Essays The Mental State During Composition
(Original posted on June 26, 2009)This text is an attempt to describe the mental state of my c...
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Essays Orchestration in a Digital Environment
(Originally posted on December 10, 2008)Orchestration, by definition, is the set of empirical ...
Cubase & Plugins Thoughts on Overhauling My PC and Sequencer (DAW)
*Introduction & DisclaimerThe following text was originally published on November 10, 2007. Th...
Essays Where Music is Born and Nurtured
(Original posted on January 8, 2009)I found an interesting article on the Asahi Shimbun websit...
Essays 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 A...
Essays Savoring “Shiru wo Tanoshimu” (Enjoying Knowing)
(Original posted on March 29, 2007)I watched the NHK program "Shiru wo Tanoshimu" that I had r...
Essays 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 ...
Essays 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...
Essays 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 compose...
Essays Thematic Structure as a Compositional Element: Thoughts on Reading “The Melodic Science of Masterpieces”
(Original posted on April 8, 2002)One could say that a characteristic of "large-scale works," ...