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Composers doing normal s*** is one of the best things on the Internet right now
Composers. You’ve seen them literally put on pedestals, in bronze and granite. Here they are in daily life – and it’s charming. Yes, it’s “Composers doing normal s***”, and in the midst of truly grotesque things on Twitter, it’s the breath of fresh air we need right now. Behold! https://twitter.com/NormalComposers Classic photos are often so […]
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Hearing a Steve Reich phase with two iPhones is oddly hypnotic
You’ve got Steve Reich on your speed dial, right? He calls now and then? This is totally a realistic experience of what happens in your daily life? I’m sure it is. http://stevereichiscalling.com/ Texting, of course, is similar, me and Steve. “U up?” “U up?” “U up?” “Up?” “Uu up?” “up??” “Uuu up?” “up? U” “Uuuu […]
Peter Kirn - March 3, 2017
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Play with Steve Reich’s techniques in a free iPhone app
Steve Reich’s musical etudes are already a kind of self-contained lesson in rhythm. Inspired by drumming traditions, Reich distills in his music essential principles of rhythmic construction, introducing Western Classical musicians to cyclic forms. That makes them a natural for visual scoring – doubly so something interactive, which is what an iPhone can provide. And […]
Peter Kirn - April 28, 2016
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Steve Reich played on Game Boys is mesmerizing
Peter Kirn - April 21, 2016
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Free Clapping Music App Teaches You Steve Reich – And Rhythm
Peter Kirn - July 10, 2015
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