Thomas Brett
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Notes On A Guitarist’s Tone
This week, Spotify’s algorithm sent some unusual music my way. The track was Robert Fripp’s “Music for Quiet Moments 28—Time Stands Still” from a recorded concert in 2006. Fripp is the founder of King Crimson, and also a legendary guitarist. Since the early 1970s he has developed various looping systems—from reel to to reel tape Continue reading
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Brett’s Sound Picks: Lorenzo Senni’s “Vandalize Music” (2020)
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Twenty Frames For Thinking About Creativity
Adjacent possible. This concept describes how biological systems can transform into more complex systems via small changes or gated rates of discovery. It comes from Stuart Kauffman, who writes in his book Investigations (2002) that “a biosphere gates its way into the adjacent possible at just that rate at which its inhabitants can just manage Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Paul Morley’s “A Sound Mind” (2020)
Everyone could find what they wanted now, quickly and efficiently, guided by genial, anonymous calculations, by ever-increasing playlists, by a proliferation of genres that almost bureaucratically processed and filed music for driving, sleeping, motivating, studying, eating, chilling, isolation, concentrating, shopping, swapping, dancing, night-time, Thursday. It became a world that was looking for user-friendly tips and Continue reading
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Brett’s Sound Picks: Olivia Belli’s “Lullaby for a Distant Angel (After Beethoven)” (2020)
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