Blarter Music commenced operations in 1995 with a jingle for a national Television and Radio campaign. Since then it has composed music for advertising, short films, TV promos, TV station signature tunes, and TV show themes and backgrounds. You can hear our work on all the major Australian networks - ABC, 7, 9 & 10 - as well as many cable channels.

Blarter Music's founder, director and principal composer, Denis Carnahan, started writing music in the 1980's, with delusions of being a pop star. For ten years he made a living playing in all manner of venues from Cairns to Wollongong and everywhere in between as far west as Tamworth.

The requisite "tragic band split" saw him re-invent himself as a sound engineer, specialising in TV audio post.  This developed his great ear for production and detail, which has become a trademark for Blarter Music.

WHY BLARTER???

This is the question we are asked most often, and the answer is a little disappointing. We would be much happier answering questions (or fielding complements) about our work.

"Blarter" is the name of a long since passed away pet hen.

Denis Carnahan answered a phone call one day at Audiobrien Digital Recordings where he was working as a sound engineer, asking if they composed music for advertising. With a background of music and an eye for the main chance, he said no (Audiobrien specialise in Audio Post), but that there was a company in house which did.

The caller asked the name of the company. Knowing it was unlikely to be registered as a business name, he said the company was called "Blarter Music". If he got the contract, he would hurriedly register the name and be legitimate. Within two weeks he was composing music for a national television and radio campaign.

Blarter the Hen never new about blartermusic. She was a pet, sired by "Paddles Hadley" (a wyandot/silky bantam cross) out of "Lady Di" (a feral Australorp). She made a slightly unusual noise which sounded more like haaaart..hart..hart..than the traditional noise of a chook. She became known as "The Black Harter" which was subsequently shortened to "Blarter".

Yes, yes, the sound file doesn't sound like haaaart...hart..hart... That's because it's actually "Ginger" a Rhode Island Red/Silky Bantam cross. Sadly no recordings of Blarter exist.