The Spark's Desire

The Spark's Desire

By Vix Bourne & Chris HarperMusic
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The Spark's Desire episodes

  • Making A Music Video No.1

    What are the successful ways to make a music video? We talk with special guest Sheridan James Lunt about what inspires him and his creative process, sharing stories and examples. In this episode we discuss the video ‘City Slumber’ by Hangover Square which received over 300,000 views and numerous accolades.

    Real life experiences and stories from Victoria Bourne and Chris Harper with over 30 years experience in the music business and as music educators.

    ✅ Chapters

    00:00 Making a music video Intro
    00:26 Who is our guest Sheridan James Lunt?
    00:45 City Slumber the story
    04:00 Why did he choose the song?
    05:49 Ideas the song gave for the video
    06:00 Original props
    07:00 Film sets
    08:00 Using new equipment
    08:23 Creating silhouettes
    10:04 Colour schemes
    11:54 Filming on location
    13:04 Developing friendships
    15:11 Filming during Covid
    16:37 Reflection things I’d change

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    ⭐ About Victoria Bourne and Chris Harper

    Victoria and Chris have worked in the music industry for over 30 years. The both are graduates of Goldsmith’s College London and Bristol University respectively.

    Their music has been featured on BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4. They have toured extensively and their music was play-listed on BBC Radio 2.

    They co wrote Rouse Ye Women, a critically acclaimed music theatre production about the Chain-making Women of Cradley Heath, which toured across the UK and at Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

    Victoria set up and runs her award winning vocal online course. She has worked with artists signed to major record labels to complete beginners. As well as their own music and performing they are both proud mentors and support other musicians. They help produce and train musicians entering the music industry, and also love helping people who are just doing music for fun finding the joy from it.

    23 min
  • Songwriting Process No.1

    How do you write songs as a band? What equipment do you use? In this episode Vix and Chris discuss where inspiration for lyrics can come from, layering of different musical textures, the chords, and it ends with a full live performance to demonstrate the finished piece.

    Real life experiences and stories from Victoria Bourne and Chris Harper with over 30 years
    experience in the music business and as music educators.

    Find out about Vix and Chris’s journey learn from their insights.

    In this video, we cover:

    • How songs are put together

    • Inspiration

    • Starting with the rhythm

    • Equipment used when composing

    • How songs change over time

    ✅ Chapters

    00:00 How songs are put together

    00:40 The start

    00:45 Inspiration

    01:47 Starting with a drum beat

    03:14 The chords

    04:00 Vampires

    04:33 Composing so it works live

    05:54 Using Ableton live and Akai APC 64

    06:30 Creating using atmospheres to set scene

    07:30 Songs go on journeys and develop over time

    07:52 Equipment Boss VE 22

    08:45 Recording backing vocals

    09:27 Full live performance

    If you enjoyed this and would like more please subscribe or join us over on Patreon.

    🤝 Connect with us:

    • Website: https://www.patreon.com/thesparksdesire

    • Instagram: @thesparksdesire

    • Facebook: @thesparksdesire

    • TikTok: @thesparksdesire

    ⭐ About Victoria Bourne and Chris Harper

    Victoria and Chris have worked in the music industry for over 30 years. The both are graduates of Goldsmith’s College London and Bristol University respectively.

    Their music has been featured on BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4. They have toured extensively and their music was play-listed on BBC Radio 2.

    They co-wrote Rouse Ye Women a critically acclaimed music theatre production about the Chain-making Women of Cradley Heath, which toured across the UK and at Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

    Victoria set up and runs her award winning vocal online course. She has worked with artists signed to major record labels to complete beginners. As well as their own music and performing they are both proud mentors and support other musicians. They help produce and train musicians entering the music industry, and also love helping people who are just doing music for fun finding the joy from it.

    15 min

About The Spark's Desire

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Vix Bourne and Chris Harper are two highly experienced professional musicians who have been played widely across the radio including having been play-listed on BBC Radio 2, they have also toured extensively across the UK and in Europe. As The Spark's Desire expect soaring ethereal vocals and expressive slide guitar balanced with live beats and electronic atmospheres.