Something I wrote for Storycollider, the science storytelling night. 

It's the story of recording my first piece for BBC TV as a science presenter, on the UK's tallest rollercoaster. 

Warning: contains screaming.

More about Helen Arney: http://helenarney.com
Watch the actual piece on BBC2 series Coast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04bzwdh

Storycollider is a science storytelling night that happens in live shows across the US, UK and online in podcast form: http://storycollider.org/ 

Helen Arney - STORYCOLLIDER

New Year New YeArt 2007

A setting of David Shrigley's poem about going to a rock festival, co-written and performed by Helen Arney, Amy Peace and Ben Peace. Edited by Helen. We made a stop-motion video using Polynesian dolls and a rug too, but I'm not sure where it is. 

Happy times!

Amy is a very funny lady, you can follow her on twitter @amypeace
 
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Helen Arney
Comedian, singer, songwriter, geek
http://helenarney.com

I went to a Rock Festival - by BandHandA

I wrote this in early 2009 for a kids sketch show with Tiernan Douieb, Stan Stanley and Lauren Shearing that never actually happened.

Thanks are due to Tiernan Douieb for the final lines about the perils of not having a bum.

I think it was the first multi-track recording I made on my own since I stopped recording my songs aged about 16. I just used the inbuilt microphone on my Mac and it seemed to come out alright.   

Tiernan is also a comedian and runs a brilliant gig called Fat Tuesdays, as well as the awesome Comedy Club 4 Kids gigs:
http://tiernandouieb.co.uk

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Helen Arney
Comedian, singer, songwriter, geek
http://helenarney.com 

Bumsong - for a kids sketch show that never happened

A theme tune for the pilot of a stand-up show for kids, which has never been used!

It's not quite finished (the instruments are still very MIDI and not real enough) but it was a useful thing to do to find out how my audio interface actually works. 

Features the vocal talents, and tech support, of Steve Pretty.
http://stevepretty.com/
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Helen Arney
Comedian, singer, songwriter, geek
http://helenarney.com

Stand Up Fall Over - theme tune

"Michael is a Robot" - a song written with Bec Hill (and featuring her dude rappingness) for her brother's birthday. It genuinely uses an actual casio keyboard drum beat, and a couple of instrument noises from the same heap of junk / classic budget synth, however you want to hear it.  

There's an awesome video to match this on YouTube:
 http://youtu.be/NI5rgjE3OFY

You can find Bec at:
http://bechillcomedian.com

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Helen Arney
Comedian, singer, songwriter, geek
http://helenarney.com 

Michael Is A Robot - for Bec Hill's little brother

A demo for my comedy girlband, The Balconettes, with a song called "Dog In A Bag"

There more about me, the fabulous Rachel Parris and The Balconettes here: 
http://thebalconettes.com 

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Helen Arney
Comedian, singer, songwriter, geek
http://helenarney.com 

Dog In A Bag - Balconettes Demo

This a song that definitely never got used for the thing it was written for...

I wrote it with James Campbell for the internet pilot of his book show for kids, but it wasn't what they wanted. Ah well! I still like it... James' lyrics are brilliantly silly and "comfy comfy" is a tiny piece of genius. We wrote a lot of songs together for the 2010 Comedy & Songs for Kids tour, but this is one of my favourites.

James lives here on the internet:
http://thejamescampbell.com

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Helen Arney
Comedian, singer, songwriter, geek
http://helenarney.com 

 



James Campbell Show - theme song

The _actual_ theme tune that got used by Red House for their internet pilot of James Campbell's Book Show!

With lots of help from Olly the Octopus, of Bronze Medallists fame.
http://ollyoctopus.com

James lives here on the internet:
http://thejamescampbell.com

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Helen Arney
Comedian, singer, songwriter, geek
http://helenarney.com 

Red House Presents James Campbell - final theme tune

I wrote some jingles for a podcast called "Listen & Often" which is based on a bi-monthly (that means once every 2 months, right?) live show called Tall Tales at the Good Ship in Kilburn. It is verifiably the best gig in the world. 

The podcast is on iTunes, hosted by Robbie Hudson and Toby Davies, it's very nice and has more of my songs on and you can find it here:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/listenandoften/id449574065

These theme tunes are for Gareth Edwards' section, called Some Kind of Explanation - where he reads extracts from his brilliant blog of the same name. There are 3 intro jingles, and one outro jingle - they're all one after another here.

You can find more of Gareth's superb explanations at: http://somekindofexplanation.blogspot.com/ 

Tall Tales gig info is here (if you're thinking of coming to one, book asap because it always sells out)
http://robbiehudson.com/talltales.html

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Helen Arney
Comedian, singer, songwriter, geek
http://helenarney.com  

Some Kind Of Explanation - complete set of jingles

Andrew asked on Twitter for people to send over jingles for his early 2010 BBC 6 Music show - which was usually with Richard Herring but for a couple of weeks was co-hosted with Michael Legge. 

I've written jingles for Michael before (see Precious Little Podcast jingle) and I met Andrew in Edinburgh last year so I thought I'd send one in. Apparently they played it rather a lot on the last day of Michael's co-hosting. So that was nice.

Andrew lives here on the web:
http://www.wherediditallgoright.com/index2.html

And Michael is here:
www.michaellegge.info

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Helen Arney
Comedian. Singer. Songwriter. Geek
http://helenarney.com

Collins & Legge BBC 6 Music jingle

I've just re-recorded this today as the original was proper dodgy... 

It's an ickle jingle for Michael Legge & James Hingley's "Precious Little Podcast", available here:
preciouslittlepodcast.co.uk

You can follow them on Twitter @PLPod 

Precious Little Podcast theme tune

We've just started a podcast of our sensational sell-out science/comedy show, Festival of the Spoken Nerd. It has bits of the live show mixed with extra bits recorded in the studio with me, Matt Parker and Steve Mould - and - of course - extra time for the questions we didn't get time to answer during the actual show. This is the first ukulele-based theme tune, in a blues style, I expect it will go through other incarnations for future shows.

You can listen to the podcast here:
http://extratimeforquestions.blogspot.com/  

And follow us for updates and new episodes on Twitter @FOTSN

Festival of the Spoken Nerd "Extra Time For Questions" podcast theme

Friday 7th October was Ada Lovelace Day, a worldwide celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and medicine. It's named after the author of the first computer programme, and daughter of the wayward Lord Byron. The day has live events and a lovely big website, giving everyone a chance to write something about an inspiration woman, whether a well known celebrity, an obscure figure, or just a personal tribute.
I wrote this song about 9 months ago, for a mini-musical about time travelling coffee shops which featured Ada as a character. The mini-musical remains mini (as in, unfinished) but I've recorded this version as my contribution to Ada Lovelace Day 2011. 
Lots more about Ada and other inspiring women at
<a href="http://findingada.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://findingada.com</a>
More science-inspired songs at
<a href="http://helenarney.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://helenarney.bandcamp.com</a>


ADA - a song for Ada Lovelace Day at FindingAda.com

Finally, I have got around to recording the song I wrote for Storytellers Club back in March. Hosted by the brilliant Sarah Bennetto, it's one of the best regular comedy events of all time, monthly at the Pleasance in Islington, every August at the Edinburgh Fringe and at various musical festivals around the UK.

This is probably the theme tune I am most proud of, out of every one I've ever tried to write. People clapped and sang along! I re-wrote one of the verses in the interval and inserted the audience's stories from that night! I didn't mess it up completely even though it was written in cryptic biro squiggles on recycled paper!

For more about Storytellers Club, follow them twitter.com/StoryCLB or facebook.com/StoryClub

Sarah can be found lighting up various rooms around London and on twitter.com/sarahbennetto

Storytellers Club Theme Tune

Three songs from my new Edinburgh Fringe show for 2012, Voice of an Angle. 

Buy tickets now! 2-26 August, 1815 at Underbelly on Cowgate. Includes mathematical angels and a free qualification!
www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/helen-arney-voice-of-an-angle 

These songs are also available to buy as the "Voice of an Angle EP" from 
helenarney.bandcamp.com 

Thanks for listening! More about my stuff can be found at:
www.helenarney.com 

Animals feat. Professor Elemental

The Sun has got his Huff on

Buy this track on my "Voice of an Angle EP" from 
helenarney.bandcamp.com 

Animated video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwxuSKWlLJU
Thanks for listening! More about me and my stuff can be found at:
www.helenarney.com 

You and Me and Walt Disney

Written for Festival of the Spoken Nerd podcast "POP!" in January 2013. It's rhythmically shoddy but I'm sure you understand what I'm trying to do with it...

http://festivalofthespokennerd.com/podcast

For more songs and things, go to http://helenarney.bandcamp.com

Ultimate Pop Song

In between making science comedy shows, Festival of the Spoken Nerd have created a podcast. It’s called A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail, and this is the trailer for it. 

Listen on your favourite podcast platform, or find us at festivalofthespokennerd.com/podcast.

Come for the Unnecessary Detail. Stay for the A Podcast Of.

A Trailer Of Unnecessary Detail

Hello! 

Thanks for dropping by. This is my SoundCloud sandpit, my place on the internet where I put all my audio experiments. 

If you're looking for my recorded songs, head to http://helenarney.bandcamp.com

If you want a whole website about me, Festival of the Spoken Nerd and my comedy girlband The Balconettes, take a look at http://helenarney.com

If you're more interested in a random collection of radio and podcast jingles, unpublished/unpublishable childrens songs, audio captured by me at the Edinburgh Fringe 2011, and stuff I made with my friends for a laugh, you're in the right place.

Thanks for browsing, 

helen

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Helen Arney
Comedian. Singer. Songwriter. Geek
http://helenarney.com 

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