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Resonant Thoughts: James Wood’s “Serious Noticing: Selected Essays, 1997–2019” (2020)
“…his essay ‘Music Discomposed’, the philosopher Stanley Cavell says that the critic’s first gesture is: ‘You have to hear it.’ Why, he asks, do you have to hear it? Because, he says, with a deliberate risk of tautology, ‘if I don’t hear it, I don’t know it’, and works of art are ‘objects of the… Continue reading
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Brett’s Book Picks: Stewart Brand’s “Maintenance of Everything” (2026) and C. Thi Nguyen’s “The Score” (2026)
Stewart Brand, Maintenance of Everything C. Thi Nguyen, The Score Continue reading
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Change One Thing
Paul Klee, Ancient Sound (1925) “The key about a process is that it has time in it.” – Nassim Taleb, Fooled By Randomness When I’m writing new music I sometimes preserve one thing from a previous project, but change it slightly. Let’s say I’ve just finished a work for solo keyboard. Usually what happens is… Continue reading
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Database: Dave Stewart On Stereo Picture, Frequency Differences, And Demos
“A lot of [“Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This”] was trying to create as much space as possible so that Annie’s voice sounded crystal clear, pure, and not drowned out. But making sure the backing track still sounded incredibly powerful. A lot of that has to do with literally not having anything in the stereo… Continue reading
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