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Music

Music, for me, begins long before the first note is played. It starts in the quiet — in that small, attentive space where story, emotion, and sound learn to trust each other.

Composing is a relationship: the notes reveal themselves slowly, the narrative offers its own kind of truth, and I simply listen for the moment they meet. What emerges is less a piece of music and more a shared breath — something shaped between us, held lightly, and offered with care.

Michael Coltham Orchard
Music that is ideal for listening to whilst reading

'Alone' is featured on Spotify's editorial playlist, 'Instrumental Reading.'

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