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Resonant Thoughts: George Coleman Gow’s “Rhythm: The Life Of Music” (1915)
“At the outset we have to remind ourselves that rhythm is not a factor essentially musical. Psychologically it is the apotheosis of the act of attention— attention at its greatest tension.” – George Coleman Gow, “Rhythm: The Life of Music,” in The Musical Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 4 (October 1915), pp. 637. Continue reading
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Timbrebuilding
“The power of art objects stems from the technical processes they objectively embody: the technology of enchantment is founded on the enchantment of technology. The enchantment of technology is the power that technical processes have of casting a spell over us so that we see the real world in an enchanted form.” -Alfred Gell, “The… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Tristan Garcia’s “The Life Intense” (2018)
“I hear a piece of music, and out of nowhere I’m surprised by an unexpected change of tuning, key, or rhythm. This variation might shake my ear out of its unfeeling slumber, a numbness brought on by what were all-too-predictable changes in the music at hand. Now I get the feeling that the piece is… Continue reading
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On Being Fluid And Deliberate
A fair many years ago at one of my music lessons my teacher, Russell, suggested that I make my body movements more fluid, more deliberate. I was playing a multi-percussion piece for marimba and some tom-toms, moving from one instrument group to another, probably rather abruptly. Russell suggested making the tempo of my gestures match the… Continue reading
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Prototyping And Bias Towards Action, Windows Of Freedom And Unexplored Possibilities
Just as I finish a project and send it off for mastering I start wondering what do next. I have a number of partly- and mostly-finished projects in the cue (usually about four), but this is a moment I could be working on new music—music whose trajectory is still completely uncertain because I haven’t begun.… Continue reading
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Brett’s Sound Picks: Space Afrika’s “Uwëm/Creātiōn” (2018)
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