repetition
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On Sinister And Dynamic Rhythmic Energy: Laurel Halo’s “Oneiroi”
“I guess I just wanted to record what I was doing live. Basically when I got into the studio to record those tracks I found myself playing around with the patterns more, playing around with the samples more, trying to find what was particularly gripping, or dynamic. I wanted the tracks to have this sinister Continue reading
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On Voice In The Tour De France
“Why do you watch this? It’s pretty repetitive.” “I just kind of trance out.” “Do you like it because it’s soothing and mellow?” “Yes! It’s all about the scenery and especially the voices.” “Okay..Can we watch Wimbledon now?” *** When July rolls around, the world of professional cycling rolls into our apt, bringing the bright Continue reading
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On Using Repetition As A Generative Tool: Yu Yamauchi’s “Dawn”
For five straight months, four years in a row, for a total of 600 days, the Japanese artist Yu Yamauchi lived in a hut near the summit of Mt. Fuji. Every morning at dawn he took photographs of the rising sun, sky and clouds. If you ask me, that’s a cool project. And the photographs Continue reading
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On Advice To A Repetition Hater
“Practice, repetition, and repetition of the repeated with ever increasing intensity are its distinctive features for long stretches of the way.” – Eugen Herrigal, Zen in the Art of Archery Reduced to its essentials, drumming is fundamentally about repetition. Imagine for a moment that you’re a drummer. You stand in front of a snare drum Continue reading
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On Grateful Sound: Thinking Through “Dark Star”
I have a secret: over the past few weeks while riding the subway with headphones on I’ve been listening to the Grateful Dead. And maybe not coincidentally, I haven’t shaved in about two weeks. So as I write this I’m wondering–Are these twin facts somehow related? Do they point to a strange metamorphosis taking place Continue reading
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Haruki Murakami On Repetition
Haruki Murakami, master novelist and enthusiast of long distance running, makes this observation about the repetition of writing, and the experience of repetition itself as a perceptual tool for tweaking the senses: “The repetition itself becomes the important thing; it’s a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind.” Continue reading
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On Lessons From Long Distance Activities Which May Also Apply To Making Music
1. It doesn’t feel great at the beginning. 2. Take it slow at first. 3. Have a plan of action. 4. Add a little each week. 5. Allow time between sessions to recover. 6. The activity itself is discipline. 7. If possible, use the activity as an opportunity for exploration and adventure. 8. Alter your Continue reading
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On Repetition: “Jiro Dreams Of Sushi”
“I would see ideas in dreams.” – Jiro Ono Just as I was beginning to think I might know something about repetition, I watched a film that made me rethink that notion. The film is David Gelb’s documentary Jiro Dreams Of Sushi (2011) which follows around 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono as he works in Continue reading
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Moving Serenity: On The Resonances Of Scott Jurek’s Eat and Run
At first glance, ultrarunner Scott Jurek is an odd bird: he enjoys running astonishingly long and punishing distances like 100+ miles. But at a second, longer glance by way of his lucid autobiography Eat and Run, Jurek seems to be motivated less by extremes as ends in themselves and more as means to help him Continue reading
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On Running, Time, And The Flow Of Non-Thinking Thinking: Running With The Kenyans
Among the joys of Adharanand Finn’s Running With The Kenyans, a succinct and engaging tale of the author’s experiences long distance running training at high altitude in the East African countryside, is the realization that there aren’t really any secrets to East African running prowess besides constant training, continuous pushing of body boundaries, as well Continue reading
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