musical traces
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On How Composers Listen To Their Own Work
Having recently finished a project and waiting for it to be mastered, I found myself spending a few minutes each day listening to the pieces. I did this listening while doing other things like making toast or tidying up the apartment, and more often than not I listened from another room, letting the sounds move Continue reading
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Reflections On Several Musical Projects: Thinking About What Worked (For Now)
Reflecting on some recent musical projects of mine, I noticed a number of techniques and strategies I used to build them: I used my own (sampled) sounds. I’ve written here before about my frustrations with making electronic music. But using my own sounds makes the process personal and somehow more sensible. I improvised a performance Continue reading
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On Musical Traces: Some Favorite Musical Moments Of 2013
Musical memory is an interesting thing. Sometimes we remember with great clarity bits and pieces of a music–a beat, a catchy hook, a lyric, a chord progression. My wife’s memory seems to work this way: she has total recall of the words and melodies of just about any song she’s ever heard. Another kind of Continue reading
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