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Stuart McLean

About Me

Stuart McLean is a Canadian composer/producer/arranger/musician/techie/event-crasher who lives and works in London, UK.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 09/05/2006
Band Website: http://www.stuartmclean.net
Influences: John Scofield, Django Bates, Pierre Dørge, Screaming Headless Torsos, Sufjan Stevens, Metalwood, Frank Zappa, Thomas Newman, John Powell, Ben Charest, Ennio Morricone, Michael Nyman, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Counting Crows, Led Zep, Black Crowes, Guns N' F***in' Roses, AC/DC, Bjork, Blues Traveller, Burlap to Cashmere, Ween, Phish, Mike Stern, Pat Metheny, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Bill Frisell, Matt Smith ... and the Beatles.
Sounds Like: An alcoholic monkey.
Your Famous Last Words Will Be:
"I can pass this guy." What Will Your Famous Last Words Be?
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Summer Update

Its been far too long since I updated this blog, but what a time it has been.  Im now using some well deserved vacation time to post this so Ill be brief. In the last few months my studio and li...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:14:00 GMT

String Theory and Monaco Madness!

Another busy month full of exciting prospects. Ive joined a group that calls themselves String Theory and Im working hard on learning all their tunes. Were doing several gigs next week in the m...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:50:00 GMT

New Studio is Up and Rolling!

Its been a long month -- full of moving, sorting, setting up and soldering, but the new studio is up and running. We did our first full-band recording last night! In the new studio weve got:An aco...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:49:00 GMT

New Year, New Studio

It's been far too long since I uploaded something to the blogosphere, but I guess most things in my world have just been chugging along without too much to shout about. There's been the odd surreal e...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:30:00 GMT

The G Plus Album is Now Available Online

A project which I worked on in fits and starts for over a year and a half is finally seeing the light of day. The G Plus Ensemble's new album is being promoted online by Bowers and Wilkins speakers a...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:51:00 GMT

Kind Reviews and Cold Shoulders

Just got back from the International Broadcast Conference in Amsterdam to find my inbox full of a rather diverse mix of emotional triggers. First off, the good news was that the new Dream Machine alb...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:05:00 GMT

Dream Machine and the Bath Guitar Fest

Announcement time! At long last the new Dream Machine album has been released and is available to buy online at dreammachineonline.co.uk or mychoonz.co.uk. I've been working on the production side o...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:28:00 GMT

You know you need a break when...

Do you ever get the feeling that you're spreading yourself a bit too thin? Back in June there was a two week period where, at various times I worked as a composer, musician, sound-designer, video edi...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:18:00 GMT

Renewing the Website

it's a quiet, rainy bank-holiday Monday and I've decided to dedicate part of it to reworking my website (www.stuartmclean.net. I've had some issues with that cute little apple app called iWeb recentl...
Posted by on Mon, 26 May 2008 09:19:00 GMT

What’s goin’ on...

Waay too long since my last blog entry and so much has happened. Here's a quick summary. In the last few months I've......had several pieces of my music were used in the "Screen Nation Awards", broad...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:07:00 GMT