February 2013
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On Pantha Du Prince And Bell Laboratory’s Elements Of Light
“I think techno music at the moment is just an infrastructure. Basically, it’s not a musical term anymore. It used to be more like straight, technical funk. Nowadays, it is more of an infrastructure where you have certain beat patterns that you can call techno music. But in the end, it’s a social and economic infrastructure. The name… Continue reading
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On Timing And The Nature Of Blogging
Recently I’ve been experimenting with timers–using countdown apps on my phone to time whatever it is I’m working on. Lest you think I’m one of those people who are overly into the analytics of timing everything–I’m not (yet). No, I’m one of those people who generally loses track of time and looks up to marvel at… Continue reading
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Microthought: On Harold Budd’s “Bandits Of Stature”
I listened to the composer’s music solitary while riding the subway– not multitasking, not otherwise occupied. And so the thought came to occupy me, unfolding in slow phrases: What do we value in music? What of its values occupy us? What aural codes do we enjoy resonating with? As I listened to the composer’s music… Continue reading
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On A Not-Knowing Knowledge
The jazz guitarist John McLaughlin says that when he played with Miles Davis in the late 1960s, Davis gave him some advice before a recording session for In A Silent Way (1969): “Play like you don’t know how to play guitar.” McLaughlin, of course, went on to great heights of jazz-Indian music fusion with his… Continue reading
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Microthought: On Musical Process
Music. Music finds a way around us. Music, that subliminal force, finds a way around us, through our ears, into our hearts. Your Music might not be my Music, that subliminal force that finds a way around us, through our ears, into our hearts. If we traded musics, you and I, do we trade minds… Continue reading
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On Lip Syncing And Musical Authenticity
Like a lot of folks, I watched the music acts perform at the Obama presidential inauguration. The Brooklyn Tabernacle choir, singing “Battle Hymn Of The Republic” sounded fantastic; American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson, singing “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee,” sounded smooth and polished; James Taylor’s “America The Beautiful” was a reassuring presence; and megastar Beyonce sounded… Continue reading
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