Here I am setting out to describe the process of creating a 'garden building' studio. I am posting blog articles as I go along to describe how I reseasrched, planned and built my composer's studio in the back garden which I hope will be a help to fellow composers and maybe
Welcome to the Posh Shed Blog! Subscribe Email PDF Print
Written by David Gosnell.
Created: Sat 17 November 2012 11:46 Last updated: Thu 22 November 2012 14:49
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Tranquillo Subscribe Email PDF Print
Tranquillo
Beginning with tiny ripples of solo piano, inspiration drives a series of incremental achievements towards the final goal of success.
A motivational track which charts the process of growth and building of confidence and all the possibilities of human
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Written by David Gosnell.
Created: Sun 05 February 2012 02:53 Last updated: Mon 16 September 2013 15:48
Categories: New Tracks Tags: Emotional, Warm, Dreamy, Building, Confidence, Feel Good, Heartwarming, Positive, Uplifting, Winner, Encourage, Branding, Caring, Communication, Community, Drive, Energy, Enterprise, Forward, Ingenuity, Inspiring, Launch, Message, New, Strings, Teamwork, Upbeat, Video, Corporate
Elevated Thinking Subscribe Email PDF Print
Elevated Thinking
Beginning with delicate piano and vibraphone, this inspirational track speaks of the human spirit, creativity and warmth with uplifting strings and woodwind to build towards a triumphal emotional climax with brass and choir before melting away to peace and
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Written by David Gosnell.
Created: Sun 05 February 2012 02:53 Last updated: Mon 16 September 2013 15:22
Categories: New Tracks Tags: Emotional, Tender, Beautiful, Building, Ethereal, Achievement, Commercial, Confidence, Heartwarming, Motivational, Optimistic, Positive, Success, Uplifting, Aspiring, Creative, Discovery, Dream, Elegant, Environment, Future, Growing, Hopeful, Innovation, Inspiration, Life, Light, Minimal, Montage, Motivating, Moving, Nature, Trust
Positively Fabulous Subscribe Email PDF Print
Positively Fabulous
You're bouncing down the street with a spring in your step, the birds are singing, passers-by are smiling and everything is right with the world.
An upbeat track, contemporary, but with a hint of the '60s.
Written by David Gosnell.
Created: Sun 05 February 2012 02:53 Last updated: Mon 16 September 2013 14:00
Categories: New Tracks Tags: Cool, Achievement, Advertising, Bright, Catchy, Celebration, Commercial, Confidence, Feel Good, Fortune, Fresh, Friendly, Fun, Happiness, Heartwarming, Hippy, Joy, Lighthearted, Lucky, Melody, Motivational, Optimistic, Pleasure, Positive, Success, Summer, Sunny, Tune, Uplifting, Winner
Tracks Available for Non-Exclusive Licence Subscribe Email PDF Print
The tracks below are available to License on a non-exclusive basis (i.e. that these tracks are available to license uniquely retitled for your library - but also available under different titles in other non-exclusive libraries) and are be available to production libraries Read more
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Giving the cellist a Brazilian! Subscribe Email PDF Print
There's something quite special about collaborating with another composer or musician. Partly you can share the creative load but also you share an objective distance from each other's work which ends up making the whole greater than the sum of it's parts.This project started Read more
Written by David Gosnell.
Created: Thu 06 December 2012 16:06 Last updated: Thu 06 December 2012 16:10
Categories: Projects Tags: Cello, Orchestration, Collaboration, Improvisation, Villa-Lobos, Poulenc, Services for Composers, Remote Session Players
The Agony of Choice - which shed should I buy for my garden studio? Subscribe Email PDF Print
OK, so I've decided to buy a log cabin to convert into a composer's studio, but which one is right for me?Well, I guess you need to know your criteria before you can start to weigh up the options, and for me the basic ones would be:
- How big / what dimensions?
- How thick do
Written by David Gosnell.
Created: Wed 21 November 2012 13:56 Last updated: Fri 30 November 2012 08:22
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Why oh why oh why? Subscribe Email PDF Print
So how did I end up deciding to build my own garden studio?
Well, my starting point was quite different. Plan A was connected to the development plans for our house. The plan was to move a downstairs bathroom upstairs and use the space created to build me a small soundproofed Read more
Written by David Gosnell.
Created: Wed 21 November 2012 09:57 Last updated: Thu 22 November 2012 17:32
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Wholesome Christmas Subscribe Email PDF Print
A couple of tracks I have written for Altitude Music's forthcoming 'Wholesome Christmas' library CD.
The first is an unholy hybrid of 'Winter' from Vivaldi's Four Seasons and 'The Carol Of The Bells'. It's a builder, and thus intended to suggest bringing together a Christmas
Written by David Gosnell.
Created: Fri 28 September 2012 00:00 Last updated: Thu 01 November 2012 13:52
Categories: New Tracks Tags: Christmas, Festive, Seasonal, Sleighride, Bells, Altitude Music, Joyful, Food, Crafts, Holiday
Classical Showreel Subscribe Email PDF Print
Every now and again I remember that I used to play on keyboards that weren't hollow and plastic and get the urge to record something classical instead - or as on this occasion, a client asks me to! All the classical showreel tracks are available as library music.
I've now added