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I've been doing a little bit of writing TV-themes, film music and commercials the last year. I did the music for a science show for the National TV in Iceland called "Nýsköpun" Since the subject was science I had the theme calculated and technical. Build on a pattern known to drummers as paradiddles, where they hit with their sticks in the strange order of Left, Right, Left, Left; Right, Left, Right, Right. So I decided to turn it into something musical. Fun stuff. And so I did some variations for the different part of the show. Then there was this short film about the volcano eruptions last year that I was asked to set music to. The music got big and bold to match the images. The film is called The Eruption and is sold to defenseless tourists in Iceland. I also did the music to a commercial an insurance company. As it often is with TV commercials it had to be in the same mood as the temp track. It was a homely folk guitar strum and I really had to eq the brains out of my fine Martin guitar to make it sound like a cheap hi-school party guitar to fit the mood that the director was after. There's nothing like having some different projects now and then to keep the dullness away!
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