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Musical Endings
I spend a lot of time working on the endings of my tracks. One reason for this is that I’m both glad the music is almost over, and also sad that I didn’t done more with the time I had allotted for it so now I’m trying to conjure more interesting sonic stuff just as… Continue reading
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Differ, Be Important: The Make It More Interesting Concept
interesting – holding or catching your attention; from Latin interesse ‘differ, be important’ A surprising percentage of my production tinkering involves trying to get a part to sound more interesting. Recently I was adjusting piece no. 6, which had never been among my favorite tracks, but I had committed to making it better by increments.… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Donella H. Meadows’ “Thinking In Systems” (2008)
“One of the most powerful ways to influence the behavior of a system is through its purpose or goal. That’s because the goal is the direction-setter of the system, the definer of discrepancies that require action, the indicator of compliance, failure, or success toward which balancing feedback loops work. If the goal is defined badly,… Continue reading
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Journal Note: Tweaking Audibility, One Part At A Time
In addition to writing blog posts, I also write notes to myself about music making. These notes are free of narrative and big picture theorizing, focusing instead on the nuts and bolts of what I did, why I did it, and how it worked out. Some notes do eventually become blog posts, but most of… Continue reading
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