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Make Better Music 56: Celebrating the Old

23/08/2011

I wonder how it feels to be making music after fifty or even sixty active years. Some people have gone on even longer - Elliot Carter is about to turn 103 and is still an active composer - what can...

Make Better Music 55: Back to Basics

16/08/2011

Imbue your music with your passion. If you don’t have a passion for making music, then leave it to those who do. Fill your music to the brim with all the emotion, drive, energy, love, enthusiasm...

Make Better Music 54: Exile On Mickey Street

09/08/2011

Another interesting realisation, specific to time spent in a Disneyland Resort, is that it is hard to feel anything but happy when the air is constantly filled with ragtime, pumped out into the...

The Passing of the Amy Winehouse Object 1983-2011

28/07/2011

Remembering Winehouse as either the tabloid-splashed mental wreck or as the misunderstood musical genius archetype the press is already constructing, is unfair and ultimately disrespectful....

Make Better Music 53: The Software Trap

26/07/2011

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”A/dropcapfter a slightly wild couple of days defending myself from various opinions on last weeks article, I’ve decided to go over what I...

Mitch Lucker, Suicide Silence. By Carl Byron Batson for Trebuchet Magazine

Suicide Silence – The Black Crown, London.

23/07/2011

"I don’t want to sound like a fucking dinosaur or a pig for 45 minutes and no one know what the fuck I’m saying" Trebuchet magazine interviews Mitch Lucker...

Make Better Music 52: Practice vs. The Software Trap

19/07/2011

It occurred to me the other day, after I’d picked up my guitar for the first time in a while, and for the first time in my life my skills had noticeably diminished. I’ve not played much for a...

Make Better Music 51: Twenty Better Music Tips

13/07/2011

Your music is what it isn't. What it lacks will define it. Don't forget why you are writing it, don't get side-tracked by writing or recording it - you are making an experience for the listener....

Make Better Music 50: What Would Jesus Do?

05/07/2011

Make Better Music 50: What Would Jesus Do?. One of the beautiful things about music is that sounds don't lie - they are what they are. This means that when you hear a piece of music that you adore,...

Make Better Music 49: Accepting the New

28/06/2011

Make Better Music 49: Accepting the New. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

Wiley – 100% Publishing

21/06/2011

'East London grime credibility or West Coast glamour, who cares? Just PICK ONE and get on with it!' ...

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 46: Satie, Reich, Schoenberg and the Limits

07/06/2011

Make Better Music 46: Satie, Reich, Schoenberg and the Limits. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

Make Better Music 45: Oh, The Possibilities!

31/05/2011

Make Better Music 45: Oh, The Possibilities! Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

Make Better Music 44: Polyrhythms….the hallmark of complexity!

24/05/2011

Make Better Music 44: Polyrhythms….the hallmark of complexity! Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

Make Better Music 43: Has everything been done?

17/05/2011

Make Better Music 43: Has everything been done? Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

Make Better Music 42: Being the Next Big Thing

10/05/2011

Make Better Music 42: Being the Next Big Thing. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

Make Better Music 41: Tempo, Rhythm & Time

03/05/2011

Make Better Music 41: Tempo, Rhythm & Time. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

Make Better Music 40: Music as an Evocation

26/04/2011

Make Better Music 40: Music as an Evocation. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

Make Better Music 39: Everything is music.

12/04/2011

Make Better Music 39: Everything is music. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

Make Better Music 38: Work on your weaknesses

05/04/2011

Make Better Music 38: Work on your weaknesses. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

Make Better Music 37: Truthful Creating, Truthful Listening

29/03/2011

Make Better Music 37: Truthful Creating, Truthful Listening. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham....

Make Better Music 36: Exploit All Parameters

22/03/2011

Make Better Music 36: Exploit All Parameters. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham....

Make Better Music 35: Your Music as a Burger

15/03/2011

Make Better Music 35: Your Music as a Burger. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

Belong – Common Era

11/03/2011

Uncommon pleasures… The shoegaze revival that many thought could never happen is still in the process of snowballing as it rolls onward through yet another decade. From ambient meanderings to...

Make Better Music 34: Quantisation Death Ray

08/03/2011

Make Better Music 34: Quantisation Death Ray. One of the problems I have with electronic music is that missing “human element”. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with robotic music, or...

Make Better Music 33: Re-labelling and Pattern Shifting.

01/03/2011

Make Better Music 33: Re-labelling and Pattern Shifting. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham....

Make Better Music 32: Losing your internal music player?

22/02/2011

Make Better Music 32: Losing your internal music player? Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

Make Better Music 31: Rules and Regulations

15/02/2011

Make Better Music 31: Rules and Regulations. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

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