Earlier this year I co-produced a short film entitled "Don't Look in the Attic" (more info at Midnight Pictures). I composed the soundtrack entirely using GarageBand, and I've now uploaded all the best bits as a single suite of music.

Hope you enjoy my new song (which is really an old song, totally reconstructed in GarageBand). It's sounds 100% better than the original 1992 version, and not just because I'm using superior equipment, but also because I've hired Mike Andrews (http://www.mike-andrews.com) to perform electric guitar on it.

This is my entry for the MacIdol competition, which is happening in a couple of days. An Apple iPod is up for grabs, and from what I've heard so far, competition will be stiff. I'm not holding my breath about winning, but I'd love to be rated high enough to make it onto the album.

I've just uploaded my second GarageBand composition, a remix of the theme tune from the 1993 cult movie Zombie Genocide (one of the few legal remixes on MacIdol, since I'm the composer of the original). Being a horror film theme, this is not the sort of music you'd willingly listen to for pleasure, but have a go.

I've just finished composing my first piece of music, "Burning Bright," using Apple's GarageBand. I have to say, this software is a breath of fresh air compared to what I've been putting up with for years. There's something to be said for a piece of software that sets aside some of the more complex (and unnecessary) aspects of music sequencing in favour of a friendly user interface. Now, making music is no longer a chore; I feel like I'm finally getting back a sense of the fun I experienced back when I was composing tracker MODs in the Amiga days. Enjoy "Burning Bright" (which, incidentally, is a reference to Ray Bradbury's sci-fi novel Fahrenheit 451). If you like Tangerine Dream, this one's for you.