02021-02-21 | Uncategorized
Great essay about Federico Fellini and his movies.
[Essay] Il Maestro, By Martin Scorsese | Harper’s Magazine:
As recently as fifteen years ago, the term “content” was heard only when people were discussing the cinema on a serious level, and it was contrasted with and measured against “form.” Then, gradually, it was used more and more by the people who took over media companies, most of whom knew nothing about the history of the art form, or even cared enough to think that they should. “Content” became a business term for all moving images: a David Lean movie, a cat video, a Super Bowl commercial, a superhero sequel, a series episode.
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On the other hand, it has created a situation in which everything is presented to the viewer on a level playing field, which sounds democratic but isn’t. If further viewing is “suggested” by algorithms based on what you’ve already seen, and the suggestions are based only on subject matter or genre, then what does that do to the art of cinema?
Curating isn’t undemocratic or “elitist,” a term that is now used so often that it’s become meaningless. It’s an act of generosity—you’re sharing what you love and what has inspired you.
02021-02-20 | Uncategorized
02021-02-19 | Uncategorized
I released the newly remastered The Scent of Light today:
The new release contains the piece “Two Sister”, which was recorded with the rest of the album but never previously released. You can check it out here:
02021-02-16 | Photos, Santa Fe
Just as I was about to take the photo the tree decided to drop some snow. I caught the moment. Thanks! I shoveled snow for half an hour and this stuff is super light, lighter than anything I have experienced before. I thought of marshmallows, but they are too dense compared to this snow.
I shoveled a path to my studio and listened to slow. The music and shoveling the fairytale snow combined to create a beautiful mood. When I was done I almost looked for more snow to shovel.
In the kitchen I drank a glass of hot Pouchong tea and I listened to this piece, which combines music and the sounds of me walking through the snow.
02021-02-15 | Uncategorized
I came across the acronym ASMR this weekend. Never having heard anything about it I looked it up:
ASMR signifies the subjective experience of “low-grade euphoria” characterized by “a combination of positive feelings and a distinct static-like tingling sensation on the skin”. It is most commonly triggered by specific auditory or visual stimuli, and less commonly by intentional attention control. A genre of videos intended to induce ASMR has emerged, over 13 million of which had been published on YouTube by 2018.
– Wikipedia
I watched the video that accompanies the Wikipedia article and thought that many of the sounds mentioned might work very very well with the concept of my album slow:
– softly spoken or whispering voice
– quiet, repetitive sounds – turning the pages of a book
– preparing food
– tapping fingers or nails onto surfaces such as plastic, wood, paper, glass, metal
– hand movements on a skin
– blowing or exhaling into a microphone
– brushing hair
I imagined that a sound could be used as is or slowed down or, perhaps, even arranging it into a rhythm.
The proof is in the pudding, as they say, and I won’t know what “slow + ASMR” will sound like – and what kind of effect it might have – until it is done. I have a long list of soft sounds to record and I am looking forward to it. First, I think, I will record soda bubbles. Or perhaps I will go for champagne instead.
