Name: Dear Old Dad by Mark Drilling
Duration: 4 min 18 s
Description: My new favourite... Thanks to Craig James for the guitar work... And apologies to James Taylor!

My new favourite... Thanks to Craig James for the guitar work... And apologies to James Taylor!

Dear Old Dad

One of the better orchestrated themes I have written. Initially a western style theme, but maybe just a big epic adventure theme, complete with a choir... Thanks Spitfire! I had 27 plays before I did a better mix... silly me!

Adventure Theme

So on March the 24th 2007, I sang a song that I had written to my best friend, in front of a smallish crowd of family and friends at the Belair National Park.

The fun part was that I had sent a number of the guests a copy of the refrain at the end of the song, so that the onlookers could sing back at her...VOILA! A pop up crowd/ BVs kind of vibe.

Good memories of a fantastic day.

PS: The fun part about technology is that I can sweeten the recording I made a couple of weeks after the occasion. So here it is... Hope you like!

Happy Now

Regret

The Biscuit Suite is a fun collection of lively original tunes written by Karen De Nardi.
Suitable for Primary String ensembles, the pieces have been carefully written in a variety of musical styles. The suite includes folk, Arabic, Carribean, classical and rock music.

This is the 5th piece in the suite - 5. Tim Tam Slam

Also included in the Biscuit Suite - 
1. Scotch Finger Hoedown
2. Moorish Monte Carlo
3. Kingston Calypso
4. The Classic Nice

For copies of the sheet music please contact karendenardi@hotmail.com

5. Tim Tam Slam from Biscuit Suite

One of the first co-writes I did after I scored my publishing deal. With Gina Jeffreys and Alison Hams... with the demo exquisitely demo'd by Gina and very talented and all round nice bloke Rod McCormack.

Home

With apologies to Led Zeppelin for the title, this is my stance on a current issue in the world today. With thanks to Niels Johnson for the added guitars I think some of my influences shine through on this...

Immigrant Song

You can following in vevova youtube channel: goo.gl/eGPu3K

Glad We're Friends By Global Genius

za toboi

Recording by Zephyr Quartet - Adelaide SA July 2019
Video link to performance here - 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVdvAr1uenE

One fire- destroying years of history, centuries of craftsmanship, irreplaceable paintings and stunning stained glass windows. Countless memories from billions of visitors, stories of religious gatherings and romantic holidays lost in a matter of hours. This monumental structure means so much  to the people of Paris and those who have visited the city over many years. To see it alight was heartbreaking. 

This is where writing from the heart took precedence over technical planning. Not choosing any particular chord structure, I wrote the beginning of this piece starting from a unison G (the initial flame) which then slowly spreads and finds air, creating uncertainty. The music rises as the flames take over and you can hear the church spire catch alight and begin to fall. The melodies resemble that of the organ and choral music. A more calming theme is heard as the fire disperses and the damage can be seen; the paintings and windows are safe and there is a feeling of relief that the building can be saved.

Le Feu à Notre Dame

Peter and the Wolf has a lot to answer for!

For it introduced Mark Drilling how to truly LISTEN to music.  The children’s masterpiece gave Mark his ears for music… hearing individual instruments and the part they played in the overall composition.

“Giving a character an instrument and a theme, introduced me to the emotion of music and how a story can be told using these simple elements. I’d lay on the lounge floor as a 4 year old just soaking up the atmosphere and the story.”

He trusted his ears so much, that he chose the rock n roll route on the way to his dream of film composition.

“It was always on the cards, but the technology to help my lack of theoretical music knowledge wasn’t there yet….”

His musical education took him into hard rock, gospel and country music where he managed to score a publishing deal with ABC Music Publishing as a songwriter and later moved to Sydney to hone his craft. 

“At one time, I was also a music director and songwriter/arranger in a large church, and It was actually there, that I began to really learn to arrange and write for different instruments.”

Upon returning from Sydney, he was approached to write music for a short film.

“The technology was there, my skills, I felt, were there and “The Beta Phase’” was such a fantastic story. At first I was hesitant that I was capable, but I think deep down, this was what I was meant to do. The whole experience was exhilarating!”

Since then, he has written for a Sci-Fi short - “Anthelios”,  a quirky nod to the Spaghetti Western called “The King’s Court” and two other student short films, “LOVERS” and “L PLATES” 

“This is what I always wanted to do musically. I just had to learn my way and in my time, but I got here! It somehow makes it more rewarding.”

Dear Old Dad

Mark Drilling

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