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This egg is aspirational. Dream big buddy. https://www.instagram.com/p/B85-JcPHsPq/?igshid=1whh056v1c2sl

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Weekly Post: Sunday 23rd December 2018

Weekly Post: Sunday 23rd December 2018

Merry Christmas Peeps! Here’s hoping we all have a good one.

I don’t think I’ve achieved my monthly goals but I refuse to beat myself up about it. Onward and upward I say.

Lots of music was made and that’s the main thing

Here is an EP I made this week. I hope you enjoy it.

https://soundcloud.com/grant-horsnell/sets/entertainment

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Weekly Post: Sunday 16th December 2018

Weekly Post: Sunday 16th December 2018

Today I posted the eighth edition of the Totally Fictional Radio Show and it’s a selection of the tracks that I made this week, so I guess it’s a good summary of the current mix of my musical journey. Part groovescape, part beatscape, part soundscape.

https://www.mixcloud.com/granthorsnell/totally-fictional-8/

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Weekly Post: Sunday 9th December 2018

Weekly Post: Sunday 9th December 2018

This week I returned to the Totally Fictional Radio Show. I last published one in November 2017 so it’s been a while. My big depression of that time caused me to doubt myself  too much to carry on with it but I’ve reconsidered.

I gathered 11 tracks from my November output and presented them as a show fronted by the fictional Trudi McBoody on the fictional radio station FCKU. For those who…

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Weekly Post: Sunday 2nd December 2018

Weekly Post: Sunday 2nd December 2018

Well that was a busy month. A completely ridiculous 83 tracks posted. The weird thing is that it didn’t feel rushed or difficult, it all just flowed out.

I competed Novembeat 2018…

https://soundcloud.com/grant-horsnell/sets/novembeat-2018

I’m so happy with this set of tracks that I plan to release it as an album on Bandcamp, minus the ones which use samples from a film, just in case it leads to…

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Weekly Post Sunday 25th November 2018

Weekly Post Sunday 25th November 2018

This month has turned out to be my most prolific ever. 54 tracks posted to SoundCloud already, 16 Jams unpublished, and numerous tracks on the way. I just can’t seem to stop, it’s an obsession. Most other activities seem tedious just now, I turn to playing around with sounds and for some reason things flow.

Enjoy it while it lasts I guess.

Working this intensely is a wonderful experience but I…

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Weekly Post: Sunday 18th of November 2018

Weekly Post: Sunday 18th of November 2018

Ha ha, I forgot to post on Sunday and today is Tuesday. Oh well never mind, I obviously haven’t developed the habit. Better late than never.

Novembeat is going well, 20 tracks in 20 days and no sign of flagging. In fact I do find this sort of intense work on one app or one idea very fruitful. I’m still using just Korg’s Gadgetapp for this project, and mainly the Bilbao Gadget loaded with my own…

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Weekly Post: Sunday 11th of November 2018

Weekly Post: Sunday 11th of November 2018

Hello World,

I’m being optimistic there, which is not like me 😉

My new idea is to post here once a week, on Sunday’s I think will work, and give some thoughts and info on the state of things work wise. Or perhaps just a summary of the week. Or a best track of the week… Or something.

Today I’m going to summarize my current projects:

Live Performance– Lots of my work is collaged over time, pieces…

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Hello Peeps,

If there are any peeps out there 😉

It often feels like I’m alone yelling into the abyss but I guess yelling into the abyss is useful for it’s catharsis if nothing else. Perhaps I should change the name of this Blog to ‘Yelling Into The Abyss’.

Anyway, Hello again. It’s been a while I know. It’s not that I haven’t been working, in fact the last few months have been very productive and…

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A House Husband needs his little pantry in order. (at Tranby, Buskerud, Norway) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmfsDSnBTQ0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bb34ucfk2j7q

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Grant's Music Diary 1st of December 2017

Grant’s Music Diary 1st of December 2017

My intention this month was to write lyrics, I joined the November Album Writing Challenge and hoped to write at least 30 odd minutes of Spoken Word/Sung pieces but alas although I wrote 5 texts, I failed to find a setting for all but one of them. No matter, their moment will come.

However, though I failed at my intention, I did manage to make 24 tracks of various kinds this month and here they…

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Grant's Music Diary 24 November 2017

Grant’s Music Diary 24 November 2017

Tumbleweeds abound here lately.

It’s not that I haven’t been working, just that I’ve been a little discouraged of late. Not to mention a little lacking in direction; or perhaps it’s just lacking in energy. My head is always full of music, so perhaps I’m just in a period of gestation. Soundscapes, Beatscapes, Synthscapes, Spoken Word pieces; all swirling around in my imagination crowding around…

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Random Post

Nothing particular to say today, just that I finished this track and it’s unusually happy…

So I though I’d share 🙂

https://soundcloud.com/grant-horsnell/g-86

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Totally Fictional #5

Seven tracks inspired by the Cassini mission this week, various takes on the space theme; some serious, some wimsical.

https://www.mixcloud.com/granthorsnell/totally-fictional-5/

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Totally Fictional #4

Five tracks made over one week plus one from earlier in the year, all very synth and beat heavy. Two are jams; I am experimenting with ways to build up a live set.

https://www.mixcloud.com/granthorsnell/totally-fictional-4/

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Totally Fictional #3

It’s been a while but I finally got around to making another radio episode for Mixcloud.

It’s a concept that I’ve been developing as another way to showcase my tunes and as a fun way to indulge myself in a little fantasy; so I have the lovely but totally fictional Trudi Mcboody run her own radio show.

The previous episodes had tunes all made in one week but since it’s been a year between shows…

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Grant's Music Diary September 6 2017

Grant’s Music Diary September 6 2017

I’ve spent more time sorting and organising my many files, and unposted tracks, and bits and pieces, than I have actually making music this month. Hey housekeeping chores are essential and I am guilty of procrastinating my way around them (more than once) till my iPad is choked and groaning under the weight. So while my inspiration levels are low I decided it was a good time to try and catch up.