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Music for Marimbas and Vibraphones
Music for Marimbas and Vibraphones Stream the music and follow me on Spotify. Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Four Suggestions For Creativity In “The Runaway Species”
In their exceptionally readable book, The Runaway Species (2017), David Eagleman and Anthony Brandt offer four suggestions for cultivating creativity: • Don’t glue down the pieces. “We don’t just set out to improve imperfection—we also tamper with things that seem perfect” (134). • Proliferate options. “When the brain proliferates options, it gets off the path of least… Continue reading
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Traces
trace – a mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of something Music is a space-generator, and one of the unexpected gifts of being a musician is that making music generates a space in which to think about it. When I play I’m usually thinking about several things at once, including moment-to-moment… Continue reading
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Between Knowing And Not Knowing: On Sonic Grey Spaces
I love those listening to music moments when I hear something between what I already know and what I don’t yet know that surprises and invigorates me. These moments can happen anywhere, but often than not I find them in polyrhythms: in inherent rhythms in polyphony or in dazzling chords and harmonic strata •º•º With… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Thomas Clifton’s “Music As Heard” (1983)
“The theoretical act involves ‘observing the self observing the music’ (37). “The logic and sense of music are different from the logic of propositions” (71-72). “Before becoming a cultural artifact, a style, or an object of study, music is a presence” (80). “But to inhabit the world of music, it is necessary to be able… Continue reading
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Busker
Think of a song as a mind-expander, a drug for losing yourself through its insistent propositions maybe that’s the thinking of the subway guitar guy who plays “Fast Car” each night choosing just the first bit that sounds like African kora looping around and around setting up what’s to come it’s so catchy but he never goes… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow’s “Portable Stereo” (2017)
“Listening to music on a smartphone is not like listening to music on a Walkman. Again, the phone’s functions undermines one another. We are perennially subject to interruptions and temptations. Dead time—waiting for the bus, waiting in line, and so on—is filled by checking Facebook instead of letting our minds wander. While the Walkman… Continue reading
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