Watch the video and download the theme!
Hi and welcome to the blog. What’s this trip all about? Watch the 1 minute video above and all will be revealed. Our journey will start on Saturday July 5th and last for 10 days. Make sure you sign up in the top right corner of this blog to receive our progress updates and video podcasts by email.
Compose and send in music for our video podcasts.
If you’re a school-age student and want to have a go at creating 15-20 seconds of music for our video podcasts, you might want to use my initial theme idea for inspiration. You can hear it and download it in various formats below. You don’t have to base your composition on my theme though; you can send us any composition you think will work well on our podcasts.
Take a listen to my initial theme here (it starts very quietly)…
…or see and listen to the score online (requires the free Scorch browser plug-in)
Download it below in different formats:
Sibelius 5 file including themes in the Ideas Hub (zipped)
Sibelius 2 file - for Sibelius 2, 3, 4 and Sibelius Student users (zipped)
MIDI file - for importing into sequencers (zipped)
Send your 15-20 second compositions to michaelsblog@sibelius.com (.sib or MP3 file, max 1MB), and I’ll include two of the best ones in each podcast we produce. You must agree that by emailing in your music, you relinquish any copyright over it, else we are not legally allowed to use it in a podcast.
We’ll produce up to six video podcasts during the trip, which runs from July 5th to July 15th. Remember to sign up to receive email updates whenever I post a new blog by entering your email address at the top right of the home page of this blog.
Oh, and please do include your age, and school or college, if you’re a student, then I can credit them properly.
Cheers - and get writing!
(a slightly nervous) Michael.
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:00 am
We will all be following your progress at Camborne Science and Community College in Cornwall. We wish you lots of luck.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Hi. Thanks so much for your support. Onwards and upwards!
Best wishes, Michael
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:37 am
Good Luck with the climb, we look forward to meeting up with you soon.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Thanks folks. Look forward to seeing you too!
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:07 pm
The intial theme and music project sounds really exciting. I am sure that this will inspire many. The very best of luck and safe journey. Thank you so much for supporting us at Enham. Team Enham.
July 5th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Hi Michael,
So, climbing mountains now, eh ? You don’t do things by half, do you ?
This is a novel idea by EnHam and is a great way to highlight their work. Love the idea for the theme - very dramatic. I’ll be very interested in the score you write as you go. It’s a world away from a cushy, comfortable studio !
The best of luck to you and the team for a safe and successful adventure. Pete E.
July 11th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Good Luck michael on your “adventure”
hope you make it back!!!!!