Tag Archives: Composition

Art Smuggling

Posted on October 3, 2018 by

There’s something important about LP records that the inventors of the compact cassette, compact disc and streaming music services evidently failed to grasp. If they were to be believed, these music delivery formats had a single function – to deliver … Continue reading →

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If You Want…

Posted on September 16, 2018 by

If you want to be a better Composer Song writer Music producer Rhythm guitarist Bass player Band member Drum machine programmer Dancer Drum machine designer Musician Empathic human being then takes some drum lessons. I’ve started taking drum lessons and … Continue reading →

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How Many Creative Options Do You Need?

Posted on June 11, 2018 by

This is a hard lesson to learn for many artists, myself included. Here it is, though: adding more creative options only causes you to reach a point of diminishing returns quite rapidly. Beyond that point, having more creative options available … Continue reading →

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Boring and Ordinary

Posted on May 6, 2018 by

There are people whose greatest fear is being boring and ordinary. They have an existential need to be special and outstanding. Obscurity terrifies them. Their whole identity is built on this foundation. Sadly, it’s not a very stable footing. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Frantic Deeds of Lunatic Benevolence

Posted on March 18, 2018 by

Being the child of immigrants who fled a major world war is a unique experience. Most children, thankfully, don’t have direct, first-hand experience of what it’s like to grow up with parents that, despite their best efforts to carry on … Continue reading →

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The Kind of Musician I Wanted to Be

Posted on February 26, 2018 by

Sitting in a favourite coffee shop, on Saturday morning, waiting for my daughter to finish her music lessons, I was reading about the human mind’s unique talent for finding patterns in nature and the ancient cognitive roots of our musical … Continue reading →

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Let’s Talk About Latency

Posted on January 23, 2018 by

This post is all about music production using computers and it’s going to get quite technical, so if this is not for you, thanks for reading this far, but catch you another time. If you care about music production at … Continue reading →

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