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  • November 2, 2026

    Cymbalscapes 5

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    finger cymbals
  • October 31, 2026

    Curating The Week: A History of Western Classical Music, Building AI Models, AI’s Effects on Cognition

    • An essay on a history of Western classical music. “We scarcely know where music resides; we cannot fix it in place; it flows past us; to varying degrees it envelops us, carries us away, floods our mental space. It’s especially hard to disentangle ourselves from music’s emotional content. Great music moulds time, such that… Continue reading

    Curating The Week
    AI, artificial-intelligence
  • October 28, 2026

    Database: Clark on Zero Expectations and the Actual Idea

    “Often it’s the ideas when I only have 10 minutes, I’m very relaxed, absorbed in a particular color, I write some chords with zero expectations and it will turn out to be the first track on an album. In a way, initially at least I’m distrustful about all the narratives I’m spinning about what I… Continue reading

    database (a cache of perceptions), Uncategorized
  • October 27, 2026

    Fine-Tuning

    Jost Amman, Der Lautenmacher (1568) “Everyone knows what attention is. It is the taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought. Focalization, concentration, of consciousness are of its essence.”William James, The Principles of Psychology (1890) “Reality has a surprising… Continue reading

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    attention, music, perception, writing
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Thomas Brett is a musician and writer who holds a PhD in ethnomusicology from New York University. He is the author of Principles of Electronic Music Production and The Creative Electronic Music Producer, a book described by Sound On Sound magazine as “a deep philosophical analysis of the various creative inspirations, ideas and processes involved in producing electronic music.” His essays have appeared in the journals Popular Music and Popular Music and Society, as well as edited collections by Routledge, Oxford, and Cambridge University presses. Thomas has played percussion on Broadway since 1997 and writes about music at brettworks.com.

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  • Cymbalscapes 5
  • Curating The Week: A History of Western Classical Music, Building AI Models, AI’s Effects on Cognition
  • Database: Clark on Zero Expectations and the Actual Idea
  • Fine-Tuning
  • Suspiramus

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