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...
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Essays Is Our Music Speaking “DAW Language”?
AI-Voiced "Podcast Commentary on This Article"The Blind Spot of the DAW as a Production Environ...
Book Reviews Review: “Musical Cognition” edited by Rita Aiello
(Original posted on April 10, 2002)This is a collection of research papers on the theme of music...
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 ...
Book Reviews Review: “Symphony of Spirit and Music” Edited by Tomonobu Imamichi
(Original posted on April 9, 2002)This is a collection of research papers on music aesthetics, c...
Book Reviews Review: “A History of Harmony” by Olivier Alain
(Original posted on April 10, 2002)Harmony, or "chōwa" in Japanese, translates to "concord" or "...
Music Reviews Darius’s “MAIN THEME – CHAOS” by Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR): A Uniquely Original Masterpiece
The game music of the 1980s is home to a number of experimental and distinctive masterpieces, an...
Music Reviews The Serene Aesthetics of Fusion in Tigran Hamasyan’s “The Poet”
In the music scene, the name Tigran Hamasyan is known as that of an innovator who creates a musi...
Book Reviews Review: “Encyclopedia: The Book of World Music” edited by Yoshihiko Tokumaru, Yuji Takahashi, Masakazu Kitanaka, Hiroshi Watanabe
(Original posted on December 17, 2008)When one sees the title "The Book of World Music," the fir...
Book Reviews Review: “Throwing Sounds: The Range of Compositional Thought” by Jo Kondo
(Original posted on January 4, 2009)While releasing distinctive works through his unique composi...