Essays
Freely written essays, thoughts on composition, reading notes, music reviews, and more.
Essays Solar and Lunar Creativity: A Reflection on Lighting in the Creative Environment
"Podcast commentary on this article" by AI voice *JapaneseThe "color" of lighting that illumina...
Essays Empathy as a Happy Illusion: Reflecting on “The Memory Police” and Music
Podcast Commentary of This Article by AI VoiceI recently finished reading Yoko Ogawa's "The Mem...
Essays Echoes of the Self and the Voice of the Other: A Dialogue on Composition with AI
Podcast Commentary on This Article (in Japanese)With the rapid proliferation of AI-driven compo...
Essays Silence as the Fountainhead of Writing: Thoughts on BGM for Writing
When I sit down to write and face myself, I do not play music (BGM). I don't even wear earphones...
Essays Are We Speaking in “DAW-lish”?
The Blind Spot in the DAW Production EnvironmentThe DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) has, before ...
Essays Deconstructing DAW Music Production with “A Story of a Garden”: Solitude, Contingency, and Coexistence with AI
Tsunehiro Uno's "A Story of a Garden" is a thought-provoking book that offers a new perspective ...
Essays A Further Look at Composition: Why is Empathy Through Music Possible?
(Originally posted on November 12, 1999)In a previous column, "Gazing at Composition," I attempt...
Essays Music Theory from a Composer’s Perspective: Two Types of Music Theory and How to Approach Them
(Originally posted on October 22, 1999)Chapter 1: The Story Called TheoryFirst, let's look up th...
Essays Gazing at Composition: A Hypothetical Model for Understanding the Act of Composition
(Originally posted on October 21, 1999)The act of composition is often perceived, both by compos...
Essays Going on a Field Trip with the Song I’m Composing
(Originally posted on April 17, 2007)The weather was beautiful today, so I saved the song I'm wo...