This is a short musical sketch to describe the bluebell woods of my childhood in Renfrewshire. The idea of all the kids in the street going off for hours by themselves to play in woods, out of the sight and supervision of their parents didn't seem to cause any stress in those days and we had great fun climbing trees, building dens, sword-fighting with rotten sticks etc. Early May was the best time for the bluebells, sweet-smelling and a vivid blue that bewitched the eyes. There was no problem with picking a few to give to your mum, especially if you were late home for tea and wanted to ward off a scolding. The lanes that led down to the Clyde were always lined with them too and wherever I see bluebells, I am always transported back to those remembered places.

This track was made with my first use of a new Spitfire library I treated myself to - Fink-Signatures - so everything here is virtual, including the bluebells...

(Clutha Project) Bluebells

An entry for the July 2025 Crow Hill composing challenge - Pocket Strings.

The title is borrowed from Philip Larkin's "An Arundel Tomb"

Our almost-instinct almost true

There Is A Better Place

Crow Hill Composing Challenge using Pocket Strings

Pocket of Infinity_Alistair McGrann_LHZ Collective

Track made exclusively with Crowhill company's Pocket Strings Library as per the challenge. 

No additional effects or plugin used
Made in a *very* short time ;D and had a lot of fun doing so! First go at a 'scary' vibe.

Pocket String is an affordable, very well built little jewel. It is highly customizable, from cinematic sound to gritty sound design.

Daemonic Whispers

Daemonic Whispers - Crow Hill Company's Pocket Strings Composing Challenge

Latest composer challenge - use only the Pocket Strings library from Crow Hill Company. 

Inspired by the dreamy sounds of the strings in this library, I've created this song which to me sounds a bit like dreams which have been stitched together. 

I hope you enjoy.

Pocket full of dreams_Eleri

Crow Hill Challenge - Pocket Strings

For the Crowhill composer challenge July 25. Using only their pocket strings plugin.

Time's Up! - Crow Hill Composer Challenge - July 2025

PocketStrings.Challenge.Crowhill.by.David.O.White.07,06.2025 - 01 Start(2)

Challenge - to compose a track using only the Crow Hill Pocket Strings library, one day turnaround.  Library has amazing shorts and pizz, sweeping longs, and a really intuitive GUI which allows you to blend as needed great string samples, and also two vintage string synths, with in-library effects.  Chose this genre to make something different to my usual style in the spirit of a challenge, but also make the best of those cracking pizz and shorts and see if I could use them as a creative stand-in for brass stabs and punchy bass.  Really brilliant library at the price point, I had lots of fun!  Thanks for listening!

Rachel Howie Pocket Strings Challenge Soundcloud

Made entirely from stringed instruments, using the updated Crow Hill Company Glass Strings, this is one of the most vulnerable pieces I’ve put together.

It’s for moments when words fall short. Music to sit with when you feel quiet, overwhelmed, or just need space. Like the mirror it’s named after, it reflects something back - stillness, sadness, or whatever’s been waiting to surface.

I wanted each note to feel like it was disappearing into the distance. Like how a mirror creates a sense of space - not actual space, but reflected space. That illusion, that gentle stretching of reality, is what this track leans into.

I hope you enjoy it!


The Looking Glass

This is my latest spill-over page for newer stuff. The older material is at @enlimila and @enlimila-plus

Thanks for looking. :-)

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(Clutha Project) Bluebells

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