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I’ve not heard Tim Hecker’s new release yet, but in an interview at pitchforkmedia he had this to say:
“>> Favorite Song Ever
My Bloody Valentine: “Sometimes”
I kind of waver on this one, but the one I always come back to is “Sometimes” on Loveless. That’s my reflex answer. I grew up in the suburbs, and as [...]

Came across this fascinating interview in Create Digital Music: Adaptive Micro Scoring. Essentially, the composer for Tomb Raider: Legend, Troels Brun Folmann, created lots of little musical scores that are tied to specific actions the game player can do in the game.
I think it’s a very cool idea - could this be adapted for live [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about musical dynamics lately, since my teacher has been asking me to think about the natural decay of a bowed sound and the combination of “tension/release”.
I’ve been reading “Casals and the Art of Interpretation” lately. If you haven’t heard of it, I highly recommend it. Pablo Casals was [...]

Just saw Michel Gondry’s “The Science of Sleep” this weekend. I think it’s one of the most personal things he’s ever done. I bet a lot of it draws directly from his own personal dreams - unfiltered, exposed, for all the world to see. I won’t try and rehash the plot - [...]