The Neurophysiology Humour

The aspect of music that affects the subconscious. The aspect of music that makes you tap you feet despite your best efforts not to, makes you want to dance, makes you want to fuck, makes you play air guitar although you really, really know you shouldn’t, makes you smile, makes you cry without being able [...]

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The Mathematics Humour

The aspect of music you appreciate consciously, that you have to think about and analyse to admire. Music with a high concentration of the mathematics humour is music for the sake of music itself. Examples would be classical studies or “variations on a theme of …” type pieces. Not music that’s trying to tell a [...]

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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 [...]

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