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May 12, 2021

Piano And Its Echo

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echo and delay, piano music
May 4, 2021

Memory Vector

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memory, piano music, resonance, space, Uncategorized
May 3, 2021

Piano In A Space

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March 17, 2021

25 August (piano)

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piano music, play
February 1, 2021

Pianodrum

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beats, piano music, sketch
August 31, 2020

Piano, kick, shaker

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August 26, 2020

Brett’s Sound Picks: Illuminine’s “Apprehension, Pt. 2 (Luis Alvarez Rework)” (2020)

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July 20, 2020

Piano and Metals 2

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Electronic music, finger cymbals, kalimba, piano music, Uncategorized
June 2, 2020

Piano In A Space

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improvisation, piano music, Uncategorized
May 27, 2020

Art About Music: Henri Matisse’s “The Piano Lesson” (1916)

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Thomas Brett is a musician and writer who holds a PhD in ethnomusicology from New York University. He is the author of Principles of Electronic Music Production and The Creative Electronic Music Producer, a book described by Sound On Sound magazine as “a deep philosophical analysis of the various creative inspirations, ideas and processes involved in producing electronic music.” His essays have appeared in the journals Popular Music and Popular Music and Society, as well as edited collections by Routledge, Oxford, and Cambridge University presses. Thomas has played percussion on Broadway since 1997 and writes about music at brettworks.com.