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Right-Click Thinking
Attention is like clicking on something to select and focus on it —Click— but thinking is a click and hold to go one step deeper —Option-Click— and then a menu appears of things you can do, choices you have, more options for action. Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Jane Brox’s “Silence” (2019)
“‘Silence…stands outside the world of profit and utility,’ wrote Max Picard. ‘It cannot be exploited for profit, you cannot get anything out of it.’ Its relationship to time is far more complex than the simple march of hours allows, and is perhaps, in the end, best likened to fruitfulness. ‘It is not so much the… Continue reading
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Sound Diving: What kind of music does this sound suggest?
As I sound dive, searching for sounds I can play, I’m faced with a related puzzle: What kind of music does this sound suggest? Finding a playable sound is a good start, but also a potential rut, because a playable sound is often a sound that leads me in a familiar direction, as I play… Continue reading
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Notes On Ken Kocienda’s “Creative Selection” (2018)y
“When software behavior is mysterious, get more organized.” – Ken Kocienda, Creative Selection (2018) As a seeker of books about the pragmatics of the creative process, I’m always looking for ways to re-think through making music. I’ve learned from chefs (Ferran Adria), high wire artists (Philippe Petit), filmmakers (David Lynch), architects (Kyna Leski), musicians (Dennis DeSantis),… Continue reading
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Notes On Making Beats
“Rhythm is the most perceptible and the least material thing.” – Leopold Sedar Senghor (quoted in John Chernoff, African Rhythm and African Sensibility). I find making electronic beats difficult, which is strange because I have the dexterity to play them on a controller, and at least in theory, I know what makes a good one.… Continue reading
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Micro-Information As Subliminal Feeling: Learning About Musical Phrasing
When I studied music in university, my percussion lessons frequently touched on the topic of phrasing. My teacher would listen to me play through a piece and then suggest ways to improve its rendition. Most of the time, this involved considering alternate ways to play a passage, which I needed because I was so concerned… Continue reading
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