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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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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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