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  • June 18, 2019

    Art About Music: Gerard Ter Borch’s “The Music Lesson” (c. 1668)

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  • June 17, 2019

    Notes On Resampling

    If creativity is an iterative feedback loop one applies on one’s own actions so that they flow back into themselves in an endless cascade, then the production technique of resampling is a perfect example of how this works. Resampling is the practice of re-recording what you already to have to make something new from it.… Continue reading

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  • June 13, 2019

    Resonant Thoughts: Mary Oliver’s “Upstream” (2016)

    “Writing is neither vibrant life nor docile artifact but a text that would put all its money on the hope of suggestion.”  “Attention is the beginning of devotion.” – Mary Oliver, Upstream (2016) Continue reading

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  • June 12, 2019

    Brett’s Sound Picks: Celer’s “Rains Lit By Neon” (2019)

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  • June 11, 2019

    Art About Music: Garry Trudeau’s “Doonesbury” Comic

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  • June 10, 2019

    Perceptual Games: Tightening The Feedback Loop

    One meta cognitive skill worth learning is learning how to think about how you learn in the midst of your learning. The figure of the experienced runner running comes to mind: she’s moving almost effortlessly fast and her body is in constant motion, yet she’s attuned to more than just the terrain and the passing… Continue reading

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  • June 7, 2019

    Resonant Thought: Stephen Morris’s “Record Play Pause” (2019)

    “Drummers have an odd relationship with time–they hate being late. I know that sounds like a joke but it’s true. Not just in music but in life. Turning up late for an appointment really annoys them. It fills me with a sense of failure. Every drummer I know gets uptight and obsesses about tardiness, as… Continue reading

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  • June 6, 2019

    1000 Alignments

    Fix the structure. Fix the mix. Fix the order. Fix the bliss. Fix the treble. Fix the bass. Fix the reverbs. Fix the space. Fix the rhythms. Fix the beats. Fix the quantize. Fix the key. Fix the panning. Fix the flow. Fix the aura. Fix the tone. Fix the repetition. Fix the time. Fix… Continue reading

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  • June 5, 2019

    Brett’s Sound Picks: Sarah Davachi’s “Perfumes 1” (2019)

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  • June 4, 2019

    Art About Music: Gerrit Dou’s “A Woman Playing A Clavichord” (c. 1665)

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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.

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