February 2012
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January 2012
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closing the FbL postcards series
feedbacklooplabel:
unfortunately it is not possible to continue this project, due to the accumulation of several other ongoing projects and also due to several other aspects of my life. For these I would like to apologize, especially to the artists from whom I already received tracks. I hope you forgive me.
Kindly,
Leonardo
Understandable, but a shame nonetheless. It was a wonderful project...
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December 2011
17 posts
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It’s entirely conceivable that life’s splendor surrounds us all, and always in...
– (via phoenixandthefire)
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Intimacy Is the Language of Art
I recently noted on twitter that I felt dissatisfied with my Google+ music circle because there was an over-abundance of discussion about gear and business, and a crushing dearth of conversation about craft. This led to a productive and intriguing dialogue between myself and two other musicians, one in the UK, the other in Canada. I was both surprised and delighted, as I always am, to exchange...
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Listen, Oram Else...
Read full review of The Oram Tapes: Volume One - DAPHNE ORAM on Boomkat.com ©
November 2011
3 posts
I Can't Stand It One More Day
I spent the day trying to decide if I wanted to use a minor, or a minor 7th, or possibly a seductive minor major 7th. This isn’t a vanity choice; this is real, hard decision-making. The emotional connotations of each option will have lasting impact on the entire work, much as the strains at the onset of an opera had better be the ones you want to revisit, and perhaps contradict — or at...
October 2011
19 posts
With a Lot of Fermatas
This was coming for awhile. I even mentioned it a few posts past. Ignoring tempo and meter as I compose has utterly mucked with my personal time/space continuum, and I just spent the better part of the day figuring out that I’ve been writing in 5/4 at approximately 105. With a lot of fermatas. For myself, I don’t care. I’ve been blithely going about composition based on...