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City Music
Not sure how music lives in the country but in the city it lives in headphones powering people up boom—gah-boom—gah boom—gah-boom—gah making force fields demarcating space keeping the party to yourself. Continue reading
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Frames Of Attention: Deciding On Musical Materials
One of the primary tasks involved in building a piece of music, a piece of writing, and I imagine a piece of visual art, is figuring out as early as possible in the process what materials you’ll be working with. For most of us, our process won’t reveal itself until we’re further along it, so… Continue reading
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On Musical Synergy
When I’m working on a piece I begin with a clear statement of its main part. This serves to introduce both the key and overall mood of the piece, as well the timbre of the part. The main part is always the part that sparked the piece. On my current project, which I’ve been talking… Continue reading
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Notes On Sharing Process
One of the many themes preached by social media gurus is that you need to create content that has value for your audience. The content-value-audience chain of connection is to be upheld at all times, lest your fans lose interest in what you’re doing, in what you’re selling. Is all this is true, then I’ve… Continue reading
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On Being Comprehensive (And Coming Up Short)
One evening I was going through sounds on the computer, listening through effects, trying out combinations, and realizing how faint a grasp I had on the production process. I was both excited and frustrated as I felt my way through a sonic darkness. At the end of the session I scribbled a single phrase in… Continue reading
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Notes On A Music Production Workflow
I know some ways to work, but there are so many routes to get musical things done that each session is a re-thinking of how to work. (Begin anywhere Cage said.) • I began with marimba chord samples that I had recorded a few months back. I played between 20 and 30 different chord rolls—plenty to… Continue reading
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