February 17ths
2/17/1998 “The virtue of abstract models is that they enable us to keep an enormous amount in mind while paying attention to a minimum of detail.” (Jerome Bruner, Actual Minds, Possible Worlds ). This translates to music as follows: the virtue of well-wrought forms is that they enable us to keep _____.” This also reminds me of polyrhythmic African music, where we’re playing a simple repeating line that contributes to the intricate layered gestalt of rhythmic figures. [ Explore ] 2/17/1999 The web is the medium by which people can offer things outside the mainstream, a way of giving people a fix for their dreams. The medium is the message. 2/17/2021 Part of the reason that I've gone back to doing music is that it doesn't make objects. I see music as being “plans”. As I've said before, once I have something written down in a lead sheet or in a score, I see that as a finished piece, even if I haven't tracked it. It's one of the reasons I’ve become “neoclassical...
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