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Database: Dave Stewart On Stereo Picture, Frequency Differences, And Demos
“A lot of [“Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This”] was trying to create as much space as possible so that Annie’s voice sounded crystal clear, pure, and not drowned out. But making sure the backing track still sounded incredibly powerful. A lot of that has to do with literally not having anything in the stereo Continue reading
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When Less Leads To More
My hope for every music production session is for something unexpected to catch my attention and open a new perceptual world. But such worlds almost never open right off the bat. Like anything aesthetically significant, they tend to require time and attention–you have to work into them. How does one do that? It helps to Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Molly Bang’s “Picture This” (1991/2016)
“Pictures are two-dimensional, whereas we live in a three-dimensional space, with many more dimensions added by our passions and intelligence. When we translate or reform our multifaceted experience into this flat, rectangular format, we play with space” (100). “Space implies time” (108). “…cut paper makes us concentrate on structure, emotional clarity, gesture, and overall cohesion Continue reading
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Database: Tom Oberheim On Doing The Grey-Area Thing
“First of all, you can’t simply design what the musician wants, because he or she may not know all the possibilities. And on the other hand, you can’t spend all your time only worrying about the oscillator drift and the power supply and all that. You have to do this gray-area thing.” – Tom Oberheim Continue reading
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