ventrilo-dialogue
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Ventrilo-Dialogue: A Conversation With A Subway Musician
Subway Musician: People rarely pay attention when I’m playing music. Tom: Oh, okay, I guess we’ve already begun our conversation! SM: Everyone is always rushing by and no one has time for music. T: I would love to hear more about that. But first, thanks for taking the time to talk with me. SM: No Continue reading
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How Do You Listen To Music?
How do you listen to music? Do you listen analytically, trying to dissect it into its component parts? Do you listen impressionistically, letting it roll over you like waves? Do you lock into the beat or sing along to the melody? What in the sounds draws you in and keeps you there? Is this where Continue reading
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Ventrilo-Dialogue: An Imagined Conversation With Harold Budd
Tom: Thanks for talking with me today Harold. Budd: Sure. T: I’ve been enjoying your keyboard music for many years and I’m curious to know how you came to your way of playing. You once said in a Red Bull interview, “I’m not a pianist, any piano player will tell you that…Just take responsibility, it’s Continue reading
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Ventrilo-Dialogue: A Conversation Between A Composer And A Remixer
Composer: I want to talk to you about creativity and the differences between my musical work and yours. Remixer: Sounds good. But already I’m wondering why the differences are so crucial to you? C: For one thing, it’s hard for me to consider what you do as music. R: Ahh. Because I don’t play an Continue reading
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Ventrilo-Dialogue: A Conversation With brettworks
Thomas: I get to interview you—finally! Why didn’t we think of this sooner? brettworks: I don’t know, but I was right here the whole time! Thomas: So let’s dive in. Readers are curious: What’s the point of your blog and what, if any, are your plans are for it? brettworks: The point of the blog Continue reading
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Ventrilo-Dialogue: A Poet Meets A Composer
Poet: I take an idea and unravel it into its component parts so that they lie in front of me— a set of word tools used to both assemble and constitute a prose structure based upon the potentials inherent in the idea but in an abstracted musical form. Composer: I take an idea and develop it using Continue reading
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Ventrilo-Dialogue: A Conversation Between Beats And Musical Time
B: MT, hello! MT: Hi there, Beats. What’s on your mind? B: I’m tired. MT: Why? B: Because I feel like I’ve been overused in music. I’m like, everywhere these days. MT: It’s kinda true. Certainly you’re in every pop song. And of course the EDM, boom-boom-boom-boom thing…Craziness. B: Exactly! It’s just getting to be Continue reading
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Ventrilo-Dialogue: A Conversation Among Composers
Johann Bach: I think that the aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul. John Cage: I think that music is everywhere. Arvo Pärt: I have a need to concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be Continue reading
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Ventrilo-Dialogue: Theorist Versus Pragmatist
Theorist: To compose music is to engage philosophically with music. Music is always about other things–about a bigger picture. Pragmatist: Not at all–to compose music is to engage tactilely with putting sounds together. Music is always about just music. T: But surely you want to know to what end you’re doing the organizing? P: I know my Continue reading
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