ventrilo-dialogue
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Ventrilo-Dialogue: A Conversation Between Expression And Experiment
Expression: I make music to express my feelings, my emotions. Experiment: I make music to create feelings and emotions. Expression: I feel a connection between the sounds and how I feel inside. Experiment: I notice a connection between my process and the sounds. Expression: There’s a story to my music. Experiment: Story is something we Continue reading
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Ventrilo-Dialogue: A Conversation With A Popular Singer
T: Rihanna, thank you for talking with me today. R: My pleasure, Tom. It’s nice to have this conversational break. T: I agree. So, lets begin with the obvious. You’re omnipresent in the pop culturescape: it seems that every few weeks one hears your voice on a new song, and your image is everywhere—on TV, Continue reading
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On Influence And Voice
This is a post about influence and voice. It’s about how each of us is influenced by one another–by other writers, musicians, teachers. By voice I don’t mean our actual speaking voices (though those can have their influence too). I mean that something in the character and essence and presence of each of us that Continue reading
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Ventrilo-Dialogue: A Conversation With Arvo Pärt
Chant: “(Advocatam) Llibre Vermell de Montserrat” Arvo Pärt: “Da Pacem Domine” Arvo Pärt: “Mein Weg” Aphex Twin: “Rhubarb” (Note: If you are looking for further musical juxtapositions, press play on the chant clip and when it arrives at 0:05 press play on the first Pärt clip [and turn up its volume slightly] and listen to the mix.) Continue reading
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Ventrilo-Dialogue: A Conversation With Autechre
Autechre, “Dropp” (from EP7) Autechre, “Overand” (from Tri Repetae) Autechre, “Simmm” (from Quaristice) Continue reading

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