thoughts on messiaen

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  1. RIchard Clements on Thu, 31st Mar 2011 7:19 am
  2. Bravo, Jim !!!!

    Just what I needed to hear. Thanks for this gentle reminder that in spite of the ‘jerk-around’ brothers, there is still opportunity for creative and insightful exploration and sensitive composition available with noatikl …

    I probably need to stop whining and sniveling, and just get back to using the tool.

    take care.

    — richard

  3. admin on Thu, 31st Mar 2011 7:23 am
  4. Richard

    Thanks . . . this has been an interesting exercise, and only spurs on more thought. Now get back to using this stuff, and share!
    Jim

  5. admin on Thu, 31st Mar 2011 10:10 am
  6. Are you writing these days? That’s a really open-ended question, but wanted to ask if you’re keeping your hand in that . . . whether in the context of this kind of generative research, or through-composed . . . if for your own gratification, or continued work-for-hire. I so respect your accomplishments, and at least for me, know that that urge to create never really leaves . . .

    It is, after all, how we’ve come to define ourselves.

  7. RIchard Clements on Thu, 31st Mar 2011 7:25 pm
  8. Jim,

    You’re right. It never leaves ( never has ever left .. both a good thing, and a bad thing … )
    I am planning to re-submerge into writing very soon. Thanks for the ‘gentle tug’ …
    I used to just think composing gave me focus, but it really gives me sanity …

    — richard

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thoughts on messiaen

Posted: March 30, 2011 
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Sorry to have been offline for so long. Life has gotten in the way, it seems.

A clip here of something that is to me a breakthrough of sorts in terms of being able to present at least a ‘section’ of music that has some interoperability to it.

Have used a common set of melodic patterns here and spread them across several instruments.

I’ve also used some of Messiaen’s more common pitch sets as harmonic background. It’s not a completely elegant solution, but it does begin to spell out that this methodology works. Thankfully, I don’t have yet to deal with voice leading, which is not (at least based on my current scripting acuity) an apparent strength of the program I’m using . . .

Cheers.

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