June 14ths
6/14/1886 I witness history disguised as necessity. The war taught us that democracy survives through decisive action. But whose decisions? Whose survival? 6/14/2005 While on a walk, there were two locomotives idling, their pneumatic system spitting out an insanely fast jungle rhythm in 64th notes, with little bursts of odd moments. (incorporate into music). [Not exactly the same but a field recording of a passing train that could be used for atmosphere]: 6/14/2021 On “emotional piquancy” in music: Emotion is an emergent or flocking phenomenon. In music, there’s a flocking that happens when the dynamic level rises. If just one instrument got louder then it would throw off the piece. It’s the thinking together that really creates the emotion. When the composer is writing the piece it’s a mechanical process because you have to write in the dynamic levels to say how the piece should be emotional. In my experience working at that granular mechanical level is removed from ...
