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  • July 10, 2020

    Drone and Bell

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    bells, drone, Uncategorized
  • July 9, 2020

    Resonant Thoughts: Brian Eno On Moire Patterns In Music

    “A Moiré pattern is an interference pattern produced by overlaying similar but slightly offset templates. A simple example is obtained by taking two identical ruled transparent sheets of plastic, superposing them, and rotating one about its center as the other is held fixed.” – wolfram.com “Now a moire pattern… is actually a very good analog… Continue reading

    generative music, moire patterns, Resonant Thoughts, Uncategorized
  • July 8, 2020

    No. 54 (gong)

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    design, Electronic music, sketch method, Uncategorized
  • July 7, 2020

    Art About Music: Simeon Solomon’s “A prelude by Bach” (1868)

    This photo was submitted by my friend (and brettworks blog reader) Talia. She notes: “Simeon Solomon’s life and work seem pretty interesting. I’m not quite into Victorian art, but this gathering reminds me of playing easy Bach pieces for family members. And maybe it looks even more interesting in the age of social distancing.” Continue reading

    art about music, Uncategorized
  • July 6, 2020

    Two Lines

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    echo and delay, Electronic music, sketch, sketch method, Uncategorized
  • July 3, 2020

    Resonant Thoughts: Donella H. Meadow’s Guidelines for Living in a World of Systems

    Get the beat of the system. Expose your mental models to the light of day. Honor, respect, and distribute information. Use language with care and enrich it with systems concepts. Pay attention to what is important, not just what is quantifiable. Made feedback policies for feedback systems. Go for the good of the whole. Listen… Continue reading

    complexity theory, Resonant Thoughts, Uncategorized
  • July 2, 2020

    Four Rhythms

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    rhythm, sketch, Uncategorized
  • July 1, 2020

    From Fretting To Positioning To Encounter Interestingness

    I used to fret about how I would begin a musical project. My way out of this quandary was to make recordings based on a single sound sample—a Tibetan singing bowl for Singing Bowl Music, Tibetan finger cymbals for Finger Cymbal Music, a Thai gong for Gong Music, crotales for Organ and Crotales Music, and… Continue reading

    Uncategorized, workflow, x-factors
  • June 30, 2020

    Brett’s Sound Picks: Beatrice Dillon’s “Workaround Eight” (2020)

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    Brett’s Sound Picks, Uncategorized
  • June 29, 2020

    No. 69

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    composition, Electronic music, music production, sketch method, 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.

Recent Posts

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  • Stolen Moments Are Open-Ended
  • Opening (Remodel)

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