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The Real, The Virtual, and Thinking Compositionally
Max Ernst, Saint Cecilia (Invisible Piano) (1923) For many electronic music producers, composing is characterized by a tension between what feels real and what feels virtual. I divide my time between playing parts on MIDI keyboard controllers and exploring the possibilities of the digital. Software is exciting because it does so many things. I use… Continue reading
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Art About Music: “When Is That Young Man Going Home?” (1931)
“When Is That Young Man Going Home?” (Centralia Daily Chronicle, 24 August, 1931 ) Continue reading
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Database: Laura Cannell On The Mechanics Of Acoustic Instruments, Improvising, And Simple Motifs
“I’m not trying to re-create anything, especially not early music, but I am also attached to the fact that human anatomy and the mechanics of violins and recorders haven’t changed in over a thousand years, so we are inherently connected to the physical feelings and patterns that musicians would have experienced throughout the last millennium.”… Continue reading
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