noun: petrichor
    a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.

I wrote another song! Kind of a song about hope and longing for something lost. There's still some stuff to work on with it, but I like it.

Petrichor

I'm not the best singer. I'm not the best mixer. But I feel like I needed to do something to express the grief and hope I feel at the loss of one of my favourite people. The last conversation I had with Bryony was short. I asked her if she could cover me at work. She was recovering from having her tonsils removed at the time. She definitely knew I was being ridiculous, but she wasn't mad; she was kind as she always was. She is and was one of the coolest people I have ever had or will have the pleasure to meet; Bryony Hollands was a true friend to anyone who needed her. Such a genuine, beautiful and kind person in all aspects of her life. Bryony, you are so so so loved and missed, but I'll see you again, and have that tea we said we were going to but never did, and it'll be delicious. See you when I see you, B. 

Lyrics: 
The wise ones say we should live in hope, 
Of a Better Day,
But I don't know how the world can cope, 
When you're so far away, 

A thousand miles, 
or a million days, 
Eternity, 
Oh all that's left to say, 

Is I love you, 
And I miss you, 
And It's hard to find the proper words to say, 
That even though the sun shines through, 
The World still turns and the skies are blue, 
It's also tinged in such a broken way, 
Yes everything, Is a darker shade of grey

A choice you didn't know had been made, 
Took you away, 
A thousand hearts never meant to break, 
No not this way, 

As you walked those streets, 
On that summer's day,
The world conspired,
And there were no moves left to make, 

And as the lights went out, 
And you were lifted up, 
You were rescued then, 
But not by one of us, 

And I'll love you, 
And I'll miss you, 
Because I'll never know the proper words to say,
'Cause even while you dance up there, 
Your golden soul, in golden care, 
The world it hurts, It cracks and breaks and frays, 
And everything, is a darker shade of grey. 

And when I see you there,
On the other side, 
Auburn hair and bright blue eyes, 
I'll finally know the proper words to say, 
And I'll dance with you, 
To a stupid tune, 
And We'll laugh and cry and sing the whole night through, 
And then everything is a better shade of you.

Song for B

Interval in during Bridge Project: Hamlet.

Interval In (Hamlet)

A collection of pulses used in Bridge Project: Hamlet (2015)

Pulses

Nick Kidd performing King Hamlet's "Swear" from Bridge Project: Hamlet.

Swear

Workshopped Soundscape using voices from the cast of Bridge Project: Hamlet. 

Bedlam (Hamlet)

The sound of an Angel's wings fluttering - Design task. 

Angel Wings Fluttering (Angels in America)

Quick 30 minute sound design, creating a narrative Based on Gregory Crewdson's 'Brief Encounters'

30 Min Space Mock-up

This is a demonstration of some of the elements of the sound design I co-produced with Dan Blaker for our Year 2, Term 1 project 'Ivanov'. We begin with four variations of a large all-engulfing pad. Initially the original track, created by Wild Zebra, plays whilst the show begins it's opening transition, which will become a motif throughout, and hence the reason that the track is repeated several times, variations then begin with an initial addition of some discordant notes, very quietly, underneath the original track, from there a slight beat is added, and finally another layer of sound is added in it's entirety, the same track, just pitch-shifted down a semi-tone to create chromatic dissonance. Underneath the whole demonstration, there is a low frequency rumble, this was in the show itself, as a continuous piece of audio, which was used to highlight Ivanov's loneliness, or indeed his lack of time with himself, the only time we lose this sound is when Ivanov is left alone in Act 3, Scene 6. It is silent thereafter. It will slowly build up so it can be heard for what it is, then it will stop, much like in the show. We aimed to demonstrate sound through absence with this technique. I then try to demonstrate how the cello, played by Jonathon, an actor in the show, as a character, was used to build over the transitional tracks, and was further utilised to add a sense of space, or indeed to represent something which could not be represented with a traditional sound effect, the short clip at the end of the showreel, is the first motif we hear from the cello as a plot device, not as an accompaniment.

Ivanov Design Showreel.

Foley track recorded and edited by Callum Wyles
Foley performed by Seb Meyer, Freddie Hayes and Joanna May.

Chronos Foley

Short segment from 'BOUND', Co-Designed by Jon Ouin.

Paranoia

A short extract from 'BOUND' by Justice in Motion.

Sonia's Paranoia

Track from Act 1, Scene 4 of Shakespeare's 'Richard III' by the CVP.

Richard III Prison

"The Boom, it's not just about a loud noise! It's about the event!"

Sound of the comet from 'boom' @ Theatre 503.

Boom!

Motif for Farah from Hanna Berrigan's 2017 production of Anna Jordan's 'Stay Happy, Keep Smiling'.

Farah Motif

A sequence from This Noise's 'no-one is coming to save you'.

The Tv Explodes

Can't Help Falling in Love

Cover of 'There She Is' from Be More Kind.

There She Is (Frank Turner Cover)

Drinky Cover of Mayday Parade's You Be The Anchor That Keeps My Feet On The Ground, I'll Be The Wings That Keep Your Heart In The Clouds.

Callum Wyles

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