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Without Methods, But With Principles
Even though I’m always on the lookout for them, I don’t have any reliable methods for producing music beyond trying out a lot different things and going with those things that sound interesting. But even though I’m without methods, I have relied on a few fundamental principles to move my work along. Principle No. 1… Continue reading
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The One Fell Swoop Principle
I spend a fair amount of time trying stuff out in the depths of my music software. Okay, I’m not actually going that deep—imagine a swimmer ducking under water and going down oh, six feet down. But it’s deep enough to feel the blue calm below the water’s busy surface, deep enough to enjoy the… Continue reading
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Three Significant Soundscapes
Count them — twelve rickshaws outside the theater perched like metal birds bell polyrhythm chimes feel it — organ music inside the headphones pulsing to the footsteps drone notes divided vibrate — bass booms around the passing car invisible halo kick drum and bass currency music’s chump change. Continue reading
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On Music’s Right This Moment’s Dynamism With No End
One of the wonders of music is how it holds our attention despite being built upon moments that keep disappearing into a past of its own making. As the adventurous musicologist David Burrows (who was one of my teachers) observed: “music takes place in its own almost total sonic absence” (“A Dynamical Systems Perspective On… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Stefan Goldmann’s “Presets” (2015)
“I think sidechaining is a perfect mirror image of what’s going on in society right now. It’s an analogy to a society of market criers. A struggle for survival of sounds… [Sidechaining] introduces a new elements into music because it’s a very efficient way of eliminating the need to arrange elements to interact meaningfully.… Continue reading
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