found in my blog -https://www.gribbles.co.uk/gainsborough-voices-saying-yes/

Gainsborough Voices is part of Gainsborough Wordfest - information about all the events happening as part of that can be found here - https://discovergainsborough.com/wordfest/

#GainsboroughWordFest

I used to upload demos privately to Soundcloud, but thought I'd see if using YT worked any better.

Anyway - a little Sunday noodling turned this out. Definitely got legs.

Let me know what you think in the comments...

Jus' playin'

Musings on children in 3/4 time.

The samples are taken from a 1970s recording of the Tennyson poem 'The Spinsters Sweet-Arts'. A poem about an old spinster's reflections of how she's better off with her cats that any of the suitors she's received over the years.

Here's another early rehearsal of a tune sorted for playing live - complete with cock-up in the middle, but a masterful bit of recovery!! 😉😆

A slightly more flattering camera angle, though the disembodied hands is a little disconcerting...

That said, as the aforementioned cock-up happened, the camera - all of it's own accord - decided tp remind everyone of what was sat behind the hands...

I like this. The timing gives it a lovely lilt - though if I'm not concentrating, triggering the changes can get a bit ropey. But a definite for Gainsborough Voices set, (see my blog for more info on GV - link below).

Let me know what you think...

Dear, dear, dear...

Gainsborough Voices: https://www.gribbles.co.uk/gainsborough-voices-saying-yes/

Other stuff: https://flow.page/gribbles

The latest in my series of Graham playing live with unflattering camera angles. I really must do something about that...

That said, folk said they wanted to see more live stuff as it happened, so until I sort out a better camera setup or go on a serious diet you'll have to put up with whale-o-vision... 😉

Anyway - first out the blocks for the Gainsborough Voices set, warts 'n' all (see my blog for more info on GV - link below). The tune is there, but I think it may need a little more structure - perhaps another element adding. Perhaps not. Got time to live with it for a bit and see.

Let me know what you think...

Gainsborough Voices: https://www.gribbles.co.uk/gainsborough-voices-saying-yes/

Other stuff: https://flow.page/gribbles

Using a bunch of photos of old Gainsborough pubs (all long since gone...), I thought I'd try to get my head back into Magic Music Visuals.

The aim is to have a random(ish) set of visuals to go with the generative sound installation I'm planning to put on for Gainsborough Voices.

It's all pretty basic stuff at the moment, but thought it's be good to document here so we can see how it develops over time...

This was more of a technical test to get my head (back) into generative music in Ableton.

An hour of watching YouTube videos and a couple of hours playing - and it's not too bad.

Only a pallet of 16 samples, so there's a bit of scope for repetition - but that's easily fixed.

Root notes/key set by the midi clips, then everything else is random to a greater or lesser extent...

Falling is taken from the 'Tomorrow EP' which is exclusively available on jam.coop and Mirlo - two new platforms committed to a fair deal for artists through common ownership of the platforms they use.

https://jam.coop/artists/gribbles/albums/tomorrow-e-p