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Index
Preface
Contents
Problems of Beginning
Three Ways to Start Catalog of Attributes Avoidance List Active Listening Listening to Music You Hate Mise en Place Arbitrary Constraints “Write drunk; edit sober” Choosing a Tempo One Part at a Time Different Tools Presets as Starting Points The Tyranny of the Default Simple Sounds Extended Techniques Goal-less Exploration Procrastination and Timeboxing Collaboration Thinking Like an Amateur Scraps and Sketches Problem-Solving as Distraction Personal Workflow Originality vs. Quality Process vs. Product On Work
Problems of Progressing
Breadth Before Depth Foreground, Middle Ground, and Background Fuzzy Boundaries Creating Variation 1: Mutation of Clones Creating Variation 2: Mutation Over Generations Creating Variation 3: Note Transformations Implied Rhythm in Short Loops Asynchronous or Polyrhythmic Loops Misusing Rhythmic Tools 3+3+2 Rhythm Programming Beats 1: On Looseness Programming Beats 2: Linear Drumming Programming Beats 3: Ghost Notes Programming Beats 4: Top, Bottom, Left, Right Bass Lines and Kick Drums as a Single Composite Drums to Pitches and Vice Versa Tuning Everything Silence and Noise Sampling the Old-Fashioned Way Creating Melodies 1: Contour Creating Melodies 2: Using Motives Multiple Simultaneous Melodies Linear Rhythm in Melodies Sound-Color Melody The Rhythm of Lyrics Creating Harmony 1: The Basics Creating Harmony 2: Beyond Triads Voice Leading and Inversions Parallel Harmony Harmonic Rhythm Repetition and Insistence The Rhythm of Automation Humanizing With Automation Envelopes Maximal Density Deliberately Bad Listening Randomness and Responsibility Dramatic Arc
Problems of Finishing
Arranging as a Subtractive Process The Power of Erasing Formal Skeletons Common Forms 1: Elements of Song Form Common Forms 2: Layering as Form Short Loops as Endings Unique Events Three Ways to End Rendering as Commitment Getting Feedback Diminishing Returns Fail Better
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