June 27-28, 2019

LONG/WORDY PIECE-TITLE POSSIBILITIES
Only Retained This After Rubbing Out Most Of What Was Here [June 28, 2019]

“Everyone’s sure what’s going on. I don’t know what’s going on. And do you really know what’s going on?” – Quote of the pP afternoon June 2019 [June 28, 2019]

Just Because One Feels There’s Nothing To Worry About Doesn’t Mean Worrisome Things Aren’t Happening [June 27, 2019]

June 28-19, 2019

SLASHES AND SEMICOLONS
Attack/release; equally vital
Duration/articulation; doing close work together
Texture/registers; we need constant care! [June 29, 2019]
Advance/retreat; Reverse/repeat. Sine Fine. [June 28, 2019]
Hand over/hand under; thumb under/turnover for cluster: backhand chord [June 28, 2019]
Iterate/switch; Transpose a while; Re-iterate/Re-switch/Repeat. [June 28, 2019]

June 19-18, 2019

EIGHTS
There’s a big difference between “minimal” and “spare.” [June 28, 2019]
Might you prefer not recognizing where you are? [June 26, 2019]
Don’t write it all. Next day, enjoy restarting. [June 25, 2019]
Many musical parameters benefit from moving as one. [June 25, 2019]
Now you know how. But why? What for? [June 24, 2019]
Got up; tried composing; went back to bed. [June 19, 2019]

June 17, 2019

Your music is generally better when it’s NOT a PDF.

June 10, 2019

How you finish a piece is as important as how you start it. And all the phases in between must contribute fiber and shape to the way it moves.

You produce yourself when you produce. So why the ‘originality’ worry for composers? Worry about craft—about the way things are realized—not about your own potential iconic sound-images.

June 1, 2019

What do I always do? If I’m going to do what I always do, how will I always do it? Can I always work with what I always do so that it’s always not (never) the same?

More Pedal-Bell!