heuristics
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Seven Super Heuristics
Can I hear the part perfectly? Is the piece’s structure audible? Is the pacing/tempo right? Nail the part the first time. Stay value neutral and suspend disbelief about the music’s prospects. Close enough for now keeps the process moving. Good taste is the sharpest tool. Continue reading
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Okay For Now
One of the concepts that’s on my mind when I’m producing music is the notion of okay for now. Though it may sound slacker-ish, the mindset describes a settling for whatever I’m doing at the moment and not worrying about if it’s good or bad or where it may or may not be going. (Note: Continue reading
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On Lessons From A Recent Musical Project
The trick is to work swiftly and then stop just before you completely figure out what it is that you’re doing. Continue reading
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On A Not-Knowing Knowledge
The jazz guitarist John McLaughlin says that when he played with Miles Davis in the late 1960s, Davis gave him some advice before a recording session for In A Silent Way (1969): “Play like you don’t know how to play guitar.” McLaughlin, of course, went on to great heights of jazz-Indian music fusion with his Continue reading
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