James (Jim) D. Watson
@sharks-on-potomac.bsky.social
Composer (theater:incidental; other:aleatoric). Theater sound designer, music director, accompanist.
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PhD opportunity: I'm recruiting a PhD student in digital musical instrument design at Imperial College London. Applications now, start date in the autumn. Funding is limited to UK home students. More topic details to follow. Interested? Email me with a CV! andrew.mcpherson@imperial.ac.uk
February 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
PhD opportunity: I'm recruiting a PhD student in digital musical instrument design at Imperial College London. Applications now, start date in the autumn. Funding is limited to UK home students. More topic details to follow. Interested? Email me with a CV! andrew.mcpherson@imperial.ac.uk
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I know they have to eat too, but I’d rather our bird feeders not become a restaurant for this Cooper’s hawk that’s been hanging around. 😕
December 26, 2024 at 1:52 PM
I know they have to eat too, but I’d rather our bird feeders not become a restaurant for this Cooper’s hawk that’s been hanging around. 😕
We have 40% off anything in my discography of chance music using discount code “incidental2024” at sharks-on-the-potomac.bandcamp.com. Good until 1 January 2025! Happy holidays 🙂
Sharks on the Potomac
Jim, the artist behind SotP, began creating music four decades ago, primarily incidental soundtracks for live theater.
Releases as SotP depart from that genre and enter experimental and electronic...
sharks-on-the-potomac.bandcamp.com
December 24, 2024 at 4:22 PM
We have 40% off anything in my discography of chance music using discount code “incidental2024” at sharks-on-the-potomac.bandcamp.com. Good until 1 January 2025! Happy holidays 🙂
Hi! Please enjoy 40% off anything in my discography of theater incidental music using code “incidental2024” during checkout at james-d-watson.bandcamp.com. Happy holidays!
James D. Watson
Music for Dark Rooms.
Jim has worked on over one hundred theater productions in Maryland, Virginia, D.C., North Carolina, and Pennsylvania as composer, arranger, orchestrator, music director, accompa...
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December 24, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Hi! Please enjoy 40% off anything in my discography of theater incidental music using code “incidental2024” during checkout at james-d-watson.bandcamp.com. Happy holidays!
Are you near Baltimore, MD, U.S. 21-22 December? Please join us for a staged reading of a new play: A Christmas Carol for Edgar Allan Poe. Sound design and original music by me! Free (promo code YEAREND24), discount (HOHOPOE24), and full-price tickets are available: www.simpletix.com/e/a-christma...
December 15, 2024 at 5:05 AM
Are you near Baltimore, MD, U.S. 21-22 December? Please join us for a staged reading of a new play: A Christmas Carol for Edgar Allan Poe. Sound design and original music by me! Free (promo code YEAREND24), discount (HOHOPOE24), and full-price tickets are available: www.simpletix.com/e/a-christma...
Finished the first draft of the libretto for Betrayal, and previously I’d already composed the first eleven scenes. Obviously the libretto will go through edits, as will the music, but this was a milestone for me today! 🙂
December 10, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Finished the first draft of the libretto for Betrayal, and previously I’d already composed the first eleven scenes. Obviously the libretto will go through edits, as will the music, but this was a milestone for me today! 🙂
New compositions and sound design from me for this new piece of theater: A Christmas Carol For Edgar Allan Poe. As appears in the article (t.co/1Y0oABJss7) audience feedback post-show is welcome and needed! Are you near Baltimore, MD, U.S. 21-22 December? come join us!
https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/a-christmas-carol-twist-poe-theatre-staged-reading/
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December 7, 2024 at 12:29 AM
New compositions and sound design from me for this new piece of theater: A Christmas Carol For Edgar Allan Poe. As appears in the article (t.co/1Y0oABJss7) audience feedback post-show is welcome and needed! Are you near Baltimore, MD, U.S. 21-22 December? come join us!
@northrnlights77.bsky.social hi hi hi hi hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Northern lights being in the blue sky. Love you! Xo
December 4, 2024 at 6:34 PM
@northrnlights77.bsky.social hi hi hi hi hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Northern lights being in the blue sky. Love you! Xo
Also to be fair, I recently spoke about this (AI cover art for music) to a small group of new composers. To a person, they all agree with @posthuman.bsky.social 🙂
just so you know, if i'm browsing your bandcamp page and see you're using AI for your artwork, I'm probably gonna assume your music sucks and skip on to the next thing without listening.
November 26, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Also to be fair, I recently spoke about this (AI cover art for music) to a small group of new composers. To a person, they all agree with @posthuman.bsky.social 🙂
Hi! I’m posting this a second (and final) time, just in case new followers have any ideas. Thank you for thinking about how to host this >1 gig file 🙂
Ideas wanted 🙂 I recently did a 90-minute perf. underscoring the 1922 silent movie “Nosferatu”. I’d like to share its recording, but at >1gig it’s way too big for #bandcamp. Any ideas on where else I might host it as one file? I don’t have a website. Thank you! 🙂 (maybe it doesn’t /need/ sharing? 🤔)
November 26, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Hi! I’m posting this a second (and final) time, just in case new followers have any ideas. Thank you for thinking about how to host this >1 gig file 🙂
Happy to share I earned a commission to compose for a theater production already accepted into the Maryland One Act Festival. Work due mid-December. The piece is “Clean” by Audrey Cefaly (can’t find a social presence for her).
www.audreycefaly.com
www.concordtheatricals.com/p/60112/clea...
www.audreycefaly.com
www.concordtheatricals.com/p/60112/clea...
Clean (Cefaly) | Concord Theatricals
Lina, a worn out waitress, is having the 'worst day of her life
www.concordtheatricals.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Happy to share I earned a commission to compose for a theater production already accepted into the Maryland One Act Festival. Work due mid-December. The piece is “Clean” by Audrey Cefaly (can’t find a social presence for her).
www.audreycefaly.com
www.concordtheatricals.com/p/60112/clea...
www.audreycefaly.com
www.concordtheatricals.com/p/60112/clea...
So happy (for myself) it was very easy to get back in the saddle. Am already up to converting the 6th scene. 🙂 #Dorico
Soon after the Finale users —> Dorico, I happily quickly learned enough to convert the overture and second piece in my work-in-progress. Went to pick it back up yesterday… have forgotten much of the #Dorico for lack of reinforced use. Back to it!
November 26, 2024 at 9:11 PM
So happy (for myself) it was very easy to get back in the saddle. Am already up to converting the 6th scene. 🙂 #Dorico
Very honest request: please curate a starter pack of artists willing to create cover art for free, $50 or less, or for exposure. Not being a jerk, I would love this and use it.
Why do you think everything costs a lot of money to get good results? It’s like punk and DIY record labels just passed you by or things like mobile phones and free editing apps exist?
November 26, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Very honest request: please curate a starter pack of artists willing to create cover art for free, $50 or less, or for exposure. Not being a jerk, I would love this and use it.
To be fair, my music probably does suck. But still. Yes, I tried creating my own once (for Sideways Down) and was criticized (appropriately) for the mess of a result, because I suck at art design 🙂 (it has a new cover now, although not AI, FWIW). Was told the music deserved credible cover art. 😀
just so you know, if i'm browsing your bandcamp page and see you're using AI for your artwork, I'm probably gonna assume your music sucks and skip on to the next thing without listening.
November 26, 2024 at 9:05 PM
To be fair, my music probably does suck. But still. Yes, I tried creating my own once (for Sideways Down) and was criticized (appropriately) for the mess of a result, because I suck at art design 🙂 (it has a new cover now, although not AI, FWIW). Was told the music deserved credible cover art. 😀
Because use of one domain equates to skill in another?
Serious request: if you’re an artist or graphic designer willing to do my cover art for free, please DM me. I have three coming out in the next few months.
Serious request: if you’re an artist or graphic designer willing to do my cover art for free, please DM me. I have three coming out in the next few months.
just so you know, if i'm browsing your bandcamp page and see you're using AI for your artwork, I'm probably gonna assume your music sucks and skip on to the next thing without listening.
November 26, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Because use of one domain equates to skill in another?
Serious request: if you’re an artist or graphic designer willing to do my cover art for free, please DM me. I have three coming out in the next few months.
Serious request: if you’re an artist or graphic designer willing to do my cover art for free, please DM me. I have three coming out in the next few months.
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Trans lifeline 1-877-565-8860
Trevor project 1-866-488-7386
SAGE elder hotline 1-877-360-5428
Trans lifeline 1-877-565-8860
Trevor project 1-866-488-7386
SAGE elder hotline 1-877-360-5428
November 21, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Here's some numbers just in case anyone needs them. I know it doesn't feel like it but there's so much to live for. Reach out if you need it.
Trans lifeline 1-877-565-8860
Trevor project 1-866-488-7386
SAGE elder hotline 1-877-360-5428
Trans lifeline 1-877-565-8860
Trevor project 1-866-488-7386
SAGE elder hotline 1-877-360-5428
Soon after the Finale users —> Dorico, I happily quickly learned enough to convert the overture and second piece in my work-in-progress. Went to pick it back up yesterday… have forgotten much of the #Dorico for lack of reinforced use. Back to it!
November 19, 2024 at 3:54 AM
Soon after the Finale users —> Dorico, I happily quickly learned enough to convert the overture and second piece in my work-in-progress. Went to pick it back up yesterday… have forgotten much of the #Dorico for lack of reinforced use. Back to it!
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Periodic reminder that I am available for commissions! I write highly eclectic and detailed music and my absolute favorite part of composition is working in detail with performers to find the things they like doing on their instrument and exploring through myriad lenses 😊
September 3, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Periodic reminder that I am available for commissions! I write highly eclectic and detailed music and my absolute favorite part of composition is working in detail with performers to find the things they like doing on their instrument and exploring through myriad lenses 😊
I think the Cat’s Cradle string game (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s...) from my childhood was merely a learning tool for untangling skeins of yarn as an adult. 😀
Cat's cradle - Wikipedia
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November 19, 2024 at 3:28 AM
I think the Cat’s Cradle string game (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s...) from my childhood was merely a learning tool for untangling skeins of yarn as an adult. 😀
Ideas wanted 🙂 I recently did a 90-minute perf. underscoring the 1922 silent movie “Nosferatu”. I’d like to share its recording, but at >1gig it’s way too big for #bandcamp. Any ideas on where else I might host it as one file? I don’t have a website. Thank you! 🙂 (maybe it doesn’t /need/ sharing? 🤔)
November 18, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Ideas wanted 🙂 I recently did a 90-minute perf. underscoring the 1922 silent movie “Nosferatu”. I’d like to share its recording, but at >1gig it’s way too big for #bandcamp. Any ideas on where else I might host it as one file? I don’t have a website. Thank you! 🙂 (maybe it doesn’t /need/ sharing? 🤔)
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November 16, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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Don't arrive late to the party and ignore a bunch of people.
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Don't arrive late to the party and ignore a bunch of people.
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Today is the first of five rehearsals until our staged reading of the new work “A Christmas Carol for Edgar Allen Poe”! Looking forward to premiering several <5 minute works for the play. (Plus the rest of the sound design! Hoping the ghoul attack effect is acceptable 😉) #Theater #Poe
November 16, 2024 at 3:17 PM