Resonant Thoughts
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Resonant Thoughts: Rival Consoles On Sketching Ideas For Music
“Over the past 5 years I have been sketching compositions on paper. Sometimes they are detailed, specific outlines of what I imagine for the music, sometimes they are how I would like a synth to sound, sometimes they are me thinking out loud about the structure of the music I am working on. The main… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Bill Buford’s “Dirt” (2020)
“I wondered: Is creativity more easily expressed in rigorous structures?” “You learn the old stuff before you try the new stuff. You learn the old stuff in order to do the new stuff. The old stuff is not easy. You are not yet good enough to be creative. A recipe is only an introduction.… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Nick Foster and Simone Rebaudengo’s “On Distortion” (2020)
“A symptom of electronic failure became the defining audio landscape for generations, the ‘bug’ became a ‘feature’ and distortion settings are now commonplace on every available guitar amplifier. The initial aim of amplification technology was to generate an accurate reproduction of an acoustic guitar sound, only louder. In reality the technology morphed and altered the… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: David Chatton Barker On Frequencies
“When I was listening to this situation, it was as though there was another frequency which came through–that wasn’t done by that being played, it wasn’t being done by the combination of these things, but the combination of these things allowed this other frequency to come in.” – David Chatton Barker Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Jean-Michel Jarre On “Oxygène”
“When I started to do electronic music I was obsessed — I more or less forgot that obsession along the way — about not having anything being repeated in exactly the same way. For me it was exactly the opposite attitude to that of Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and all those electronic bands who were doing… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s “In Praise Of Shadows” (1977)
“Had we invented the phonograph and the radio, how much more faithfully they would reproduce the special character of our voices and our music. Japanese music is above all a music of reticence, of atmosphere. When recorded, or amplified by a loudspeaker, the greater part of its charm is lost. In conversation, too, we prefer… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Agnes Martin’s “Beauty Is The Mystery Of Life” (1989)
“We make art work as something that we have to do not knowing how it will work out.” “An artist is a person who can recognize failure.” “The response to art is the real art field. Composition is an absolute mystery.” – Agnes Martin, “Beauty Is The Mystery Of Life.” Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Paul Klee’s “Pedagogical Sketchbook” (1925)
“The father of the arrow is the thought: how do I expand my reach? Over this river? This lake? That mountain?” “Be winged arrows, aiming at fulfillment and goal, even though you will tire without having reached the mark.” Paul Klee, Pedagogical Sketchbook, p. 54. Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Donella H. Meadows’ “Thinking In Systems” (2008)
“One of the most powerful ways to influence the behavior of a system is through its purpose or goal. That’s because the goal is the direction-setter of the system, the definer of discrepancies that require action, the indicator of compliance, failure, or success toward which balancing feedback loops work. If the goal is defined badly,… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Stefan Goldmann’s “Presets” (2015)
“I think sidechaining is a perfect mirror image of what’s going on in society right now. It’s an analogy to a society of market criers. A struggle for survival of sounds… [Sidechaining] introduces a new elements into music because it’s a very efficient way of eliminating the need to arrange elements to interact meaningfully.… Continue reading
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