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The Discipline of Inspiration: An Interview with Samuel Andreyev. Part Two

27/06/2022

An interview with composer and educator Samuel Andreyev. Part two....

The Discipline of Inspiration: An Interview with Samuel Andreyev

20/06/2022

An interview with composer and educator Samuel Andreyev....

Flaneurism and Found Things

13/06/2019

The collages of Richard Hill...

Loitered Lens: Soweto Kinch

20/11/2016

Evocative imagery from the launch of Soweto Kinch's Nonagram album at the Camden Roundhouse...

Overwhelming and Almost Annihilating Awe: Dark Matter (Lustmord)

23/09/2016

Lustmord draws upon an audio library of cosmological activity to confront us with deep, cosmic time...

Make Better Music 78 :The Recording Process (Part Three)

07/10/2015

Music is more about making people connect emotionally with your message than being impressed by your playing ability...

Make Better Music 74 : Collaboration

22/06/2015

The ability to listen, appreciate, evaluate and contribute towards a fellow-musician’s creativity is a high order skill and the rewards often completely justify the effort....

Make Better Music 75 : The Producer

20/05/2015

It is a rare gift indeed to successfully carry your own music throughout the entire creation process....

I have not gone out of my way to mythologise myself, but… Michael Finnissy

03/02/2013

dropcap style=”font-size:100px;color:#992211;”S/dropcapince the late 60’s Michael Finnissy has been composing classical work that challenges, shakes and agitates the listener from...

Make Better Music 61: The Music Diet

05/10/2011

Every few months I feel like I need this kind of diet for my ears - I’ve either been over-indulging in one particular artist or genre, or I’ve been gluttonous and chowing down way too much of...

Make Better Music 48: Putting Out – Production

21/06/2011

Make Better Music 48: Putting Out - Production. Getting people together to work on something as a group is forever getting harder, whilst making music via the computer (where so many of us spend so...

Make Better Music 47: Messiaen and the Blues

08/06/2011

Make Better Music 47: Messiaen and the Blues. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

Make Better Music 2: Dancing About Architecture

18/10/2010

Make Better Music 2: Dancing About Architecture. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham....

Make Better Music 1: Why Do You Write Music?

18/10/2010

It’s a question that most of us avoid. I’m not sure how to answer it, it seems there’s lot of different answers depending on which part of my brain is responding....