30 Day Exercise
When experiments trap us
It’s going to be a short post, this one. Over the last couple of months I have been experimenting with an exercise – to produce
November 12, 2019
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What the Goldberg Variations show me
I’ve been listening to Bach’s ‘Goldberg Variations’ today. It’s a change from the ambient and drone music that I usually play whilst working. I played
September 19, 2018
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Working out Loud: Narratives & Complexity
Some quick notes about narrative approaches and complexity. This is a topic that I have studied over the years, and am revisiting now – looking
August 13, 2018
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Emergent or Certain
Sometimes we really need absolute certainty. We need to know for sure what we will do – what the beginning, middle and end point look
August 8, 2018
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Experimental VI – a memory box
In the early 1980s I worked for a couple of years as a Community Artist. I was part of a team of artists from different
October 16, 2017
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Slow Music
Why do I love abstract and weird? Well… to be honest, why not? Sometimes it’s so important for the music we listen to or the
August 15, 2017
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Experimental V – music with or without an audience
I have mentioned before on this blog that I am a huge fan of the work of David Sylvian and Richard Skelton. An initial google
July 17, 2017
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Experimental IV – photos
In the last post I mentioned that I worked as a Community Artist in the 1980s. This involved teachings skills in photography as well as
June 14, 2017
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Experimental III – adventures in publishing
I want to write about experiments in poetry and poetic form. This isn’t going to be a comprehensive history of experimentation in poetic form. That
June 13, 2017
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Experimental II
I didn’t get what was meant to be happening with John Cage’s 4:33 when I first heard about it. This was a piece of “music”
May 23, 2017
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