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who cares if you listen?

  • September 9, 2025

    From The Archives: Marimbafied 2 (12.7.23)

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    from the archives, who cares if you listen?
  • August 15, 2025

    100 Bpm Dub

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    groovology, who cares if you listen?
  • April 25, 2023

    Opal 4

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    who cares if you listen?
  • February 17, 2023

    These Realms

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    who cares if you listen?
  • July 25, 2022

    Once Reverie Sets In

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    who cares if you listen?, why doesn’t he just write about music instead?
  • June 14, 2022

    Ponder

    (from Cadences II) Continue reading

    voice, who cares if you listen?
  • May 26, 2022

    HTD 7

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    sketch method, slow on top of fast, who cares if you listen?

Thomas Brett is a musician and writer who holds a PhD in ethnomusicology from New York University. He is the author of Principles of Electronic Music Production and The Creative Electronic Music Producer, a book described by Sound On Sound magazine as “a deep philosophical analysis of the various creative inspirations, ideas and processes involved in producing electronic music.” His essays have appeared in the journals Popular Music and Popular Music and Society, as well as edited collections by Routledge, Oxford, and Cambridge University presses. Thomas has played percussion on Broadway since 1997 and writes about music at brettworks.com.

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