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Database: Sean Booth On Accessing That Space and Maxing It Out
“I’m quite often trying to access that space that I was in before I knew how any technology worked, when I was hearing records and imagining what the sounds might be. That to me is a really valuable thing.” “Just get the little thing and fucking max it out. You know, get it doing shit Continue reading
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Keywords: Genre & Style Thinking
Genre & style thinking is reflecting on the kind of music you could be making. You may find inspiration in what you listen to, but the music you could be making is more than the sum of your fandoms. In fact, it probably isn’t like anything you already know. Try to imagine its sound— its Continue reading
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Database: Carter Harman On Semi-Automatic Clichés
“The reason those bleeps and chirrups and the rest of the clichés appear is that they are semi-automatic, and turned on with a minimum of effort, to fill in embarrassing gaps in the composition. But finding fault with the medium because synthesizers are capable of making bad music is like faulting all piano music because Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Annie Dillard’s “Teaching a Stone to Talk” (1981)
“At a certain point you say to the woods, to the sea, to the mountains, the world, Now I am ready. Now I will stop and be wholly attentive. You empty yourself and wait, listening. After a time you hear it: there is nothing there. There is nothing but those things only, those created objects, Continue reading
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Database: Richard Skelton On Coaxing Music From Disparate Sounds
“I record acoustic instruments, and the challenge is to record them as authentically as possible. This could become an obsession, but I’m pragmatic about what I can achieve with the tools at my disposal. Once recorded, the process of composition involves transforming the sounds whilst somehow retaining something of their original essence. For me composition Continue reading
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