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Al Harding, the composer and singer of “Light My Way”, the song that accompanies the latest ABC promos has left a comment on this blog, its been left in the original post about the song, and I thought I’d share it with you here. He writes;

Hey Guys,

I have just read your collective kind remarks re my song
‘Light my way”. I can’t believe how much interest it has created. I wish all my clients were as happy, as I spend most of my time composing Film and TV music that goes pretty much un-noticed, or at least un-appreciated !
You have rekindled my enthusiasm to write more songs, so
thanks to you all, particulary for being so passioniate about music !

Al Harding’s website can be found here, and as for those of us who’d like a copy of the song, he says;

“I’m not sure how I will go with providing copies for those interested, as it was commissioned especially for the ABC, but I’m working on it…”

“Laughter Echoes” – spicks and specks, enough rope, the chaser’s war on everything etc.

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The sleeper hit of 2006 (the ‘Garden State‘ of idents if you will) on this site has got to have been the ABC 2006 promos featuring the specially commissioned song ‘Light my way’ by Al Harding. More people have found this website through Google searching “this is where your world starts spinning”, then any other phrase, it even beat “tv idents”.

I think its a brillant song, I’m wondering if there is a full version or if we’re just hearing as much of the song that was written, either way I’d love to hear an original, unedited rendition, if for no other reason then so I can get over it. My sponteneous melodic break outs of “hey yeah, light my way” still gets very odd looks from people.

I can’t imagine any other network going to trouble of actually commissioning a song to be written, if it was on the commercials we’d probably of just got something from the Pussycat Dolls.

Thanks ABC, and thanks Al Harding, you’ve made it a great start to the year.

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I was just about to post video from tonights National Nine News when I noticed that I was up to post number 99, so I thought I’d post something a bit more momentus and self indulgent (..as opposed to this whole blog).

I was saving these for a special occasion, and I guess this will do. I can’t wait for the ABC to start airing West Wing and you can just tell they’re as excited about getting the show as its fans.

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Podcasting is one of those “beautiful” technologies that can really thrive and benefit on a public broadcaster. At the moment Ross and Terri and Harry Shearer’s Le Show is the only thing I’m subsribed too, but when normal programming resumes I try to catch Hack and Sunday Night Safran as well.

The ABC has been really forward in promoting it on the radio but this was the first time I’d seen a TV promo for it, simple but cool.

“The World Beckons” – around the world in 80 treasures, foreign correspondent, life in the undergrowth

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“Challenges are Met” – brat camp, space race, peking to paris

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“Life is Lighter” – worst week of my life, extras, little britain

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These are ABC’s promo’s for all the new shows coming up in 2005, I really like the song, but have no idea what it is.

I’m hoping there’s another one of these out there featuring West Wing, I can’t wait to see how ABC promote it.