David SavillMar 112 minBehind the frontlines on March 11 2022On the M60 westbound in Manchester this morning civilians drove to work under clear skies in light, Friday traffic. An accident on the...
David SavillNov 13, 20214 minTransitionsI am endlessly fascinated by creative processes. Every year, I teach a module called Creative Practice, where the underlying subject is...
David SavillJul 21, 20211 minAn Improvisation: July 01st, 2021 10.03pmPay attention. It's a mantra in the creative writing classes I teach. There are rules for my musical improvisations that mean I must...
David SavillSep 27, 20201 minHere Come The LeavesI feel like I can hear the production and playing finally improving with this piece. The overall sound captures better what I intended...
David SavillSep 27, 20201 minZoli's place: ImprovisationSomething I'm discovering by making music is how much my relationship with any art depends upon improvisation. I have a terrible memory....
David SavillSep 27, 20201 minDream in C: focusing on productionAfter the frenzied whirlwind of making a piece of new music every week, I took a break and spent a bit more time trying to understand...
David SavillSep 27, 20201 minIbrahim's Place: The last of my weekly lockdown piecesThis was the last of my weekly lockdown pieces. I went from not making music, to buying a guitar, discovering Garageband and then Logic,...
David SavillSep 27, 20201 minFive Songs: an interpretation of AudenI'm not mad keen on singing, but sometimes I read something that feels like it needs to be sung. This short poem by Auden reminded me of...
David SavillJun 20, 20201 minMaking a new piece of music every week: June 16th 2020This piece was inspired by my love of Skateboarding
David SavillJun 12, 20201 minMaking Music Every Week. May 31st 2020I think my longing for a good night out got into this somewhere.
David SavillJun 12, 20201 minMaking Music Every Week. May 23 2020Politics got into this piece. We long for a leader with the eloquence of Obama. This track features extracts from his 2016 speech...
David SavillJun 12, 20201 minMaking Music Every Week. March 31st 2020An imaginary soundtrack for my Russian thriller.
David SavillJun 12, 20201 minMaking music every weekSince March 2020, I've been composing a new piece of music every week. This has been a creative challenge, and a way to share music with...
David SavillNov 29, 201611 minTinker, Tailor, Celebrity, Spy: In the age of Putin and Trump, the danger to our democracies is not 1. The Businessman and The Spy When in 1996 members of Boris Yeltsin’s inner-circle invited Vladimir Putin to be part of the ailing...
David SavillOct 20, 20167 minA European EducationWhat does Europe mean to you? I was introduced to the history of Europe while careering through the continent on the backseat of an...
David SavillMar 25, 20165 minKaradžić’s sentence is the end of a chapter for some, but if the future for Bosnia remains bleak, They were living in a student dorm. One family per room. Lives packed up into shopping bags. They cooked on Bunsen-burners looted from...