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We are a passionate about the services we deliver.
We work first and formost for your vision, but we also bring our soul to everything we do.
We believe we bring a broad based set of capability and experience gleaned and successful projects with significant artists and productions. .
We are extremely collaborative and team based, and work extremely hard to understand what our clients want and need. We will always bring our talents to the project, but listening is key.
Our facilities include a professional grade recording studio, Digital film studio, animation and 3d modelling facilities used exclusively by our composer team. This enables us to meet deadlines and keep quality excellent.
We work in partnership with you at all times and this includes our online collaborations with optical fibre secure online recording services and file sharing servers
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Submission: Race (the Opera)
Welcome
Thank you for accepting our invitation to view our submission for Race (the opera).
Race has become an obsession for our team.
As we delved into the story of Kelly Dolphus Stroud, it has become a fascination of time (past and present), culture, race, reflection, truth, history, pain, triumph and tragedy.
It has engulfed our thoughts.
Our understanding of the music required for this project, is that it transcends the typical - taking the audience to a time where there is so much to understand and comprehend.
It is so simple, yet incredibly complex and demanding of our attention as humans.
Dolphus Stroud seemed to stand both above and within his time. A man with clarity in a time where so many things were so painful.
The Athlete, the scholar and the journey seemed to transcend the moment.
We hope that we are able to capture the passion in this submission.
About Us
Our philosophy
Depac is a team consists of 4 composers, producers, music directors who have, individually or collectively created music locally and globally of many forms, cultures and styles.
Our eclectic team are passionate about collaboration to achieve music that both transcends the human spirit and is equally commercially accessible.
We are a passionate about the art and services we deliver.
We work first and foremost for your vision, but we also hope to bring our soul to everything we do.
We believe we must love a project at all levels, and are best when we have an opportunity to collaborate with highly motivated creative people.
We are extremely collaborative and team based, and work hard to understand what our clients want and need...listening is vital.
We bring a broad based set of capability and experience gained from numerous successful projects with significant artists and productions.
Our facilities include a professional grade recording studio, Digital film studio, animation and 3d modelling facilities used exclusively by our team. This enables us to meet deadlines and keep quality excellent. We work in partnership with you at all times and this includes our online collaborations with optical fibre secure online recording services and file sharing servers.
Please contact for more information or to learn more.
Paul Carmody
pcarmodydepac@gmail.com
+61 413 394 933
Steuart De Hoedt
depacmusic@gmail.com
+61 430 810 653
Marcelle Knapp 'Marcelle'
contact@marcelleonline.com / marcelleknapp@hotmail.com
+61 403 124 609
Our Team
Paul Carmody (Composer, Producer, Engineer and Musician)
Paul started playing music at 3 and has never stopped.
He has an insatiable desire to listen, learn, play and record music...a passion that he feels he was born to explore at every moment.
He studied guitar and piano and was playing live and session at the age of 14.
Discovering Karlheinz Stockhausen and African polyrhythms at College, he took this obsession of diverse music into an music engineering freelance role at major studios in Australia, and playing in music theatre professionally.
He then purchased the worlds first sampler (the Fairlight CMI) and began working with leading artists in producing and composing records that combined tradditional instruments with Samples. A-list artists that were looking to be different began taking notice.
Pioneering the use of samplers brought major and independent Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, RnB acts and produced top 40 tracks.
This journey developed into an intense interest in the heritage and culture of music and a journey to work across the US, UK, Europe, India and Arab regions.
It became an opportunity to collaborate with world class artists and discover more about the origins of genres, combining styles and collaborating.
He gained experience composing, recording, producing in numerous styles, from classical to grunge, and was always on the edge of new music.
He began working with Indian music and learnt how deeply their music meant to them as a society.
Making a number of albums in India, he then brought these learnings to mesh styles across jazz, classical, rock and ambient styles creating fusion and harmony.
Paul returned to create a successful music label with Stuart DeHoedt, developing culturally diverse artists in commercial music and becoming involved in video clips, artist photography (the understanding how light and sound go together).
Invitations to work in music for major events, television and film ensewed as did successful albums, but a yearning to further explore live performance and diverse cultural collaboration is still at the heart of his work.
He believes in developing greatness in artists by allowing them to be themselves, but equally encouraging them to explore their very best to be the artist they wish to be.
Paul started playing music at 3 and has never stopped.
He has an insatiable desire to listen, learn, play and record music...a passion that he feels he was born to explore at every moment.
He studied guitar and piano and was playing live and session at the age of 14.
Discovering Karlheinz Stockhausen and African polyrhythms at College, he took this obsession of diverse music into an music engineering freelance role at major studios in Australia, and playing in music theatre professionally.
He then purchased the worlds first sampler (the Fairlight CMI) and began working with leading artists in producing and composing records that combined tradditional instruments with Samples. A-list artists that were looking to be different began taking notice.
Pioneering the use of samplers brought major and independent Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, RnB acts and produced top 40 tracks.
This journey developed into an intense interest in the heritage and culture of music and a journey to work across the US, UK, Europe, India and Arab regions.
It became an opportunity to collaborate with world class artists and discover more about the origins of genres, combining styles and collaborating.
He gained experience composing, recording, producing in numerous styles, from classical to grunge, and was always on the edge of new music.
He began working with Indian music and learnt how deeply their music meant to them as a society.
Making a number of albums in India, he then brought these learnings to mesh styles across jazz, classical, rock and ambient styles creating fusion and harmony.
Paul returned to create a successful music label with Stuart DeHoedt, developing culturally diverse artists in commercial music and becoming involved in video clips, artist photography (the understanding how light and sound go together).
Invitations to work in music for major events, television and film ensewed as did successful albums, but a yearning to further explore live performance and diverse cultural collaboration is still at the heart of his work.
He believes in developing greatness in artists by allowing them to be themselves, but equally encouraging them to explore their very best to be the artist they wish to be.
Steuart De Hoedt (Composer, Producer, Musician)
Born in Columbo Sri Lanka ,Steuart and his family emigrated to Melbourne Australia due to civil war.
For him, Melbourne lived up to its reputation and commitment to mulicultural life and deep acceptance of cultural diversity, so he thrived within the musical community.
Obsessed with melodies and the way they affect the soul, Steuart has incredible skills in writing melodies that jump out from the pack.
Steuart started as a prodigy drummer in a noted Jazz band at just 14 years of age, and he quickly escalated to a session drummer and live performer working with notible bands of the day.
He became facinated by the growing fusion of electronica (Kraftwork) and its effect on hardcore German music and entrenched himself in a collective of eclectic musicians from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
Because he needed to get melodies out of his head and into scores, he took up the keyboard and become both a player and programmer to fulfill his destiny.
From there, he has worked with successful bands and found his talent for composing in demand.
While artist collaboration became his passion, he needed a way to find his own path, which eventually lead to starting his own band, where he found his writing skills put to the test.
The success of his band lead him to performing to large audiences and his incredibly unique writing talent to the attention of Paul Carmody to complete an album. This started a musical bond that would last.
Together they discovered their combined interest and passion for creating music without boundries was intoxicating, so they formed Depac to create a place for their passion.
Some would say his incredibly diverse and ecclectic taste in music (e.g. Mozart, Nine Inch nails, Michael Jackson, McCartney, Duke Ellington) seems unfathomable, but the key is that they are all melody driven at the core - and melody driven music is at his core.
Born in Columbo Sri Lanka ,Steuart and his family emigrated to Melbourne Australia due to civil war.
For him, Melbourne lived up to its reputation and commitment to mulicultural life and deep acceptance of cultural diversity, so he thrived within the musical community.
Obsessed with melodies and the way they affect the soul, Steuart has incredible skills in writing melodies that jump out from the pack.
Steuart started as a prodigy drummer in a noted Jazz band at just 14 years of age, and he quickly escalated to a session drummer and live performer working with notible bands of the day.
He became facinated by the growing fusion of electronica (Kraftwork) and its effect on hardcore German music and entrenched himself in a collective of eclectic musicians from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
Because he needed to get melodies out of his head and into scores, he took up the keyboard and become both a player and programmer to fulfill his destiny.
From there, he has worked with successful bands and found his talent for composing in demand.
While artist collaboration became his passion, he needed a way to find his own path, which eventually lead to starting his own band, where he found his writing skills put to the test.
The success of his band lead him to performing to large audiences and his incredibly unique writing talent to the attention of Paul Carmody to complete an album. This started a musical bond that would last.
Together they discovered their combined interest and passion for creating music without boundries was intoxicating, so they formed Depac to create a place for their passion.
Some would say his incredibly diverse and ecclectic taste in music (e.g. Mozart, Nine Inch nails, Michael Jackson, McCartney, Duke Ellington) seems unfathomable, but the key is that they are all melody driven at the core - and melody driven music is at his core.
Marcelle (Composer, Producer, Musician)
Marcelle's music and performance career began at a very young age. Her earliest credits were in ballet productions with Australian Ballet, Australian Ballet School, National Theatre and the Victorian Opera Company.
Marcelle's focus turned to singing upon acceptance into Melbourne's Conservatorium of Music, where she studied opera with renowned soprano, Merlyn Quaife. On completion of her Bachelor of Music, she was cast in numerous musicals, one woman shows and tours throughout Australia.
Film and television have also played significant roles in Marcelle's career to date. She has featured in several international television series including 'The Workers' (Southern Cross Austereo), 'WOW' (Shanghai Media Group) and 'Neighbours' (Fremantle Media).
This back-story perhaps brings creative context to Marcelle, the singer/songwriter. Her music has been described as a 'blend of authenticity with jagged theatrics'. She is an artist driven by an innate desire to engage, with an eclectic palate, vast knowledge and appreciation for the power melody's language to convey the human state.
Marcelle brings a tenderness and emotional IQ to her compositional work. She composes with heart and soul from the preformers point of view. She is deeply attracted to the listener experience. He lyrics are a genuine specialty where she mixes depth and complexity with accessiblity and simple.
Marcelle's music and performance career began at a very young age. Her earliest credits were in ballet productions with Australian Ballet, Australian Ballet School, National Theatre and the Victorian Opera Company.
Marcelle's focus turned to singing upon acceptance into Melbourne's Conservatorium of Music, where she studied opera with renowned soprano, Merlyn Quaife. On completion of her Bachelor of Music, she was cast in numerous musicals, one woman shows and tours throughout Australia.
Film and television have also played significant roles in Marcelle's career to date. She has featured in several international television series including 'The Workers' (Southern Cross Austereo), 'WOW' (Shanghai Media Group) and 'Neighbours' (Fremantle Media).
This back-story perhaps brings creative context to Marcelle, the singer/songwriter. Her music has been described as a 'blend of authenticity with jagged theatrics'. She is an artist driven by an innate desire to engage, with an eclectic palate, vast knowledge and appreciation for the power melody's language to convey the human state.
Marcelle brings a tenderness and emotional IQ to her compositional work. She composes with heart and soul from the preformers point of view. She is deeply attracted to the listener experience. He lyrics are a genuine specialty where she mixes depth and complexity with accessiblity and simple.
Daniele Buatti (Composer, Producer, Musician)
Daniele is a Melbourne-based Music Director, Arranger, orchestrator, pianist.
He's highly diverse and extensive skills find him preparing music for corporate events, musical theatre works and commercial productions with Depac.
Daniele has been the resident musical and creative director of Melbourne's Broadway Unplugged since it launched in 2013 which sees him leading a phenomenal band, whilst arranging and performing a vast array of repertoire for each of their monthly events.
Once a year, Daniele presents Broadway Unplugged at the Royal Botanic Gardens, leading a phenomenal 15 piece band with entirely custom arrangements.
Daniele can be seen behind the piano at several piano bars across Melbourne including Uptown Jazz Cafe and Jasper's Jazz Club. He also runs a musical theatre open mic night called Be You. With a love for teaching, Daniele can be seen at school's around Melbourne such as the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), Federation University, Jason Coleman's Ministry of Dance and the Australian Institute of Music (AIM).
Our Collaborative Soul
Daniele is a Melbourne-based Music Director, Arranger, orchestrator, pianist.
He's highly diverse and extensive skills find him preparing music for corporate events, musical theatre works and commercial productions with Depac.
Daniele has been the resident musical and creative director of Melbourne's Broadway Unplugged since it launched in 2013 which sees him leading a phenomenal band, whilst arranging and performing a vast array of repertoire for each of their monthly events.
Once a year, Daniele presents Broadway Unplugged at the Royal Botanic Gardens, leading a phenomenal 15 piece band with entirely custom arrangements.
Daniele can be seen behind the piano at several piano bars across Melbourne including Uptown Jazz Cafe and Jasper's Jazz Club. He also runs a musical theatre open mic night called Be You. With a love for teaching, Daniele can be seen at school's around Melbourne such as the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), Federation University, Jason Coleman's Ministry of Dance and the Australian Institute of Music (AIM).
We are obsessed with music collaboration across cultures. This is our joy.
The key to our approach is to listen and immerse ourselves in the project, the people and the culture.
We love to work with other artists and collaborators as we share experiences across the divide.
For us, tolerance and truth is not only about culture and music, but the whole human experience.
While passion is important to be at our best, we are equally obsessed with nurturing individuals with talent, and being part of a team that delivers to commercial realities.
We understand that music also has a commercial side, and we are committed to delivering music that reflects every aspect of the client's needs:
vision, meeting the brief, changing course when asked, cultural backgrounds, the commercial requirements, budget constraints, timelines, marketing objectives and need for worlds best quality.
Culture and Community
Depac is an inclusive team who are privlidged to have worked locally and globally.
Our location in Melbourne Australia is a fiercly multicultural society and this is reflected in the hearts and minds of our team.
We have worked with artists from the Africa, Cook Islands, India, Afganistan, Europe, US, UK and of course Australia. So working with diverse communities has been our life.
Additionally, we hope to pass our learnings of one project to the next.
We feel that this might play a small part in creating an inclusive society that is curious of culture, respects others, and is inclusive of all.
Depac have always lived in the community of music. In our view, collaborating is the most successful path to creating new ideas that allows us to create an experiece for others to ponder.
Environment
Depac have a private commercial grade recording studio (inc. live rooms, mix and mastering), private composing site, digital film studio (including edit suites, animation and 3d modelling).
These facilities are excusively used by our team so we can give certainty to client delivery.
Our studio is a professional hybrid analog/digital for best sound and up to date systems. Our hardware/software in professionally maintained and state of the art. Relevant items include:
- Recording Hardware: Professional studio Record, Mix and Mastering.
- DAWS: ProTools, Cubase, Logic
- Software and samples: Extensive range of plugins and instrument libraries.
- Notation: Sibelius, Dorico, Finale.
- Collaboration: Online Recording facilities (where we run sessions online across the globe).
- Computers: State of the art professional computer systems to handle anything, including film scores.
- Technical: Fibre to the Node for fast, always online, secure servers.
Musical background
Artist Album Highlights
Composing listings only
Real Life
Guitar/Synth Pop
Marcelle
Rock/Pop/Jazz/Classical fusion
G
Latin/Hip Hop/Rap/Jazz/electro fusion
Michael Johnstone
Classical (Feat Harp)
Maori Chief
Tradditional New Zealand Maori with EDM
Sumi Krishnan
Tradditional Indian w/ electronica
Ashok Roy
Tradditional Indian Feat. Sarod
15 Various artists
Afghan, Persian and Arabic musics blended
Vanetta Fields
Gospel/Soul
Track 5
Hip Hop/pop/classical/big band fusion
Souvenir
Electronic Pop
Big River (Cast Album)
Music Theatre (Gospel/soul/country)
Human Zoo
Accoustic Band
Back on Plastic
Electronica experimental
Deej
Rock Electronic
The Workers
Diverse range of cultural fusion
Neighbours
TV Album (Pop/Rnb/Soul)
Ben Dooley
Accoustic Pop
Dance Mission
EDM Pop/Techno
Breakfast at the Bar
Accoustic guitar pop
Movie Wars
Film scores from classical to electronic and operatic
BabyAh
Guitar Rock fused with sample based electonic
Peter Wilson
Electro/Pop
Janey Kitto
Accoustic Rock
Capulets, [Love Fool]
Electro Pop
Prototype
German hardcore Techno
OC2
EDM
Show Of Hands
Pop/Elctro
Tracy T
Techno Pop
Mark Laureston
Electronic Pop
Down Under
Accoustic Pop
Indulge
Diverse Pop
First World
Electronica
Alter Ego
Electronic Pop
Subliminal Playground
Hard core electronica
Xaeja
Diverse EDM
Peter Hodge
Jazz fused with electronca.
Michael Den Elzen
Jazz/Blues/Rock
Kevin Borich
Virtoso Guitar Rock/Pop
Debora Conway
Soul/Pop
Jaycee
Rap/Hip Hop
Selwen
Hip Hop/Soul
Television Highlights
Neighbours
Fremantle Media Global Release
Secret Life of Us
Grundies - AU,UK Release
The Workers
Southern Cross Austereo/Peppermint Blue/Warners NY - AU, Asia, EU Release (68 Songs ecclectic styles)
Grandfather Clock
Musical Childrens Songs - AU
'WAW' (Wine the Australian Way)
Shanghai Media - China Release
Major Event Highlights
Olympics (2000)
Ceremony Songs
Bledisloe Cup
Theme Song
Aust. Fashion Festival
Theme Song
Production, Writing, Engineering, Session Highlights
Michael Hutchence (INXS)
Michael DenElzen (Crowded House, Deborah Conway)
Mother Goose
Janey Kitto
Phil Pomeroy (Pet Shop Boys, Suzi and the Banshees)
Mi-Sex
Southern Sons
Deborah Conway
Josh Abrahams
Dear Enemy
John Annus (Janey Kitto, Kevin Borich)
Steve Connoly (Paul Kelly)
This Digital Ocean
Culture Shock
Kids In The Kitchen
Theatre/Performance Highlights
Big River
Country/Gospel
Oaklahoma
Theatre Country
The Musical
Pop Musical
A Chorus Line
Broadway Jazz
A Little Night Music
Classical
Bring It On
Pop Theatre
The Beautiful Game
Music Theatre
A Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder
Theatrical Light Opera
Not Relevent & Not Listed
Music Mix Engineering and Mastering
Music Production Only
Film Trailers
Video Production & Animation credits
Artistic Awards
Session work
Musical submissions
Demonstration Submissions
Below are the requested contents and some additional content that may be relevant.
Requested Material
Sumission 1: Hang Tight
About:
Written by Depac, Artist "Track5". Track5 are a culturally diverse (Sudan, Australia, UK) three peice band.
Driven by the band, the track is about the difference between the men and women in a tight group of friends. Track5 are influenced by US Hip Hop / Rap / Pop /Jazz / Big Band.
The Operatic/Classical components represent the women (measured and ostentatious) and the Hip Hop/rap/pop/Classical components represent the men (free spirited and diverse).
All instruments and voices are played and then sampled (to contribute to the Hip Hop style).
Downloads / Links:
Music
Sumission 2: Music Scoring Example
About:
Orchestral Arrangement Demonstration
Downloads / Links:
You Tube
PDF
Additional Examples
Additional Music Style Examples
Provided as examples of styles (additional style examples are available on request)
Title: Drive Around
Artist: "G".
Driven by G and his latin band this piece is about a man with a big ego and false bravado.
G is influenced by Latin / US Hip Hop / Rap / Pop / Jazz / Big Band.
The fusion of styles is very much a significant desire for G to match his roots to his musical style.
Most instruments and voices are played and recorded live with some sampled parts.
Music
Title: Movie Trailor
Movie Trailor for Library use. Written to Film (undisclosed) for release.
Music
Reference contacts
Wayne Pilkington
Managing Director
Wayne worked with our team on a Television Program called the "Workers" requiring an ardous 68 significant musical peices to full release standard over 2 years.
The Production was by Aus Stereo with Peppermint Blue/Warner Music NY.
As the senior manager of the Project Wayne can speak to the capability, reliability and quality of our service at all levels.
Contact: Ph (+61) 404 488 555, wpilkington@bigpond.com
Mike Patch
Photographer and Author of Now and Then
Mike worked with our team on producing a song for the Colorado Springs 150 celebrations. We were extremely affected by the way his photographs gave him new insight of cultural changes over time. We provided a song about his journey through his eyes call "My Colorado Home".
Mike can give a first hand account of the care we took to understand his experience, the journey he took and the resulting material as defined by him.
Contact: