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  • October 7, 2019

    Sound Feels

    Every sound has its own feel. This feel is primarily a function of the sound’s timbre, but it’s also shaped by the volume of the sound, and the energy of the person making it.  Musical instruments are distinguished by their timbre profiles or what is sometimes called their “sound color” or “tone color.” Timbre is… Continue reading

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  • October 4, 2019

    Country Music

    There’s a cricket outside the window singing whole notes in four four one twenty bpm leaving space for wind’s rustle and an occasional car at five am silence autumn music from afar. Continue reading

    poetry, Uncategorized
  • October 3, 2019

    Secret Music

    Most of the music I enjoy on a weekly basis I share on my Brett’s Sound Picks Spotify playlist. Since this music is new, only time will tell how it ages and whether it will be interesting to listen to a few years or more down the line. But once in a while a recording comes… Continue reading

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  • October 2, 2019

    Brett’s Sound Picks: Nils Frahm’s “Amirador” (2019)

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  • October 1, 2019

    Art About Music: Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Horn Players” (1983)

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  • September 30, 2019

    On Timers And Timeline Finessing

    I wanted to set up a timer on my desk. I would be one of those LED displays—preferably with large blue numbers—that I could place off to the side so that with a glance I’d know how long I had been working. I didn’t have a such a timer, so I settled for my phone… Continue reading

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  • September 27, 2019

    Untitled

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    aphorisms, Uncategorized
  • September 26, 2019

    Resonant Thoughts: Richard Seymour’s “The Twittering Machine” (2019)

    “It is this matrix that our passions, our desires, are accumulated as data, the better to manipulate and manage them. We confess to the machine while we walk, offering little ambulatory prayers. In doing so, we become cyborg beings: an assemblage of organic and inorganic materials, bits of technology, flesh and teeth, pieces of media,… Continue reading

    Resonant Thoughts, Uncategorized
  • September 25, 2019

    Brett’s Sound Picks: Ekin Fil’s “On The Move” (2018)

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  • September 24, 2019

    Art About Music: Rembrandt’s “Three Musicians (Allegory of Hearing)” (1624-25)

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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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