Got a not-insignificant amount of sleep this morning. It was pretty great. Slept long enough to dream (you know how important this is). So, dream log warning: I was walking around, as I do in dreams, and crossing paths with various random 20-somethings. College town, college dreams, I guess. Sunny but gray, backsides of buildings, …
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Reasons Why I Still Buy Music on Compact Disc
Lossless; clear sound with no compression artifacts or “sizzle” Liner Art! Feelies! Presentation! There’s an art and a vibe for each album. Supported on most platforms No encryption or Digital Rights Management Can listen to CDs long after the music store goes out of business CDs are never “no longer available in the library” After …
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Inertial Moment
Ever play something so wondrous, so magical, and wish you had pressed the Record button? Just had that moment. It was good; reminded me of why I still have my music equipment. But it also speaks of the ephemeral nature of the Moment, how it’s important to be present when it happens. Joyful, yet melancholy. …
Fully Automatic
As much as I rail against the tyranny of Autotune, I confess that I secretly adore it — in certain contexts. It’s a clever tool for making new sonic textures or for twisting a singer’s voice into ways that are not physically possible. But if it’s used to make up for a singer’s lack of …
Sonance
The latest album from Shara Worden’s project My Brightest Diamond is in my heavy rotation this week. Of the ten tracks on her release “This Is My Hand” (2014), the one that is really getting under my skin is “Resonance“. It’s a complex piece of work. The disparate musical and rhythmic elements phase in and …