Thomas Brett
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Sound Feels
Every sound has its own feel. This feel is primarily a function of the sound’s timbre, but it’s also shaped by the volume of the sound, and the energy of the person making it. Musical instruments are distinguished by their timbre profiles or what is sometimes called their “sound color” or “tone color.” Timbre is… Continue reading
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Country Music
There’s a cricket outside the window singing whole notes in four four one twenty bpm leaving space for wind’s rustle and an occasional car at five am silence autumn music from afar. Continue reading
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Secret Music
Most of the music I enjoy on a weekly basis I share on my Brett’s Sound Picks Spotify playlist. Since this music is new, only time will tell how it ages and whether it will be interesting to listen to a few years or more down the line. But once in a while a recording comes… Continue reading
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On Timers And Timeline Finessing
I wanted to set up a timer on my desk. I would be one of those LED displays—preferably with large blue numbers—that I could place off to the side so that with a glance I’d know how long I had been working. I didn’t have a such a timer, so I settled for my phone… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Richard Seymour’s “The Twittering Machine” (2019)
“It is this matrix that our passions, our desires, are accumulated as data, the better to manipulate and manage them. We confess to the machine while we walk, offering little ambulatory prayers. In doing so, we become cyborg beings: an assemblage of organic and inorganic materials, bits of technology, flesh and teeth, pieces of media,… Continue reading
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