Thomas Brett
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Database: Steve Hauschildt On Starting From A Harmonic Point
“Most of the time, the bedrock of a track is created through chord structures, so I’m starting from a harmonic point rather than a sequence or arpeggio. Once I have that harmonic foundation, I’ll use some sort of aleatoric randomisation or program a sequence or arpeggio into the sequencer.” Steve Hauschildt Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Paul Loomans’ “Time Surfing”(2017)
“Being attuned to time, allowing it to ripen, trusting your intuition, using what emerges. It’s like surfing. Surfing with sensitivity and finesse over the ever-changing waves of time. Time Surfing” (31). “Choose one thing as your main task right now. Don’t have all kinds of different files open simultaneously as you work on them a… Continue reading
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No Direction/Direction
The most discombobulating, yet thrilling part of composing is being without a plan of action for a session. Load an instrument, or noodle on a sound? Improvise some chords? Build a beat? Experiment with effects? Revisit an old project? This considering of options and trying out little things puts us in a space for something… Continue reading
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Critical Listening
(Fernand Khnopff, Listening to Schumann [1883]) Producers who compose-record their own music spend a lot of time in critical listening mode. This is different from casual, everyday music listening, when the music washes over you and takes you into its space. Critical listening attempts to understand what’s really in play and at stake in a… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Tim Berners-Lee’s “This Is for Everyone” (2025)
“What I was beginning to see was that information was meaningless in isolation. Instead, what truly mattered was the relationship between one piece of information and the next. Context…” (59). “What you wanted, instead, was to encourage new and unexpected relationships between pieces of information to flourish. And, to do that, you had to let… Continue reading
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