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On Musical Synergy
When I’m working on a piece I begin with a clear statement of its main part. This serves to introduce both the key and overall mood of the piece, as well the timbre of the part. The main part is always the part that sparked the piece. On my current project, which I’ve been talking… Continue reading
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Notes On Sharing Process
One of the many themes preached by social media gurus is that you need to create content that has value for your audience. The content-value-audience chain of connection is to be upheld at all times, lest your fans lose interest in what you’re doing, in what you’re selling. Is all this is true, then I’ve… Continue reading
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On Being Comprehensive (And Coming Up Short)
One evening I was going through sounds on the computer, listening through effects, trying out combinations, and realizing how faint a grasp I had on the production process. I was both excited and frustrated as I felt my way through a sonic darkness. At the end of the session I scribbled a single phrase in… Continue reading
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Notes On A Music Production Workflow
I know some ways to work, but there are so many routes to get musical things done that each session is a re-thinking of how to work. (Begin anywhere Cage said.) • I began with marimba chord samples that I had recorded a few months back. I played between 20 and 30 different chord rolls—plenty to… Continue reading
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Frames Of Attention: Deciding On Musical Materials
One of the primary tasks involved in building a piece of music or a piece of writing is figuring out as early as possible in the process what materials you’re working with. Our process won’t reveal itself until we’re further along it, so there’s so sense worrying about that until we get there. But our… Continue reading
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Notes On Weezer’s Cover Of A-Ha’s “Take On Me”
“Weezer isn’t stuck in roles, so we just do what we want to do, what makes us excited.” -Rivers Cuomo, Weezer I’m listening to Weezer’s cover of “Take On Me”, a synthpop hit from 1984 by the Norwegian band A-Ha. I like both versions of the song: the original was exceptional—a song almost sublime in… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Paul Bertolli’s “Cooking By Hand” (2003)
“ “Most of all, I’ve learned that the art of cooking consists largely of ‘watching’ with all the senses.” “To keep a pear in mind as it ripens is to practice cooking in its simplest form. It is through such observance of any food from the point of purchase throughout its preparation and later in… Continue reading
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