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Resonant Thoughts: Richard Sennett’s “The Craftsman” (2008)
“Going over an action again and again, by contrast, enables self-criticism. Modern education fears repetitive learning as mind-numbing. Afraid of boring children, avid to present ever-different stimulation, the enlightened teacher may avoid routine-but thus deprives children of the experience of studying their own ingrained practice and modulating it from within.” “The difficult and the incomplete… Continue reading
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The Elegance Of Economy
“I really admire economy more than anything else: elegant ways of making big things happen–which is the opposite of what normally happens in a studio, where you have clumsy ways of making small things happen.” – Brian Eno “Although there is much in this world that is incomprehensible, you can nevertheless discover a meaning as… Continue reading
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Forward Engineering
If reverse engineering means examining a finished work to try to figure out how it was constructed, then forward engineering means examining a work in progress and projecting forward to imagine what it might need to be completed. In music production, having the ability to see how a track will end up would be a… Continue reading
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