On Wed, 02 Apr 2014 08:47:20 -0400 Dave Phillips <dlphillips@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Greetings, > > Reading an interview with Philippe Leroux in the Computer Music Journal, > when asked about spending 20 months on a 20-minute piece he replied : > > "I try to spend as much time as I can with each piece before letting it > go into the world, so to speak. That allows me to re-read, to correct, > to refine the details, to add little things that enrich the musical > discourse in a manner that allows for as many levels of perception of > the work as possible during the process of composing. I like to have a > profound understanding of the piece; it is a daily two-way communication > that I sustain with it. That allows me to get to compositional levels > that are just not possible when you compose something fast. Then again, > having said that, in the real world, some works are written a lot faster > than that." > > Best, > > dp Months? MONTHS!!! Some of my stuff has taken years to (maybe) complete :) -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
