This past January, I took a really great course in songwriting over at School of Song. The instructor was Brian Eno, and of course I was thrilled!
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there’s no guidance when random rules
"I made many, many pieces of music using more complex variations of the idea that it's possible to think of a system or a set of rules which once set in motion will create music for you." ~ Brian Eno
And Remember
Finally revisiting a "tape loop" experiment. Your participation requested!
77 million paintings
Very excited to be seeing Brian Eno give an "illustrated talk" tomorrow in NYC. Unfortunately, the venue where the art installation is happening will be closed (what's up with that?!), but this is a nice view of the work, along with some Eno commentary...
and i will lay my love around you
Nodding musically to Eno, and mangling the writings of Evelyn Underhill, I became inspired recently to try my own hand at writing something hymnal yet contemporary, something that acknowledged my perception of the "All That Is" and gave it its due gratitude. Something reverent yet upbeat, that still allowed me to play my gnat guitar, which appears about midway through this song. Yes, Charlotte…gnats are beautiful too.
baby’s on fire
To the Lake I've got a thing for Brian Eno. It began several years ago when a fellow high school stoner brought over his vinyl copy of Here Come the Warm Jets, a record that - though having been released four years prior - was a new discovery in our endless search for music that … Continue reading baby’s on fire
