A lively fantasy action track that was a ton of fun to write. I wanted to challenge myself as far as orchestration goes. Artwork: http://koshelkov.deviantart.com/art/Airship-Of-Doom-387098027

The Mighty Airship Chase

I was commissioned for two 60s radio spots advertising Wentworth's Wilsonville Chevrolet, with the overall direction of being distinct, condensed musical numbers. This is the first, in which I was given Hairspray, Grease & 60s pop as a musical reference with oversight as MD to compose and arrange the supplied copy for our two singers, finally evolving into a track with more of a surf rock influence. Aside from sampled drums and main vocals, the track was recorded by me in entirety - electric and acoustic guitars, bass, handclaps and backing vocal harmonies.

"Wentworth's: The Musical" radio ad (spot A - 60s surf rock)

Dave Dexter is a composer, orchestrator and multi-instrumentalist, specialising in classical, choral and orchestral writing for live players.

His string quartet piece "St Clement's Isle" was recently played on Classic FM on Jessica Curry's "High Score" show, and his works "Descendentem Sicut Columbam" and "Leaving the House" on BBC Radio York & 3 respectively. His choral setting of "I Sing Of A Maiden" was chosen for recording by ORA Singers and Suzi Digby in 2019 as part of their Christmas Gift scheme.

It's always risky to find an epoch one feels best represents music as a whole and state "This. This is what I want to do", but Dave certainly prefers the more traditional approach to scoring and composing. He'll work with samples if he has to, but the best moments come from hearing great musicians planting a glorious flag in the earth of a piece and making it their own. His music ranges from the beautiful and intimate, the achingly sad, the whimsical and the thunderously exciting; if not watched like a hawk he'll probably attempt to combine all four.

Dave is writing in the third person but is totally a cool guy and not arrogant in the slightest.

"Wentworth's: The Musical" radio ad (spot A - 60s surf rock)

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