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Cicadas meet Dorothy

August 21, 2010

One of the nice things about coming out to see Charlotte is that she has a load of old music2work2 that I haven’t listened to for ages; tracks that were being developed that never got finished, me experimenting with different voices etc, etc. I had reminded myself this evening that I wanted to record the [...]

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Staying Out of the Hole

July 1, 2010
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Depression is a killer – a pure 100% stone cold killer of ideas, of motivation, of creativity – of desire. It comes on like a blanket, smothering my shoulders and pushing me down into the hole. The hole is a clever construct – perfectly self realizing and reinforcing – the decision not to act perpetuates [...]

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music2work2 Solo Piano Playlist

June 14, 2010
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$7.96 Download Now   Summary 5 tracks, over 76 minutes of music. Collection of solo piano pieces – sometimes the best music to work to is the simplest. $7.96 Download Now Individual Tracks [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Image Credit: Dominique Sanchez

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Vaynerchuck Development

May 25, 2010

So it’s getting closer – did another two long form developments over the weekend but haven’t got the right one yet. This is from Saturday’s pass [Audio clip: view full post to listen] You can hear the full development of the New York Jets theme here.

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Musical Beats Enhance Visual Comprehension

May 17, 2010
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Came across this study through a post by Tom Jacobs over on Miller-McCune that referenced the original study here. Here’s the Abstract: The present study investigated whether and how a musical rhythm entrains a listener’s visual attention. To this end, participants were presented with pictures of faces and houses and indicated whether picture orientation was [...]

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Music & Forgiveness

March 30, 2010

I’m always on time – it’s one of those things that defines me. I hate being late for a meeting with someone – I think it’s one of the rudest things you can do and yet it happens all the time. In the real world there are so many variables – particularly when you’re interacting [...]

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Ebm Theme Development – 127 BPM

March 29, 2010

Although it was a pretty musical weekend – I didn’t get anywhere near developing last week’s F9 theme – and this morning – this spooky little hook in Ebminor came along – the clip below actually centers around an Abminor riff on the first theme – I like this one too. [Audio clip: view full [...]

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F9 – 109 Bpm Development

March 25, 2010

Tightening up of the overall structure although the minor development is a little “schmaltzy” and I’m not talking goose fat! [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download MP3 Think we’ll do one more pass at this tomorrow morning at 113 beats per minute and then take it out for a spin over the weekend. [...]

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