Musicalmidget’s Blog

It’s been a while since my last posting. Usual reasons, university work, tiredness, etc.

Anyhow, the weather has started taking a turn for the better, but don’t worry, I’m not about to turn this into an “isn’t the weather lovely” post. I’ve been doing a lot of work this past week or so on my next musical compositions which are due in a few weeks, and on the subject of composition this recent change in the weather reminded me of a wind band piece I composed over numerous hot summer days a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, the piece was put to the side for a while and never did see the light of day.

A couple of days ago however, when I remembered about the piece, I decided to make a few finishing touches and publish it as my second score on Sibelius Music. The aptly named Summer Overture was validated earlier and is now available for all to view and listen to.

Summer Overture: http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=105036

I’m very excited about my latest composition for my degree. Racing Rhythms is a piece for saxophone quartet that is almost complete. Once I’ve submitted the piece for marking, it’ll join my other scores on Sibelius Music and of course I’ll post about it here!

According to my calendar, I don’t appear to have any kind of university exams or deadlines after 31st May. Until then, it’s back to work for now.

Recently, Chris Boulton blogged about Unending, the final ever TV episode of Stargate SG1. Since Stargate has been a part of my TV life for such a long time I thought I should also say something myself.

Although I was sad to hear of the end of the show, I was pleased to hear that for once, the world premier of the final episode would air here in the UK. We often seem to be behind over here, but not this time. Unfortunately, due to a fall out between Sky and newly formed Virgin Media, of whom my family are customers, we lost access to the Sky One channel which was showing the premier, just two weeks before it aired. Thankfully, I was able to see the episode through someone else, and what an episode it was!

I’m not into spoilers, so I wont give any away, but you must see this episode. I was unintentionally exposed to some spoilers about the episode a short while ago (thanks again Gateworld!) and must admit I was worried at first. The concept for the episode didn’t strike me as a fitting way to end such an outstanding ten years. How mistaken I was! It’s a story that ties a few loose ends whilst not completely wrapping up the storyline with the Ori. What’s more, is the nature of the story allows for a fair bit of character interaction, which many will say is what helped the show become so popular in the first place.

The episode had it’s fair share of sacrifice and sadness, but overall, it was a fantastic way to bring the TV series to an end. Also, I think a few things have been setup quite nicely for the upcoming movies and fourth series of Atlantis. If you’ve seen the episode, you probably know what I mean. If not, I’ll not give it away.

Here’s to the end of an era.

I’ve hit the big 20. I’m no longer a teenager. Now that is a strange thought indeed.

This year is the first birthday I’ve spent away from home, and that’s also quite strange. I will be home tomorrow however, so I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to collect any cards and other such goodies which may be waiting. There’s still the possibility of a celebration meal or something with the family tomorrow too, although no plans yet.

Tonight however is set to be a blast. My birthday this year falls on “Tower”, one of the weekly nights at Asylum, our delightful student nightclub. It’s not only the first time I’ve been able to go out on my birthday rather than a day or two before/after, but I’ve also been told I can have free entry to the club and a bottle of champagne. How is that?

It’s certainly been a “different” birthday experience, but great so far.