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How Might I Develop This?
“I should have spent less time worrying and more time building. If you’re not sure what to do, make something.” – Paul Graham From the get-go of working on a new track the most pressing question a producer needs to answer through action is, How might I develop this? Your answer depends on what you’ve… Continue reading
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From Expectation To Receptivity: Nothing Happens, Until Something Does
“To give the moment a chance, you don’t give up after three, four or five minutes of playing. You don’t play the peak moment in the first three minutes. You’re trying to record something you want to listen to again, so you move carefully, so you don’t mess it up. Because when you just hit… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Soetsu Yanagi’s “The Uknown Craftsman” (1972)
“Machine-made things are children of the brain; they are not very human. The more they spread, the less the human being is needed. What seems to be a great advance is also a great step backward; the desire for the natural as opposed to the artificial surely has some basic, unchanging significance. No machine can… Continue reading
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Energies In Music
When a music affects me strongly, I’ll listen to it over and over–because it’s fun but also to give myself time to think about what’s responsible for the music’s emotional impact. One way to think about this impact is in terms of different kinds of musical energies. Yes, we could just as easily use the terms… Continue reading
