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Curating The Week: Spotify, The Tyranny Of Ideas, The Music Of Breadmaking

“Music on the app is most easily consumed in a disorganized cascade; every song becomes audio ‘content’ separated from a musician’s larger body of work. In short, Spotify does not seem to care about your relationship to ‘your’ music anymore; for long-term users, this has felt like a slow-motion bait and switch.”

“Ideas ride us into battle like warhorses. We can witness, participate in, and even lead these battles, but their true meaning eludes us. We don’t really know where ideas come from, nor how to control them.”

  • A video about the music of breadmaking.
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2 responses to “Curating The Week: Spotify, The Tyranny Of Ideas, The Music Of Breadmaking”

  1. bgigurtsis Avatar
    bgigurtsis

    Hi Brett, love your blog, especially the thought tools / database. Really inspiring. Was wondering if there’s any way to contact you? I’m an artist / choreographer from London exploring how choreography, composition, or even ‘arranging elements in time and space’ can be integrated into one discipline.

    Would love to pick your brain a bit and discuss some of the ideas i’ve found on your website in greater detail, if you have the time of course! My email is bgigurtsis@gmail.com / website billygigurtsis.com.

    Thanks!

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      Thomas Brett

      Hi Billy–Sorry I didn’t get to this earlier but I didn’t notice the comment. Thanks for reading and glad you’re enjoying the database and the thought tools. Some of the ideas on the blog are explored more thoroughly in my book, The Creative Electronic Music Producer. If you have specific questions about any of the material on the website I’m happy to try to answer them, or expand on them, here, if that helps.

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