I think we’re in a golden age of professional audio right now. A second golden age, because people are making emulations of the old stuff that actually works better.

- Bob Power

If someone starts talking about the purpose of art, then that person is probably a nazi or something similar. Look out!

- Ernst Billgren

Usually I just take anything and hit it and if it sounds great I can build a song around it.

- Björn Yttling (Peter Bjorn and John)

Russ from Air Users Blog sent me this pic. Hilarious!

Question: What is art? Short answer: A question.

- Ernst Billgren

OK, so here’s an innovative idea for a controller. I don’t think it’s for me, as it still requires mousing around, but it could be useful for some.

One of the things I always hated about making records was that no matter what the music sounded like coming through the speakers in the control room, by the time you piled it onto analog tape, you had to live with the buildup of hiss.

– Frank Zappa

I have NO idea…

There’s nothing fun in the news today, and I didn’t want to leave you with nothing, so I thought I’d share two Youtube clips with you that I watched when I had coffee this morning.

The first is minimalist composer John Adams (no, not the politician) dishing on pop culture.

The other is perhaps John Adams precursor, minimalist composer Philip Glass. I actually have his biography in the bookshelf but haven’t read it yet. He did ‘Einstein on the beach’ (which is probably his most famous piece but I never got into it) and Koyaanisqatsi. Repetitive stuff.

My job is to make music sound great and to not whine too much.

– George Massenburg