May 7ths

5/7/1998

Book: Margaret Boden’s The Creative Mind. She said that tonality in music contains the seeds of its own destruction (referring to serial music). It’s interesting to compare books about creativity. Those who focus on the psychological aspects infer that the act of creation is predicated on the playing out of
conscious elements, and those who focus on the workings of the brain featuring the conscious elements. I prefer the latter, but five years ago I would have leaned more towards the former.  Constraints on thinking...make certain mental structures possible.” Discover a process or way of working and have it generate the product, then start breaking the rules. This is like making a meal from a recipe, but changing measurements, spicing, and so on to fit your taste.

5/7/2024

Sleep My Love (Improv) While developing another idea, I thought I'd use the old MC-300 sequencer. I selected the first file on the floppy disc and chose the patch "Sleep My Love". 

Another idea based on some random lyrics:

Sleep my love
A movement of air
Which doesn't care
About where it goes
Or what's in its way 

(Interesting that it's a 9-bar phrase and still works)