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Trompe-L’Oreille: Notes On An Enchanting Mix
Hieronymus Bosch, The Conjurer (c. 1496 and 1525). An enchanting mix is a sleight of the producer’s hand–a kind of conjuring trick–insofar that it creates the impression that you’re hearing more than you’re hearing, or that somehow the music extends beyond what you’re able to hear—as if it’s fooling your ears. But by what means… Continue reading
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Wont’s And Wills: Notes On Composing
You will have to chose right now, right this very moment. You won’t go back. You won’t judge it positively or negatively. You won’t wonder, What if I had done something else? You won’t worry how it relates to anything. You won’t worry that it sounds too simple or too complicated. You won’t speculate on… Continue reading
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A Banjo And An Accordion (And A Gorilla) Meet In A Mix
Mixing, very roughly described by someone far from having expertise in the matter, is the process of balancing the levels and shapes of the sounds in your mix so that together they create a cohesive and living whole. On the face of it, it doesn’t seem all that complicated: if a part is too soft,… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Rory Sutherland’s “Alchemy” (2019)
The opposite of a good idea can also be a good idea. Don’t design for average. It doesn’t pay to be logical if everyone else is being logical. The nature of our attention affects the nature of our experience. A flower is simply a weed with an advertising budget. The problem with logic is that it… Continue reading
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