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A Sequence That Never Repeats Artificially
When I record a sequence I always aim to play it though, without stopping, from a beginning to an end. There are easier ways to build a sequence. The easiest way is to record a few notes or a few measures and then copy them so that the sequence repeats as a self-contained block of… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Karl Bartos’s “The Sound of the Machine” (2022)
“The sequencer’s automatic sound sequences and the drum machine’s loops hypnotized me. These black boxes brought the trance quality of African, Indian and Asian musical cultures into pop music, a quality that had been the starting point for the minimalist concept.” “Working with automatic music machines is fundamentally different from human music-making, simply because machines… Continue reading
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Notes On Form In Electronic Music Production
“A piece of writing ought not to be planned for a given size but developed to the length most suitable to the material, and no farther.” – John McPhee, Tabula Rasa If you’re a casual listener to electronic music, you may be forgiven for thinking that form in most styles of the genre is essentially… Continue reading
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