Thomas Brett
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Resonant Thought: Stephen Morris’s “Record Play Pause” (2019)
“Drummers have an odd relationship with time–they hate being late. I know that sounds like a joke but it’s true. Not just in music but in life. Turning up late for an appointment really annoys them. It fills me with a sense of failure. Every drummer I know gets uptight and obsesses about tardiness, as… Continue reading
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1000 Alignments
Fix the structure. Fix the mix. Fix the order. Fix the bliss. Fix the treble. Fix the bass. Fix the reverbs. Fix the space. Fix the rhythms. Fix the beats. Fix the quantize. Fix the key. Fix the panning. Fix the flow. Fix the aura. Fix the tone. Fix the repetition. Fix the time. Fix… Continue reading
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Finding Repetition’s Vertical Enchantments Hidden Within Linear Composing
Most of the time when I’m producing music I approach it in terms of a through-composed journey through time—a getting from one place to another. The clearest example of such a journey is a free improvisation, say at the piano, which I do a lot. When I improvise I tend to move outwards from a… Continue reading
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