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  • February 18, 2020

    Optimize

    On Spotify On Apple Music Continue reading

    advertising, affect, attentional arcs, awesomeness, optimization, Uncategorized
  • February 14, 2020

    Plentitudes

    On Spotify On Apple Music Continue reading

    Electronic music, marimba, minimum force, minor epiphanies, Uncategorized
  • February 13, 2020

    Spotified

    I wonder how many times the music has been listened to lemme check the stats click to see who’s there oh someone in Mexico and Berlin Los Angeles and London they’re streaming it but why that track what do they like how do they use it and what about the others they’re better than the old stuff… Continue reading

    philosophy, Uncategorized
  • February 12, 2020

    Brett’s Sound Picks: Son Zept’s “Arrival” (2020)

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    Brett’s Sound Picks, Uncategorized
  • February 11, 2020

    Art About Music: Leopold August Abel’s “The Musicians At The Ducal Chapel Of Mecklenburg-Schwerin In 1770” (1770)

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    art about music, Uncategorized
  • February 7, 2020

    Working Slow

    “Time passes more slowly for the one who keeps moving.” – Carlo Rovelli, The Order Of Time, p. 38 In running, there’s an approach known as low heart rate training, whereby most of your runs are done at a very relaxed pace. One measures this not by time per mile (e.g. an 8 minute per… Continue reading

    slownesss, time, Uncategorized
  • February 6, 2020

    Aphorism Triptych

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    aphorism triptych, Uncategorized
  • February 5, 2020

    Art About Music: John Singer Sargent’s “Capri Girl on a Rooftop” (1878)

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    art about music, Uncategorized
  • January 31, 2020

    Resonant Thoughts: Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s “In Praise Of Shadows” (1977)

    “Had we invented the phonograph and the radio, how much more faithfully they would reproduce the special character of our voices and our music. Japanese music is above all a music of reticence, of atmosphere. When recorded, or amplified by a loudspeaker, the greater part of its charm is lost. In conversation, too, we prefer… Continue reading

    Resonant Thoughts, Uncategorized
  • January 30, 2020

    Aphorism Triptych

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    aphorism triptych, 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

  • Drumming Diaries: Energies of Performance
  • Brett’s Sound Picks: øjeRum’s “I (2026 remaster)”
  • In The Works: 28 April
  • Resonant Thoughts: John Berger’s “Permanent Red: Essays in Seeing” (1960/2025)
  • Stolen Moments Are Open-Ended

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