I’m doing a lot of reading these days. I should say that I’m a pretty big reader but adding the nook to my life has pushing things over the edge. Where I was barely clearing a book every three weeks or so I’m now knocking out one a week while juggling three at a time. Got a toddler? Get a nook. Or any eReader. Seriously. It’s worth it. Anyway, the books that I’m reading are centered around creative people and the process of the world and the work. It’s been very inspiring and has put me in a good frame of mind for considering my next project. I can’t really be sure what it is I have up my sleeve but based on some of the comments I received about my last release, it’s safe to say that it’s going to have a more chilled out, amorphous feeling to it. I’m feeling the urge to get back to my computer music roots. Stay with me.
One of the greatest compliments I got with my so-called tape music was that it sounded very organic. It wasn’t minimalist and repetitive. There was a direction and a form even though the form wasn’t something that was self-referential. A couple of my fellow composers analyzed the structure of my work and compared it to a one way street. Everything flowed in a known direction but there was no looping back. It was always forward.
This makes sense as that’s how I compose. I start at the beginning and work my way to the end. That’s not to say that things aren’t revised to meet where it turns out I’m going, but for the most part it’s a very linear process. This has its ups and downs, but in the end the work has, if I am successful, a flow that seems inevitable. Not predictable, but inevitable.
I have been digging through my old recordings for sources and have come across some things that are exciting. I plan to start beating them up so I can have a goodly pile of stuff to work with. If I had to decide right now I would say that I’m looking at a piece in three movements. That’s pretty decisive for someone like me.
With any luck I’ll keep up with the blogging for as long as the muse allows. Expect some tunes and fragments next week. There are some sketches brewing in the back of my mind. In the mean time, I have a set of guitar sides that need some attention. I’d like to be able to carve some tone bars this weekend and maybe glue some kerfing. Bold goals indeed!
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