Essays

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Thoughts on a Binding Spell

(Original posted on October 22, 1999)If there was one "binding spell" that often troubled me whe...
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The Mental State During Composition

(Original posted on June 26, 2009)This text is an attempt to describe the mental state of my cre...
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Orchestration in a Digital Environment

(Originally posted on December 10, 2008)Orchestration, by definition, is the set of empirical ru...
Cubase & Plugins

Thoughts on Overhauling My PC and Sequencer (DAW)

*Introduction & DisclaimerThe following text was originally published on November 10, 2007. The ...
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Where Music is Born and Nurtured

(Original posted on January 8, 2009)I found an interesting article on the Asahi Shimbun website....
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In an Environment of Limited Elements and Materials

(Original posted on July 1, 2006)The other day, I bought an "assembly kit" for a kalimba, an Afr...
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Savoring “Shiru wo Tanoshimu” (Enjoying Knowing)

(Original posted on March 29, 2007)I watched the NHK program "Shiru wo Tanoshimu" that I had rec...
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The Desire to Understand and Find Meaning: Thoughts on Reading “Ellipse and Skeleton”

(Original posted on June 26, 2000)Although the title doesn't suggest a book about music, this wo...
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Why Classical Music is Classical: Thoughts on Reading “Listen to Classical Music!”

(Original posted on November 25, 1999)This time, I'll focus on "Listen to Classical Music!" by K...
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Composition as a Building Process: Thoughts on Schoenberg’s “Fundamentals of Musical Composition”

(Originally posted on April 8, 2002)The author offers the following advice to beginner composers...