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Brett’s Sound Picks: Nicolas Jaar’s “F Collect” (2024)
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Resonant Thoughts: Brian Eno and Bette A.’s “what art does: an unfinished theory” (2024)
“In art we research our feelings. Artists are feelings merchants–a piece of art is something designed to trigger feelings.” “Through art, you can investigate the kind of feelings you want to have, and where to get them. Art gives us the chance to answer the question: What is it that I really like?” “The things… Continue reading
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Keywords: Small Structures
Agnes Martin, “Untitled” (1961) Ambitious ideas imagine grand designs, but we achieve them through building small structures: one sentence then another, connected, a few considered sounds working in concert, counterpointed. Small structures is the principle of finding the most minimalist expression of a music’s idea, doing the least to achieve a maximum effect. A minimalist… Continue reading
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Database: Arvo Pärt On Music’s Independence From Instruments And The Value Of Interpretation
“Music has to exist by itself . . . two, three notes. The secret must be there, independent of any instrument. Music must derive from inside, and I have deliberately tried to write such music that can be played on a variety of instruments. It does make a difference to me from which instrument to… Continue reading
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Music Is Not Content
Music isall vibration,ambiance,call and response,code,competition,enchantment,entrainment,evanescent,gendered,improvised,mathematical,metaphor,midi sequenced,mood altering,notated,oral tradition,pattern,prophecy,playlisted,recorded artifact,rehearsed to death,remembrance,ritual,sampled,sexualized,signifying,sociality,structure of feeling,symbol,soundtrack,subliminal,technique,trippy,viral,virtue signaling,you and I jamming. Continue reading
