About The Infinite Void

Music has forever encaptured me. From a young age, i was introduced to a diverse plethora of unique sounds, from the likes of Hawkwind, King Crimson, Frank Zappa, the list could go on and has been constantly expanding ever since the first time i heard the song "Silver Machine". Since then, Ive been in a constant pursuit for knowledge in regards to music. At first it was the clarinet, as my mum played throughout her youth, it was inevitable id have musical encouragement, which then led to my introduction to the piano for standard musical theory knowledge. Eventually i began to pursue the guitar as it was what was the most appealing to me at the time, with learning and development on piano and clarinet paused for the time being but later picked up down the line. I continued with guitar from then onwards, later expanding on it from the beginning of high school, briefly touching on whatever instruments were around, and that's where i found my love for the drums. Throughout high school, I pursued the guitar and drum kit and continue to till this day, gradually picking up more and more equipment and instruments for production such as the violin, modular synth, bass etc. The generation of sound has me in a chokehold and to be able to truly hone in on my craft and share this further with the future learners of music is my goal. The beauty of music, I find, is the cultural origins and diversity, which is ever so expanding and will only continue to do so, so to pass this knowledge on, educating, promoting, influencing and developing is key.

At the start of my final year of secondary education, I was given the opportunity to achieve an extra higher-level qualification labelled leadership. This would entail selecting a role in which the qualification could be achieved by, with options such as creating a charity event and classroom assistance in the subject you excel the most in. With working within my craft and industry in mind for the future, this was a total no brainer decision on my behalf, and in a heartbeat, I decided that assisting in a classroom would be my first opportunity to be in an educational environment where I wasn’t the student. Throughout the course of a school year, I spent my free periods throughout the week in the music department, helping in first to third year classes. Doing so entailed guiding and grading practical progress throughout the blocks of different instruments such as keyboard, drums and ukulele in the classroom and in practice rooms, rotating groups every so often in case anyone needs any help or assistance with their practical development.

Leaving high school, i had applied for UoG to continue my music studies above advanced higher, with numerous colleges too, opening my learning development. Ultimately the college route was fit me at the time, as i felt its just in-between school and university and would allow a smoother transition further on. Completing the NC to further take on the 2 year HND has allowed me to get up to scratch and develop my knowledge further on topics such as theory, history, live performance, intellectual property, visual arts, online promotion as well as session skills which all play and have played detrimental rolls in my progression within education and working within the industry.

Throughout HN2, we had a session class in which we would be dispersed into several groups/bands, in which we had to complete a specific task within a limited amount of time to perform at the end. the themes used for this focused in on advertisement jingles, with further analysis on what actually makes a jingle effective and how to convey message through sound. Another task was learning a song of our choice, however it had to include the word "autumn" in the name, further limiting ideas, noneless we successfully accomplished a rendition of "Autumn Leaves" by Chet Baker.

I have worked with many different groups over the years, starting in a concert band for Christmas shows and other events to then producing for independent artists and assisting with releasing tracks alongside mixing and mastering. I have also worked with bands through their academical journey, covering a wide range of genres, such as Jazz, Funk, Soul, Doom/Sludge Metal, with different people and new people at venues such as The Classic Grand, Audio, Stereo and The Garage. I also have multiple experimental works with many more in progress which are all created using analogue equipment, modular synths and samplers with digital mastering and midi layering, which are available on streaming platforms, with physical copies in the works.

Over the years ive played at a plethora of venues, such as:

- The Garage

- Audio

- Stereo

- The Old Hairdresser

- Classic Grand

- Clyde College Theatre

I’m familiar with many digital workstations (DAWs) for music production. I’ve worked with a plethora of software such as FL studio, Ableton, ProTools, Reaper, Cubase, Max MSP for audio visual integration alongside TouchDesigner.

My main DAW is Ableton which I’ve integrated with Max MSP for live and have recorded, mixed, mastered and released using.

Recently ive also been learning the programming software SuperCollider, which is used for both audio and visual production, however generated through code, similar to the likes of C++ or python.