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Resonant Thoughts: Richard James Burgess’s “The History Of Music Production” (2014)
“What makes random access important, in a creative setting, is being able to grab chunks or tiny fragments of music to copy, paste, cut, fix, tune, move, and modify. Writing a book or even an email is now, almost, unthinkable without being able to move, modify, and fix things. Manipulative power has become integral to… Continue reading
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Taking Measure
It starts with the crosswalk sign the walking guy turns into a flashing hand and the time counting backwards numbers I trace under my breath and sync with my footsteps then I look up and around and notice other measures billboards flickering car horns beeping pedestrian counterpoint the fading light felt as clock counting subdividing… Continue reading
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On Passionate Transcription
Before I had a mobile phone I could write with, I always carried around those little subscription cards that come with (and fall out of) The New Yorker and Harper’s magazine. I used them to take notes on what I was reading, and scribble down ideas for pieces, poems, groceries, and whatever else. I always… Continue reading
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Writing About Music
Write about what is happening in the music in real-time. Write about what the music reminds you of. Write about how the music relates to other similar and dissimilar musics. Write about what the music signifies. Write about how the music was made. Write about historical precedents for the music. Write about the music as… Continue reading
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