Q-Burns Abstract Message interviewed The Children… on his blog. I’m struck by the way he used a personal blog for publishing something valuable to the world. The band is new but notable because of the predecessor bands, which were important in the pre-grunge postpunk world. I like the band’s instrumentals but didn’t dig the singing. […]
Read more "The Children… blog interview"One reason this blog is such a solitary experience is that blogs are dead. Things aren’t aggregated from scattered sources, they are published within a distribution site. I don’t like it, but can’t do anything about it short of creating an aggregator, which would be a tech project that took me away from music.
Read more "A blog after the death of blogs"By a Mr. Niklas Lukassen
Read more "this bass playing makes me happy"While I’m writing a series of posts about how I can make my music less self-serving, I need to ask how I can make this blog less self-serving. I think people land here and immediately read it as something akin to a friend’s flyer for their own show. It’s an ad for their self-serving creative […]
Read more "How can this blog be more valuable"David Michael Curry solo viola on Soundcloud
Read more "A short DMC solo piece with viola performed both acoustically & amplified"What is my music FOR? How can I make a contribution? One answer is balm. Solace. Painkiller. Healing. Dreams heal too. You have a bad experience, or you’re afraid of something, and your dream reflects it in a way that lets you process. Music is not just metaphorically similar to dreaming, it works the same […]
Read more "Anesthetic"Ask yourself what is your music for. There is plenty already. Why make more? What is the good reason to exist? Why disturb the silence? What makes it better than ambient sound? Commit to making a contribution to the world.
Read more "I won’t fear the big questions about my own music"As part of the practice behind Hélène Vogelsinger’s modular synthesizer compositions, she explores abandoned places, connecting with their energies to create immersive moments. For her Patch Notes performance, she serendipitously stumbled across an abandoned castle in the French countryside.
Read more "Patch Notes: Hélène Vogelsinger"My new video will be 51 seconds long when it debuts at 3:30 PM ET today. Add to your calendar
Read more "51 seconds"I like these words as a potential band name or album title: Paranoid Friend
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