Lee Barry's Blog, page 39
January 19, 2020
Music Controllers
The other day, I was going through my collection of pitched and un-pitched audio fragments that I use in my ambient music and determining their actual pitch. I didn't have an instrument with me at the time, and I used an online piano. Using a mouse to hit the keys felt so awkward; I felt as if I hadn't played the piano in decades and was re-learning it. This must be the experience of playing 
January 12, 2020
Limelight
R.I.P. Professor Peart. You are an amazing person.
I always think about the music of language when I think about Rush. The words are (at least initially) driving the rhythms. This is why the bar line gets shifted around so much, and why the songs are typically in odd meters; Language is in odd meters, or at least with a roving bar line which serves to add coherence by placing certain
I always think about the music of language when I think about Rush. The words are (at least initially) driving the rhythms. This is why the bar line gets shifted around so much, and why the songs are typically in odd meters; Language is in odd meters, or at least with a roving bar line which serves to add coherence by placing certain
January 5, 2020
Looking At Music
What is it that allows a musician to play a song on an instrument by ear or in other words only hearing the song and then being able to play it, and other musicians need to read the notes in order to play?
This was a question asked on Quora. I had been thinking about the different ways of looking at music, and how it is approached. A few weeks ago, I wrote about the bucket drummers; Many of
This was a question asked on Quora. I had been thinking about the different ways of looking at music, and how it is approached. A few weeks ago, I wrote about the bucket drummers; Many of
