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May 22, 2009

Composing Like a Painter

I kept destroying sections of the piece and then building something new in its place, sometimes "painting over" sections with other layers; just as one might say "there needs to be more orange over in this corner of the canvas," I listened to each successive version of the composition in my head and adjusted it accordingly.

Originally from NewMusicBox, ReBlogged by newmusicrebloggers on May 22, 2009 at 05:12 PM

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