Blair Joscelyne

Life

Blair Joscelyne's early life was spent in Launceston, Tasmania. His father was a radio broadcaster, his mother had studied violin, his paternal great grandfather was a pianist and pipe organist, and both his grandfathers played keyboard instruments, so from an early age music influenced his life. The family moved to Sydney when his father was appointed as Managing Director of AWA Media and 2CH. Blair studied at the University of Western Sydney-Nepean (BA-Music Honours), Sydney Conservatorium of Music (Jazz) and the Berklee College of Music (Composition). He now lives in Sydney.

Career

After graduating from university he began working as a composer and audio engineer in the advertising industry. His music has been used in feature and short films as well as national and global advertising for companies such as Smirnoff, Visa Inc, Jetstar, BMW, Ford, Wrigley Company, Discovery Channel, Lexus, Mazda, National Geographic Channel, Touchstone Pictures and Cascade Brewery. He has released four albums – 1978 (Solo), "The Sea Brings Rivalry", Finding May as part of the duo Finding May and "Coming Up For Air" under the name 'Solar'. The self-titled album from Finding May achieved considerable commercial success with songs licensed for use in high profile TV shows and advertisements. The song "Rain Hail or Shine" was used by Arnott's across all of their commercials in 2009 while the song "Join In" was used in a TV commercial for Origin Energy which won the MADC for "Best use of a song in advertising 2009".

"Finding May" also produced and performed the theme song for Jetstar Airways in Australia

In March 2014, MOOG composed, recorded and produced the soundtrack to the MightyCarMods movie "Kei to the City". This soundtrack album reached all-time eighth most downloaded album on iTunes in Australia, and became the number one most downloaded electronic album in Canada, and Australia.

In 2015 he composed, recorded and produced the music for the National Geographic Channel series "Tales by Light". His music for this series was described as capturing the essence of the images with pure beauty.

Mighty Car Mods

Blair Joscelyne currently hosts, together with Martin Mulholland, an online car modification show entitled Mighty Car Mods, now featured as a series of episodes on YouTube. Gavin Tyrrell, who is a director and motion effects artist, creates the intro sequence for each season of the show. The show is entirely shot, edited and hosted by Blair and Martin, and it has become Australia's No. 1 online DIY automotive show. Their feature-length film, Turbos and Temples, follows the two hosts on a journey around Hokkaido, Japan. The film received positive reviews when it premiered at Hoyts Cinemas at Fox Studios, Sydney in February 2011. It is available on YouTube, DVD and Blu-ray. After the tsunami in Japan in 2011, proceeds from the sale of the film were donated to the Japanese Red Cross. Their second feature-length film "Kei to the City" has exceeded 3 million views on YouTube.

Referred to on the show by Marty as "MOOG" (an alias of Blair's referring to his notable work in the music industry) they film the show on Marty's mum's driveway, in her garage, and in a shed in Western Sydney. The two enlist the help of various guests and experts in the automotive industry, most of whom are members of the Mighty Car Mods online Forum. YouTube: on the show "Its Top Gear Meets Wayne's World with some Mythbusters thrown in!" Blair's consistent use of the slang term Mad (a colloquialism for good or cool in terms of aesthetic desire) and other various antics add a satirical tone to the show, making each episode a mix of practical information and humorous entertainment.

The first episode was filmed in late 2007/early 2008 with MOOG's 2001 Daihatsu Cuore L700, also known as the Mira in Japan. They also built a similar Daihatsu Cuore as the 3-Part Premiere of Season 3. In the Season 1 finale, they built a Ford Laser called the "TRD Lazer" (TRD LZR for short), which was also featured in their music video.

They also upload videos to their second channel called MCMTV2, showing the behind the scenes and music from the show.

Filmography

This is a list of films where Joscelyne has composed soundtracks.

Discography

This is a list of albums Joscelyne has composed under the name Moog.