Quiet Sounds

02024-10-12 | Uncategorized

When the war came along, I decided to use only quiet sounds. There seemed to be no truth, no good, in anything big in society. But quiet sounds were like loneliness, or love, or friendship.

— John Cage

This quote resonates with me. When times are loud and big we need to create soft and small.

These days a ton of ambient and drone music is released. That’s great but some of it sounds like the sound of a refrigerator put through a granular synth, with lots of delay added. I think there is room for a melodic sort of ambient sound, by which I mean slow and contemplative music, which I think what happened with the one guitar two – Big Cave Versions. (LINK to one of the pieces)

Now I would like to pare that down even more… Either the next album will be very quiet or upbeat or perhaps a surprise mix of the two that resembles a journey.

Monday: Found

02009-03-16 | Poetry, Quotes

This is interesting on so many different levels, but particular in terms of testosterone:
Protect me from what I want.

Poem of the day via Weekly Words of Wisdom:

Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,
a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter;
If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things,
this is the best season of your life.
– Wu-men

Or how about this from the Upaya Newsletter:

Fear is the cheapest room in the house.
I would like to see you living in better conditions.
– Hafiz

Music Quotes

02008-04-16 | Music, Quotes

Works of art make rules but rules do not make works of art.

Music is the space between the notes.

…if they felt that for a moment they had been dreaming of an imaginary country, that’s to say, one that can’t be found on the map.

Three quotes from Claude Debussy – Wikiquote