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On Musical Manipulation
manipulate—handle or control typically in a skillful manner If you zoom out far enough from the minutiae of music production, you see that the grand contours of your production moves are made up of unequal parts recording (audio, MIDI) and technology-assisted manipulation. As I practice it, recording is straightforward enough: at an acoustic instrument (yes… Continue reading
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Resonant Thought: Ferran Adria’s “Notes On Creativity” (2014)
“The ‘why’ is the driving force of all of our work. It means to take nothing for granted, and to ask ourselves if everything, absolutely everything, can be changed, developed, or improved. The ‘why’ is a symbol that reminds us that we don’t know anything, that we have much to learn, and that this… Continue reading
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Brett’s Sound Picks: Caterina Barbieri’s “Fantas” (2019)
Listen to Brett’s Sound Picks 2019. Continue reading
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On Nontypical Timekeeping Ways And Messing With Percussion Sounds
“Beware of clichés…There are clichés of response as well as expression. There are clichés of observation and of thought—even of conception. Many novels, even quite a few adequately written ones, are clichés of form which conform to clichés of expectation.” -Geoff Dyer I’ve been enjoying messing with my percussion sounds to make them more interesting… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Damon Krukowski’s “Ways Of Hearing” (2019)
“In the digital studio…everything you do is provisional. That is, it can be redone, reshaped, rebuilt.” Damon Krukowski, Ways Of Hearing (2019), p. 1 Continue reading
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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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