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Notes On An ECM Recording
A lot of musicians have their ECM Records story, and mine involves biking to a second hand record store on weekends in the 1980s. I would peruse the Jazz section, in search of rare LPs I had heard on the radio that featured exceptional drumming. One of the exceptional drummers was Jack DeJohnette, and one… Continue reading
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From Obvious To More Subtle Music
When the music is obvious it what’s it’s trying to do, I lose interest in it because I’m not pushed to try to figure it out or track its changes through a thicket of subtleties. This applies to stuff I listen to as well as my own productions. I spend more than half of my… Continue reading
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Searches That Brought You Here: Jason Mraz, Ray Hudson, Tricia Tunstall
• Jason Mraz why is he singing reggae. In a post on Mraz’s song, “I’m Yours” I write: “It’s easy to think of reggae music as ‘laid back’ due to its easy tempo, effortless groove, and sense of cool. Perhaps it’s this laid back cool that Mraz chose to gesture with in his hit song?… Continue reading
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A Short Piece On Listening
Listen so hopefully that the music sings your solution. Continue reading
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Resonant Thought: Marcus du Sautoy’s “The Creativity Code” (2019)
“A creative thought needs to be balanced with a feedback loop which critiques the thought so that it can be refined and generated again.” – Marcus du Sautoy, The Creativity Code (2019), p. 125. Continue reading
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On Copying, Manipulating, and Pasting Musical Parts
One of the few rules of composing music I almost always adhere to is to play every single part myself in real-time. Based on the kind of music I like to listen to, I’m convinced—or I’ve convinced myself—that this approach produces the most reliably interesting results in the shortest amount of time. If I want… Continue reading
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