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  • June 29, 2020

    No. 69

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    composition, Electronic music, music production, sketch method, Uncategorized
  • June 25, 2020

    Brett’s Sound Picks: R Beny’s “Alpenglow” (2020)

      (Parts almost going out of sync, but pulsing together.) (Brett’s Sound Picks 2020) Continue reading

    Brett’s Sound Picks, pulsation, pulseology, Uncategorized
  • June 24, 2020

    No. 22

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    Electronic music, sketch, sketch method, Uncategorized
  • June 23, 2020

    Resonant Thoughts: Matthew B. Crawford’s “Why We Drive” (2020)

    “In the affluent West, many of our energies of innovation seem to be channeled into creating experiences for the consumer that will make him feel good without making demands on him. This trend has been called ‘affective capitalism.’ Examples include computer gaming, pornography, psychoactive drugs, or a well-curated ecotourism adventure. Manufactured experiences are offered as… Continue reading

    analogies, Resonant Thoughts, Uncategorized
  • June 22, 2020

    Sound Design As Mind Design

    One of my music production routines is to build a sound from scratch in a VST synthesizer and then make music with it immediately. I do this most days and now that I think about it, the routine is like a training session, the goal of which is to learn how to produce music from… Continue reading

    Uncategorized
  • June 18, 2020

    Brett’s Sound Picks: Go Go Penguin’s “Embers” (2020)

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    Brett’s Sound Picks, Uncategorized
  • June 17, 2020

    Resonant Thoughts: Guy Sigsworth On Fast And Slow Creativity

    “For me, there are two types of creativity: fast and slow. The spontaneous, explosive side, where I’m generating ideas quickly; and the refining, organising side, where I slowly make it fit together into a satisfying whole. It’s important to know whether, at any moment, you need to be in fast mode or slow mode. I… Continue reading

    Creativity, Thinking Fast And Slow, Uncategorized
  • June 16, 2020

    (Untitled)

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    improvisation, Uncategorized
  • June 15, 2020

    On Music Production Disconnects

    At the center of electronic music production is a disconnect between the technologies of the craft and the feelings I hope to conjure through the sounds. The disconnect arises from the fact that thinking through the potentials of technologies and seeking expressiveness are different ways of being in the world. The technologies I use are… Continue reading

    Electronic music, music production, Uncategorized
  • June 12, 2020

    Curating The Week: Headphones, Steve Reich, Four Piano Music

    • They don’t go on your ears, or over your ears. They sit next to your ears. My favorite headphones. • Steve Reich on composing “Runner”: • Four Piano Music:         Continue reading

    Curating The Week, 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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