Thomas Brett
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Database: Steve Hauschildt On Starting From A Harmonic Point
“Most of the time, the bedrock of a track is created through chord structures, so I’m starting from a harmonic point rather than a sequence or arpeggio. Once I have that harmonic foundation, I’ll use some sort of aleatoric randomisation or program a sequence or arpeggio into the sequencer.” Steve Hauschildt Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Paul Loomans’ “Time Surfing”(2017)
“Being attuned to time, allowing it to ripen, trusting your intuition, using what emerges. It’s like surfing. Surfing with sensitivity and finesse over the ever-changing waves of time. Time Surfing” (31). “Choose one thing as your main task right now. Don’t have all kinds of different files open simultaneously as you work on them a Continue reading
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No Direction/Direction
The most discombobulating, yet thrilling part of composing is being without a plan of action for a session. Load an instrument, or noodle on a sound? Improvise some chords? Build a beat? Experiment with effects? Revisit an old project? This considering of options and trying out little things puts us in a space for something Continue reading
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