Author: Christian

Ripon

Ripon

Reading Time: 2 minutes With the recent cap on bus fares we decided to take advantage and visit Ripon, somewhere that I have so far never actually managed to visit. Just as we picked up the 36 bus in Chapel Allerton the heavens opened. To escape the rain we 

Cotman Watercolour Floral Pocket Set

Cotman Watercolour Floral Pocket Set

Reading Time: 2 minutes On a breif visit to Shipley and Saltaire, plagued sadly by back problems, I was seduced by the art shop again and decided to buy some watercolours. This is something I have played with a little, though not for quite some time, though it is 

What an Absolute Fucking Debacle

What an Absolute Fucking Debacle

Reading Time: 6 minutes Yes, you heard, A fucking debacle. I’ve been ummng-and-ahhing whether to write anything about this nonsense for some days now, but I need to vent on this and, hell, no-one ever really reads my wafflings so I will do it here and hope when fame 

Bridgerton

Bridgerton

Reading Time: < 1 minutes This is my entry for the #MyBridgertonScore competition by Spitfire Audio. This is the first time I have ever scored to a preexisiting video and has been quite an experience! There’s a lot I would do different next time, but at least I have done 

Battle March of The Cyborgs

Battle March of The Cyborgs

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Just finished this. It’s synthwave, with Orchestral elements.  This is how I see the Cyborg XG-44E stuff progressing. Christian Bodden · The Battle March Of The Cyborgs That’s all for now.

Scarborough

Scarborough

Reading Time: 3 minutes A welcome return after cancellations due to Covid19 has been the annual free trip to the seaside provided by Unison. I love Scarborough. It’s both beautiful and tacky, pompous and run down. I love the winding old streets and the ostentatious Victorian hotels and the 

Kirkstall to Rodley

Kirkstall to Rodley

Reading Time: 3 minutes For all the time I have spent on canals, one stretch I have rarely walked any of is the stretch up out of Leeds staring at Kirkstall. Starting off the canal is pleasent, but unexceptional, passing first Kirkstall Lock and the non-descript fields which are 

Poppies

Poppies

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Just a very quick one. I just had to take this wonderful shot of these poppies growing up a wall by the bus stop. Inspiration can strike in the most random places in the city.

Leeds Gardens

Leeds Gardens

Reading Time: 4 minutes This is another little post to just report on and remind about the little things that you can do so close to your home. In Leeds we are very lucky to have lots of exciting pockets of beauty in the city, if you can find 

Manuel Segura Francesci

Manuel Segura Francesci

Reading Time: 2 minutes This is my Father’s old Classical Guitar – he has had this as long as I can remember and I have taken care of it as we are clearing and managing some of his goods. The label inside contains the following: Manuel SeguraFabb. GuitarreRoma E 

Experiments in Scoring

Experiments in Scoring

Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ve been working for a while with the amazing BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover from Spitfire Audio in some of my tracks lately. For those of you who have not encountered this, Spitfire are a company who produce deep sampled libraries aimed predominatly at film scoring 

love me?

love me?

Reading Time: 4 minutes We meet in the old familiar bar. This in a sense is weird, I’ve not seen this girl for 2 years, until out of the blue I decided to phone her when I came home for my annual post Christmas visit. And now she is