The Locrian Mode of Philosophical Thought
I started the writing session by playing with XO, intending to do a beat thing. I played, but didn’t really get any traction with anything. Then I played with various instruments, focusing on some of the synths that I don’t use very often. Again, nothing really stuck. I went through the random finds playlist and became more distracted than inspired. Lots of things that I’d be interested in doing, but none of my initial attempts … Continue reading
After getting home from coffee with Darin and Lizzi, I was both in a good mood and over-caffeinated (Mary and I had already had coffee with a friend earlier in the day, plus what I’d had before that…). I went to the studio and did a final listen-through to Mare Undarum and posted, we ate dinner, watched a movie, and then I went … Continue reading
Well. This is it. This is the day I finally can’t do it. The day that I don’t write or post anything entirely because I have nothing in me, instead of because of some extenuating circumstance. Well, ok, that obviously didn’t happen, because there’s a post that you’re reading and a new track right below this paragraph, but it almost happened. I’m finally on schedule and have time to do something and… nothing. Well, that’s … Continue reading
As has become a pattern so far this month, or at least for the last 5-6 days, I start out floundering, decide on just something to get started, and end up with a piece that actually kind of works. Sometimes the initial ideas are more baked than others, but none of them have outright fallen apart. I attribute this very much to the old John Cleese statement that “creativity is not a talent, it is … Continue reading
Three Hours Later In the interest of preservation and self-teaching, I have left what I wrote in its original state below, but here’s an addendum. After posting this entry, I had a cup of coffee and took Olive to the dog park for about an hour. I came back, had another coffee and listened to Auturgy again. It’s fine. Yes, it needs love and attention and, yes, all of the points I made below are … Continue reading