Composer Quest Podcast

Last November I did a podcast interview about my music, which is something not many people ask me about (or even like), so I figured it was worthy of mentioning. The above image is what one of my tunes looks like in the software I use. Looks a bit like a knitting pattern for a Scandinavian jumper.

I have also updated my “about” page with a bunch of other interviews I found from searching Google. There should be enough information there to reconstruct your very own virtual Cyriak, should you so desire.

Things I Like, Things I Hate, and Horrible Things

While I’m on the subject of influences, anyone lucky enough to have experienced my amazing powerpoint slide show may be familiar with this Venn Diagram of where I get my crazy ideas from:

For a more in-depth exploration of my psyche here is a playlist of all my youtube favourites:

By the way, if you see any of my own videos on that list, its just my way of bookmarking things of mine that are on other people’s channels. I’m not that vain, honest!

Animation Influences

I was doing a talk recently for Confetti Industry Week in Nottingham, and one of the questions I was asked was about my animation influences. I grew up at a time when kids animation was weird, and grown ups animation was even weirder.

Children’s tv shows like Ivor the Engine, Bagpuss, Magic Roundabout and Chorlton and the Wheelies all had vaguely nightmarish qualities, and if you stayed up late you might have been lucky enough to catch some surreal arty animations on BBC2 or Channel 4 that were seemingly sneaked into the schedules to fill a gap that no one else wanted.

So, because this is a question I am often asked I decided to make a youtube playlist of some of the few that I could remember. There are many more that I can’t, but hopefully this will give some kind of insight into the development of my style, and if I do remember any more I will try to add them to the list.