Could your arts career benefit from personal coaching?
BY JESSIE WANG (LEAD WRITER, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) There is no doubt the music industry is competitive. And when that competition is coupled with […]
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You Can’t Ask That: Q&A with screen composer Andrew Sampford
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE VIA LEVEL AND GAIN “How do you swear in sign language?” “Did you drink metho?” “Were you raised as a boy or […]
How one choir is helping those with dementia and their carers
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) There’s plenty of evidence that music has ample cognitive, emotional, and physical benefits for both the […]
I Am Greta: How Rebekka Karijord composed music for the climate emergency
BY MARK BOSCH, LEAD CRITIC The power of “We” is one belief getting Norwegian composer Rebekka Karijord through the pandemic. Rebekka has with Jon Ekstrand […]
Scoring The Good Fight: How David Buckley uses music to represent the law
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE VIA LEVEL AND GAIN Ten years ago, composer David Buckley started working on a television series with creators Robert and Michelle King. […]
Leah Blankendaal has released a stunning debut studio album
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE, OPINIONS EDITOR For performance maker and sound artist Leah Blankendaal, the studio is a bit of a foreign environment. Known for her […]
Meet the legendary composers behind this surrealist game score, inspired by Kafka
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Through Schoenberg, Herrmann, and a touch of the surreal, composers Mikolai Stroinski (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt) and Garry […]
What’s the role of HIP in the era of streaming?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The year 2020 has changed the way music is presented, shifting live performance into a digital future. So where does this leave […]
Kirsty McCahon on the joy of playing Australian music with friends
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The pandemic has taught us many things, but one of the more contradictory lessons is that it has somehow, against all the […]
Jochen Gutsch’s new song cycle helps us “make sense of the world”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Hinterlandt’s new album shares seven tales of comedy and tragedy, each named after a character that emerged from the composer’s imagination. Jochen […]