THE EARWORM
THE EARWORM
A real look behind-the-sounds: musings on music, how it’s made, what goes into it, what we get out of it
EGGPLANT MUSIC + SOUND
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I do music for Ads (and for 5 year olds)
Read more: I do music for Ads (and for 5 year olds)Compared to writing tracks for Kendrick, I’d wager that writing music for ads doesn’t feature high on any composer’s bucket list. But when needed, these talented artists will dig deep to find that extra inspiration needed to elevate commercial music. “Yeah, I mean, I’ll do…
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We Don’t Just Write Music – We Design Sonic Worlds
Read more: We Don’t Just Write Music – We Design Sonic WorldsMy two favourite shows on television right now are The Righteous Gemstones and…Bumpadoo! The Righteous Gemstones follows a dysfunctional family of narcissistic, petulant, insanely wealthy televangelists. Bumpadoo! follows an extraterrestrial yellow blob learning all about fascinating and confounding earthly phenomena – like see-saws and hiccups.…
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SIMPLE IS HARD
Read more: SIMPLE IS HARD(and – is LL Cool J a philosopher?) From The Beatles to Cypress Hill Before getting into why simple is hard, we gotta discuss the Taxman. In Britain in 1966, the top marginal tax rate was 95% – which explains why George Harrison was a…
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LET’S GET WEIRD
Read more: LET’S GET WEIRD(wait, no…I mean, quirky) For music – as with all artistic pursuits – the boundaries of convention are meant to be tested. Post-war avant-garde composer, John Cage, wrote a piece consisting of four-and-a-half minutes in which no one plays a note. He also stuck screws…
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MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A ROBOT
Read more: MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A ROBOT(NO – THIS IS NOT ABOUT AI) The concept of “one degree change” has been around the wellness and personal development spaces for a while now. This idea – that small changes can lead to big results – is appealing on a whole bunch of…
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