December 3rds

12/3/1997

Very cool dream where everything was in negative exposure. It looked like this: 

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Became Curio No. 7:

12/3/1999

Ansel Adams had a great musical metaphor for his work: the negative was the score and the print was the performance. 

Talk with friend about unfair MP3 contract, that they have exclusive control over your music, for promotions, compilations, and so on. I told her that all music contracts are unfair. It's one of the risks you have to take to promote your work. The alternative would be to do it all yourself, but then you'd have no time to do the things you do best.

[12/3/2024: DIY music at the dawn of the internet. One of the first sites to emerge was mp3.com, and IUMA (Internet Underground Music Archive). I was very much opposed to the MP3 format in the beginning, but Napster was one of the biggest paradigm shifts in content creation, at the cliff of the 21st century].

"Discuss DIY" 

Bought new Walkman.

12/3/2022

Courtyard Carols. Interesting juxtaposition of carols and “Jesus loves you” spoken in an Arabic accent as squads pass with sirens blaring. There’s something unnerving in the juxtaposition. 

12/3/2024 

Watched Anderson Cooper interview with Alex Van Halen about his new memoir. Interesting that they’re classically trained (left-hemisphere focused) then championed a right-hemisphere emotional approach. (I’m of two minds about which brain hemisphere should be used in music. If you’re in writing mode, the left hemisphere is crucial in working out how the piece unfolds. A piece can unfold spontaneously in the moment, but how do you “package” it? The left hemisphere is concerned with that packaging). Also, when you say music is all about emotion, what emotions, and when are the people having them? Perhaps it’s more about shared good moods. But individual moods can be at odds with the mood of a crowd. It’s all about what colors you bring to a musical moment. One person can bring bright colors, others black and gray. 

LLM Chats: 

"Discuss the role of the brain hemispheres in creative work"

"Discuss how classical training affects the quality of art"