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Finding Repetition’s Vertical Enchantments Hidden Within Linear Composing
Most of the time when I’m producing music I approach it in terms of a through-composed journey through time—a getting from one place to another. The clearest example of such a journey is a free improvisation, say at the piano, which I do a lot. When I improvise I tend to move outwards from a… Continue reading
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Maximum Musicality With Minimum Intervention
I have an as yet unreachable goal in mind each time I sit down to produce music: I want to record each part by playing it once and so perfectly that it doesn’t require any further editing or manipulation. My goal is to approximate the kind of interpersonal telepathy and interaction a top flight ensemble… Continue reading
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Resonant Thought: Edgard Varèse On Rhythm
“Rhythm is the element in music that gives life to the work and holds it together. It is the element of stability, the generator of form.” – Edgard Varèse, The Liberation Of Sound Continue reading
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Brett’s Sound Picks: Rainer Veil’s “Sim Screen” (2019)
Brett’s Sound Picks 2019 Continue reading
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On Musical Shepherding
The figure of the shepherd came to mind recently as I was working on music. At first I pictured literally a shepherd—a guy in galoshes shepherding sheep in the countryside somewhere, gently prodding the furry fellows up and over hillsides. Let’s go guys! (Which reminds me of an excellent book about the subject, James Rebanks’… Continue reading
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