The Humours Of Music; Reflections

So, all this wittering about the four humours of music, was there any point to it … or was I just procastinating, musing about music instead of getting my lazy arse into gear and actually creating some?
Well, probably the latter if I’m being honest but I’d like to see it as an attempt to [...]

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The Four Humours Of Music

Just as it used to be believed that human moods, emotions and behaviours were caused by the combination and proportions of body fluids (the humours) – blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm – leading to the four temperaments – sanguine, choleric, melancholic and phlegmatic – I think all music is the combination of four [...]

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From the heart

It’s often said that you should “play from the heart, not the head”. As the head controls the heart this is clearly nonsense, a better, more accurate phrase would be:
Play from the Medulla Oblongata, not the Cerebrum!

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Constrain Yourself

Making great music is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman digitial electronics … if you constrain your design correctly beautiful things can happen, constrain your design badly and you’re doomed to failure.
When it comes to music suitable constraints could be the choice and number of instruments involved …  I much prefer listening [...]

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