firstperson<\/a> name.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSo, to get to my point, it was on listening to Microhumans<\/em> (long pre-amble over) that I realised I still have some way to go with this. Like great design, Ali\u2019s music has a simplicity and elegance to it that shines a harsh light on my own efforts. A lot the music I have done tends too much towards being too busy<\/em> even though all along I\u2019m aiming for simplicity and elegance. I suppose, as with good design, it appears effortless when it\u2019s done well \u2013 but in fact a lot of hidden work has surely gone into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis is famously the case with the creative process in general, so it is something I must keep in mind on those days when I get disheartened having finished a track I\u2019ve been working on for days only to realise it sounds uncomfortable or too fussy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This all reminds me of that modern-art-hater\u2019s comment \u2018I could have done that\u2019<\/em>, when looking at a Rothko. Well, no, you didn\u2019t and also you couldn\u2019t. But you could possibly make a rubbish emulation of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\nI\u2019m not trying to emulate anyone else\u2019s music but of course I am inspired by it. Earlier I was musing on whether I should again play here to my strengths. Perhaps rather than fighting against my natural tendency towards logic and technical thinking<\/em> there is a way of building some interesting music around how my mind naturally tends to work. For example this could be using Max\/MSP, and turning my coding skills towards making sounds. I have some ideas about machine learning that could be interesting there.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHowever I like the physical process of jacking things into each other and turning knobs, and that noise that comes out of the Volca Keys<\/em> or the Juno chorus. I already spend too long at the computer so the thought of more coding (which is a big part of my job) puts me off the software approach... although yes there are control interfaces, and, gosh, maybe modular synths are an option although that is becoming a clich\u00e9...<\/p>\n\n\n\nAnyway, onward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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