Saturday, December 21, 2013

Imagining Echoes

In listening and composing, broaden the range of the inner ear.


Survey possibilities and delineate sounds as a cartographer would in developing a three-dimensional map, noting not only expanses, landmarks and contours, but the movement of objects through time and space as well.

Friday, December 20, 2013

Absorption

Consider music as part of a time stream, and listening follows from point to point.


Consider, rather, an art of sound composed as an expanding moment of being, and be immersed within it.

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Artificiality

Appearances increasingly lose reliability in the course of political and cultural conflicts.



The aesthetic sense, being evaluative in nature, in accord with moral reason, provides creative insight into chaotic scenarios generated by contending viewpoints.  From such a  perspective of equanimity, an unobstructed flow of perceptions and ideas is natural.

The composer would do well to bring sound imagery into being that reinforces consistent clarity of consciousness in approaching the phenomena of illusory and deceptive appearances.

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Chance

Aleatoric art, the reader will note, integrates the idea of chance in the process of composition.


Ideas and elements of composition present themselves in unexpected ways in the art of aural imagery and may be transformed into the work in like manner.

Neither improvisation nor random activity in search of  a "happy accident", the aleatoric aspect of creative action provides for the aesthetic expression of perspectives on sound events as they evolve and are juxtaposed in the course of various works.  Whether in studio or in in the process of field recordings, this perspective is of high value in the creation of atmospheres that reflect "real world" perceptions of settings and vantage points in motion.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Material

Nature yields to impermanence.


To reflect upon the totality of available recorded music is to be aware of inevitable change.

Monday, December 16, 2013

Sound, System, Synthesis

Ultimately, the concept of music is undefined.


What is understood is the art of sound as it relates to individual and group sensibilities in subjective ways, while the objective outlines, analyses, and critical observations of technique, style, and expression carry equal weight in specialized cultural contexts.

I explore, ranging far afield.

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Fire of Spirit

Of the arts, music is burdened most by social constructs vis-à-vis conformity in terms of sound, fashionability, political stances, and other things of this nature.



In addition to the dull and mediocre, works that are absurdly outré are conferred the status of acceptability if they conform to the collective sensibilities of a mass audience or are granted recognition by academic institutions or media conglomerates. 

For the imaginative composer and the discriminating listener as well, it is fortunate that the aforementioned scenarios need no longer be formidable obstacles to creative expression.