And, in his sparetime (where he gets that, I don’t know) he apparently does music for commericials. According to, at least, the title of one of the songs from his CD, Unreleased Electronic Music Volume One, which I believe is a collection of tracks he wrote over a number of years.

I don’t know the origin of the track “Telegraph Commercial 1996,” but I was inspired while listening to it one day to write down its “lyrics.” And then to put those “lyrics” on a Sony Vegas timeline. And off and on over the next week or so, I put together an animation. And I called it… Telegraph 1996.

For this reason, and for kicks as well, I made a short animation in 2004 to promote their new (at the time) album, Marbles. I started off with one of the wallpapers they have for download on their website. I chopped it up into distinct parts in Paint Shop Pro and arranged / animated them in Sony Vegas. The music in the clip is “Marbles I”, the first of four similarly themed tracks on the album. (Not to say there are only four tracks on the album.) I’d thought about doing animations for the other three tracks, but never got around to it.

After asking Marillion’s PR person if it would be okay (got the go ahead), I uploaded the clip to my website at the time and asked people to download and distribute it in order to get the word out on the album. I heard some compliments for the work, but have no idea if it was ever seen by anyone who wasn’t already a fan. Oh well.

If you’d like to check out the album in question, Marbles was released in two versions. A single disc version with eleven track was sold in retail shops. A two disc version with fifteen track was sold only through the band’s website. If fifteen songs seems a bit on the short side for a double CD, note that many of the songs are several (and I mean several) minutes long.

Watch my Marbles I promo

Visit Marillion’s website
Buy the single disc version from Amazon (and help me get some cheddar)
Or buy the double-disc version directly from the band (I get nothin’)