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  • February 8, 2022

    Art About Music: Adriaen van Ostade’s “Village Musicians”(1645)

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    art about music
  • February 7, 2022

    Compositional Principles

    Capturing a live performance is worth more than re-playing a sample. A clear process of making results in a clear experience of listening. Have the music sounding coherent at each stage of its crafting.  Seek sounds compelling on their own. Pay attention to those (fleeting) moments the music takes you outside of itself. How did… Continue reading

    composition
  • February 3, 2022

    Brett’s Sound Picks: Christian Löffler’s “Satie: Enfantillages pittoresques: II. Berceuse (Christian Löffler Rework)” (2022)

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    Brett’s Sound Picks
  • February 2, 2022

    Music Aphorisms

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    music aphorisms
  • February 1, 2022

    Art About Music: Nikiforos Lytras’s “Carols” (1872)

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    art about music
  • January 31, 2022

    Cadences 18

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    Uncategorized
  • January 28, 2022

    After Ambient

    “If you listen to a Beyoncé record through a wall it’s not exhausting, it’s warm.” Brian Eno If you make electronic music and are into generalizing, you know that there are two broad sub-categories of style into which your music might be placed. There’s dance music, which is usually music with some kind of beat.… Continue reading

    ambient music
  • January 27, 2022

    Art About Music: Jacob Ochtervelt’s “Street Musicians at the Door” (1665)

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    art about music, music and social class
  • January 26, 2022

    Cadences 12

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    play
  • January 25, 2022

    Music Aphorisms

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    music aphorisms, Uncategorized
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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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