Thomas Brett
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A Short Piece On Listening
Listen so hopefully that the music sings your solution. Continue reading
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Resonant Thought: Marcus du Sautoy’s “The Creativity Code” (2019)
“A creative thought needs to be balanced with a feedback loop which critiques the thought so that it can be refined and generated again.” – Marcus du Sautoy, The Creativity Code (2019), p. 125. Continue reading
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On Copying, Manipulating, and Pasting Musical Parts
One of the few rules of composing music I almost always adhere to is to play every single part myself in real-time. Based on the kind of music I like to listen to, I’m convinced—or I’ve convinced myself—that this approach produces the most reliably interesting results in the shortest amount of time. If I want… Continue reading
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Nine Books About Creativity
Ferran Adria. A Day at elBulli: an insight into the ideas, methods and creativity of Ferran Adria Ed Catmull Creativity, Inc. Marcus du Sautoy The Creativity Code: Art and Innovation in the Age of AI Ken Kacienda Creative Selection Kyna Leski The Storm of Creativity David Lynch Catching The Big Fish: meditation, consciousness, and creativity… Continue reading
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Production Moves: Merging Sounds And Processes Through Tiny Cumulative Changes
Much of my music production time is spent making tiny changes, often because I can’t figure what more significant thing I need to do. So I go small. Here’s the scene: the piece is just okay, and progress on it is just okay, and the finished thing may too be destined to be just okay.… Continue reading
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Walking Music
Music is a scent you catch walking down the street corn over coals: a BBQ a cottage a dock on a lake jumping into dark water long past summer memories triggered from smoke in the air. Continue reading
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