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Running And Thinking
“The deeper you look, the less likely you are to find a moment of sudden breakthrough, rather than a series of small incremental steps.” Matt Ridley, How Innovation Works No matter how a run is going, it always does something good for your mind. You might be struggling in the swelter of a summer’s morning Continue reading
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Keywords: Turn It Into An Art Project
(Photo: Namroud Gorguis) When you’re working on a piece of music that feels like it isn’t going anywhere, turn it into an art project. Get conceptual with it: embrace not going anywhere, or explore the nature of goings and destinations. Turning it into an art project changes our focus from the pressure of having to Continue reading
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Database: Christian Fennesz On Transforming And Pushing Elements
“I do classic multi-track recording on a sequencer and that is no different from what I did on a four-track in the early days. It’s a very traditional, rock & roll process.” […] “Then the interesting part starts. I’m trying to transform an element and push it as far as I can to get something Continue reading
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Perspective Lessons
(Photo: David Hockney) “I feel the important part of making a track is to recognize the point where you have to listen to what the track wants. This point comes in around 40 – 50% of the whole process, where it’s not so much about what you want with the track anymore, but what the Continue reading
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Keywords: Closest At Hand Sound
Closest at hand sound is the principle of using the instrument, device, sound, sample, or effect that is easiest to play or manipulate right here, right now. The closest at hand sound trades vagueness for specificity, grand plans for small actions, possibility for commitment. The principle was explained by pianist and composer Harold Budd as Continue reading
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Same Walk, Different Music
Benge, Twenty Systems, “1981 Yamaha CS70M.” Benge (Ben Edwards) is an English musician with a longtime interest in analog synthesis. His 2008 recording Twenty Systems is an archeology of iconic synthesizers that traces a history of selected models from the late 1960s to the late 80s. Each track features a single instrument recorded without effects, Continue reading
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