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Attention Through Invention And Intention: Notes On Aphex Twin
Recently I was listening to Aphex Twin (Richard D. James)’s music—tracks both older and more recent—and was struck by the ways the music held my attention. James is legendary, in part because of the consistent musicality and inventiveness of his work, and also because his assets as a producer are all-encompassing: his productions are both… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Benedicte Maurseth’s “To Be Nothing: Conversations With Knut Hamre, Hardanger Fiddle Master” (2019)
“Ah, but what is inspiration, exactly? Is it something that comes to us spontaneously? Or is inspiration something that helps the flow of spontaneity? Or perhaps the only way of creating something spontaneous is by using the knowledge we gain from hard, methodical work? I would lean toward the latter. I have never understood people… Continue reading
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On The Musically Untried
The more musical things I try, the more I realize I may not be trying as much new stuff as I could be. The very workflow habits that get me results also keep me in ruts of my own making and returning to my go-to strategies and techniques keeps me from new ways of doing… Continue reading
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