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Paganini On The Poop Deck

from Sea Changes by Benedict Roff-Marsh

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This is pure fantasy. What if Paganini had taken a long sea journey: started out being seasick, recovered and started to play simple folk melodies with the sailors, then taken over the Captain's deck to give a concert?

This one was written completely with synths. Other musicians wanted me to use timpani for drums but that was far too obvious so I deliberately used 808 drum machine playing a classic House pattern as it was completely at odds with the obvious theme but perfect for the sub-plot that nothing in this piece is what you think it is.

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from Sea Changes, released June 2, 2015

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Benedict Roff-Marsh Brisbane, Australia

Trained as a Mix Engineer in the late 80's in a tape-based studio making AM Radio jingles. It taught me to deliver and focus on the right result instead of messing about for days over whether 234ms or 243ms was more socially acceptable. I noticed that everyone was a bit afraid of the electronics. Composing helped me understand how to mix better. ... more

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