resonance
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Alan Watts On Resonance As Consciousness
In his book The Tao of Philosophy, Alan Watts (1915-1973) talks about resonance as a form of consciousness: “when I tap on this crystal, which is glass, it makes a noise. Now that resonance is an extremely primitive form of consciousness…when you hit a bell it rings, or you touch a crystal and it responds, Continue reading
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On How The Shape Of A Sound Shapes Us
I noticed a simple thing the other day while working on some music. The sounds I was working with were long tones with slow attacks and long decays. (Can you guess the instrument?) What I noticed was how instantaneously the shape of the sounds shaped me. The sounds literally slowed me down–making me feel as Continue reading
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On Drumming, Primitiveness, Wood, And Overtones: Michael Gordon’s “Timber”
You could make the argument that percussionists are as defined by their musical actions as by the objects of those actions–by the fact that they percuss on whatever can be percussed upon. And they don’t just play snare drums, timpani, and xylophone either. Partly thanks to the influence of “world” percussion traditions (of Indonesia, sub-Saharan Continue reading
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