Thomas Brett
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Keywords: Do It Manually
(Photo: Quino Al) Digital tools promise quick magic, giving the impression that we can make musical things happen by pressing a button, turning a knob, or moving a fader. But speed distracts from quality pursuits. The producer wants to capture as much humanity as possible and the way to do this is to do as Continue reading
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Database: upsammy On Contrasts And Looking For Details In Sound
“With my Zoom recorder I recorded some field recordings and percussive sounds, connecting the music to the visual ideas. I wanted to look for contrasts sound wise, make it sound organic yet digital. Using soft melodies but more bright and icy percussion for example. The act of ‘zooming in’ was a way of working throughout Continue reading
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Database: Moritz Von Oswald On Listening To Backgrounds
“Experimentation, exploring, sound, and listening. To listen to backgrounds. You should always be listening to what is in the background, of whatever it is…I’m trying to round up the capacity of what the ear can perceive.” Moritz Von Oswald database Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Amit Chaudhuri’s “Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music” (2021)
“Riyaaz is the most secret part of yourself – the time you share with no one. You’re listening to yourself: you’re imperfect, as works-in-progress are. You’re self-absorbed, like a bird, and, like a bird, vulnerable to the danger of being discovered. Being interrupted is akin to a bird’s aloneness being shattered by movement. I’ve experienced Continue reading
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Repetition Lessons
(Photo: Brett Jordan) “Repetition is the reality and the seriousness of life.” Soren Kierkegaard “We may find it not so interesting to cook the same thing over and over again every day. It is rather tedious, you may say. If you lose the spirit of repetition it will become quite difficult…Anyway, we cannot keep still: Continue reading
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Keywords: Ear Candy
(Photo: Matt Seymour) The sweet metaphor is not accidental: ear candy are little sounds added in and around a track to sweeten its listening experience, brief explosions of interestingness that bring sparkle, razzmatazz, magic affect and energetic pop to music’s edges. Ear candy are details finessed, differences that make a difference, light in praise of Continue reading
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Database: Stars Of The Lid On Sampling Parts To Make New Instruments
“Most of the ‘strange noises’ are just guitars, strings and horns recorded in different ways. I have a tendency to record a bunch and then just sample parts of what I’ve done. It’s all about laying instruments and making new instruments out of the combination of different instruments’ decay and timbre. But the important part Continue reading
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