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HELLO AND A WARM WELCOME TO MY PORTFOLIO WEBSITE. MY NAME IS DAN ROYLE AND I AM A MUSIC COMPOSER ACTING UNDER THE ALIAS INVISIBLE FOREST. 

 

MY PASSION IS COMPOSING MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA (VIDEOGAME, TELEVISION AND FILM). I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE HIGHLY VERSATILE AND PROFICIENT AT CREATING EMOTIVE MUSIC IN A VARIETY OF GENRES AND INSTRUMENTATIONS.

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WANTING TO EMULATE MY HEROES AND MAKE MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA, I WAS DRIVEN TO LEARN DIFFERENT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. I STUDIED CLARINET, TAUGHT MYSELF PIANO, GUITAR, UKELELE AND BASS. IN RECENT YEARS, I HAVE BEEN STUDYING AND ACHIEVING CLASSICAL PIANO GRADES WITH THE ABRSM. 

 

RECENTLY, I ATTAINED A FIRST CLASS DEGREE IN MUSIC PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE, SPECIALISING IN PROFESSIONAL QUALITY AUDIO COMPOSITION, RECORDING AND PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES.

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I ALSO HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN SONGWRITING AND LIVE PERFORMANCE. IN PREVIOUS YEARS, I PERFORMED IN SEVERAL BANDS THE IRIE AND SPRUNGLOADED, GIGGING AT CHARITY EVENTS, FESTIVALS AND VENUES SUCH AS THE MAIN STAGE OF LIVERPOOL'S FAMOUS CAVERN CLUB AND THE MANCHESTER ROADHOUSE. I HAVE PERFORMED LIVE ON RADIO AND PERFORMED AS SESSION MUSICIAN ON TV PRODUCTION MIC'D UP TO SUPPORT UPCOMING ARTISTS. I ALSO RECEIVED AN HONOURABLE MENTION IN THE BOOK UNSIGNED, UNSCENE BY MUSIC JOURNALIST JOHN WINSTANLEY. 

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I AM ALWAYS OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITY OF WORKING ON NEW PROJECTS, SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MY WORK, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME.

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Dan