Three albums of his music are available commercially: Torrid Nature Scenes[2] (Stephen Drury & the Callithumpian Consort), Loose, Wet, Perforated[3] (Guerilla Opera) and Hipster Zombies From Mars[4][5] (Ryan MacEvoy McCullough).
While at the University of Sydney, Vines’s main teachers were Anne Boyd, Peter Sculthorpe and Ross Edwards.
He later completed a PhD at Harvard University, studying with Harrison Birtwistle, Bernard Rands, Magnus Lindberg, Julian Anderson, Lee Hyla, Mario Davidovsky, Judith Weir and Michael Finnissy.
[6] His compositional approach is rooted in the technical resources of the Western classical canon, while embracing sounds and ideas from an array of popular, experimental, Australian and non-Western traditions.
One of his initiatives is Composition Club, where he has taught his students about Peter Sculthorpe, video game soundtracks, Shostakovich, and Ava Max.