Essays Thoughts on a Binding Spell
(Original posted on October 22, 1999)If there was one "binding spell" that often troubled me w...
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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...
Book Reviews Review: “Orchestration” by Walter Piston
(Originally posted on April 9, 2002)Among the orchestration books currently available, this is...
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...
Cubase & Plugins 2009 Edition: Orchestral Sequencing Memo (Archive)
*Foreword & DisclaimerThe content of this article is from the year 2009.This is published as a...
Book Reviews Review: “The Wonder of Music” by Sadao Bekku
(Original posted on April 9, 2002)"I am the type of person who cannot help but think not only ...
Book Reviews Review: “Bartók’s Compositional Technique” by Ernő Lendvai
(Original posted on April 9, 2002)This is a research book that analyzes the characteristics of...
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...