This part of the Rite of Spring is pure dreadful brutality. One of my favorite parts of the piece: www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin... #orchestra #orchestration #stravinsky #TheRiteOfSpring

As close as a fanfare as Stravinsky is gonna get: www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin... #orchestra #orchestration #stravinsky

I think I'm starting to get the hang of Stravinsky. He's like Ravel, but instead of being focused on tone color, he was focused on doing new and crazier orchestrations every few seconds. www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin... #orchestra #stravinsky #TheRiteOfSpring

My mind is blown all apart by the extreme polytonality in rehearsal number 42 of The Rite of Spring: www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin... #stravinsky #orchestra #polytonality

Polytonality? It's blowing my mind... www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin... #orchestra #orchestration #musictheory #stravinsky #TheRiteOfSpring

When writing loud orchestral music, it seems you write details in to amuse yourself, far more than intending them to be heard: www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin... #stravinsky #orchestra #orchestration #theRiteOfSpring

Stravinsky creates a wall of sound in these sections. It's ridiculous. It settled an argument I've had in my mind for years why the piccolo is used in marches... it can be heard. www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin... #orchestra #orchestration #stravinsky #theriteofspring #piccolo #flute

How on earth does one do a backwards pizzicato on violin??? www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin... #orchestra #violin #stravinsky #theriteofspring

Whatever drugs Stravinsky was on, do share a bit. This is insane in a great way: www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin... #stravinsky #TheRiteOfSpring #orchestra #orchestration #musictheory

I really appreciate how Stravinsky makes these beds of polytonal sound only to mix them with other tonalities. His use of C Mixolydian here? Epic. www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin...

When you trust your ears waaaaaaaay more than the music theory (and make better music as a result): www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin... #musictheory #stravinsky #theriteofspring #orchestra

I really appreciate how Stravinsky makes these beds of polytonal sound only to mix them with other tonalities. His use of C Mixolydian here? Epic. www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin...

I love how Stravinsky uses trills to make super unsettling sustained tones, and I also learned a trick with a trumpet in C: www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin...

I've got a theory about how to think about The Rite of Spring: I think that the age-old orchestral design of the homophonic texture is baked into the entire piece. www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin...

The Rite of Spring #13 to #15: Polychordal movements, flickering dissonances, and what I'd call the most punk-rock chord in all of classical music. www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin...

How any conductor actually conducts this section of the Rite of Spring is fucking beyond me: www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin...

Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, Rehersal #7-8: Interesting polyphony, and super unsettling rhythm achieved using remarkably few traditional rhythm ingredients for the orchestra: www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin...

Fluttering polytonality, buried sustained tones, and interesting switches between the oboe and cor anglais in Stravinsky's Rite of Spring: www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin...

Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, Rehearsal Numbers 3-5: www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin...

Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, Rehearsal Numbers 0-2: www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin...

Let the nerding out begin: The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/stravin...

All it took was falling in love to make all my creative pursuits take a hefty pause. Love (life's greatest teacher) taught me that obsession doesn't work. Like, at all: www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/obsessi...

I was enjoying a coffee at a coffeeshop this morning when I realized I was the only one not fucking around on my phone. I then wondered if everyone thought I was a psychopath.

Exporting our entire lives to technology and AI is terrible for our artistic souls and ultimate happiness. This blog shares how we can find balance between the pursuits we love and have technology handle the tasks we can't stand. www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/it-just...

If you've ever wondered how film composers can make time disappear, or make you completely aware of every single second, this blog explains it all: www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/the-sou...

If you dig horror movies, The Nightmare Machine is right up your alley. This beast is a device used to create creepy sounds for the screen. Here is an introduction to the Nightmare Machine: youtube.com/shorts/_P2Gx... #nightmaremachine #eurorack #scary #horrorfilms #sounddesign

I've long wanted to build my own #ableton instrument using samples recorded at my home studio. My first one involved a sample set of 20 backwards-manipulated #guitar notes. Surprised how pretty and stark it sounds.

From the 1976 build guide for the PAIA 4730 VCF module. You just don't get enough sections going off on a bizarre tangent on using synth modules to create oscilloscope art in modern eurorack build guides!

Forrest Gump only he's really into Eurorack and the flashback is just younger versions of him with a DX-7.

Thursday, Feb 19: Lunae Lumin, by Wicked Cities From A Distance. concept record for the short story "A Perch Made of Moonlight." This #ambient record was recorded and edited at #432hz. A teaser:

Short, rhythmic ambient with melodic fragments caught in a web of delay and reverb. firefireredstardown.bandcamp.com/track/aelia #ambient #electronica #electronicmusic #rhythmicbliss

The plugin nerd-out continues... The Capitol Mastering Compressor #plugin? Beautiful vari-mu compressor. The curve on it stays the same no matter how much you push the saturation. It is a delicate flower. Tested on an energetic guitar-driven post rock single and liked the tube compressor sound of it

The hidden #frequency slider (click on the tape) makes for epic tone shaping though. Really dig the impact on the #sound... @universalaudio.bsky.social

Totally not a surprise to see the A-Type Multiband Enhancer #plugin doing totally crazy things to phase at full blast! Just gotta make sure to address phase later on. Thinking it's best to send to an AUX channel and call it a day...) @universalaudio.bsky.social #audio

That being said, the 458A has this gorgeous feel to it, all the way up to about 2 o clock. After that, predictably outlandish. But I really dig how the #plugin brings out the #strings in a #filmscore or pulls groups a tiny bit more together

Kush's Omega 458A #plugin looks a little crazy when the phase button is engaged... I don't really understand that

Look what the @sonnox.com Limiter did to the sound when safe mode was engaged and the Enhance fader turned all the way up... Clean as a whistle. I'm gushing. I know it. Not a surprise. Anyone who wants their #music to sound good should get this #plugin, and pretty much anything else Sonnox does

A film's soundtrack is the necessary heartbeat that breathes life into every frame. A change in the music can make a film feel like pure magic: www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/the-sou...

I think the @sonnox.com makes mixes feel and seem louder without too much actual gain in dB. I tested it out with pink noise set to meter at -6dB, and somehow the thing increased how loud it sounded without too much change on the meter. Bonkers. HOW? #audioengineering #inflater #plugins

Another interesting fact about the @sonnox.com Inflater? Yes, it increases the dB output, but someone stays below 0dB TP. I don't get how this thing works. Not complaining! Truly, this thing is magical. Just gotta figure it out a little better #audioengineering #inflater #plugins

#Sonnox #Inflater does some super interesting things to a signal. The phase barely moves even when pushed to maximum... It's no wonder it's a classic for #audioengineering. Adding it to the mix bus on a film score I've been composing made me have a Maxell moment in my seat. @sonnox.com

The phase switch on the Omega A also does something super crazy... I can't quit pin down what is going on. Does anyone have any idea? #audioengineering #kushaudio #plugins

Interesting to note that the Kush Audio Omega A can look super choppy when pushed beyond the halfway point. Also of note is the phase... Like 100hz and below and 10K and up ain't cool if you slap this on a stereo signal. Trying to find a use for it... #audioengineering #mixing #plugins #kushaudio

What would happen if I took a terrible horror movie from the 70's and added some Nightmare Machine to it? Somehow, it gets creepy, fast: youtube.com/shorts/6sntW... #horrormovie #horrorfilm #nightmaremachine #sounddesign

A split screen demonstration of the Nightmare Machine, sync'd to footage of the 1957 volcanic eruption in Portugal. Super intense: youtube.com/shorts/f22dD... #nightmaremachine #eurorack #creepy #terrifying

Curious about how to build your own Nightmare Machine? Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how mine was built: www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/the-nig... #nightmaremachine #horrormovies #horrorfilms #sounddesign

Curious about how to build your own Nightmare Machine? Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how mine was built: www.davewirthmusic.com/blog/the-nig... #nightmaremachine #horrormovies #horrorfilms #sounddesign

Here's a thought: If you reach out and introduce yourself to a new potential collaborator over email, but your message was clearly written by ChatGPT, it's not a far stretch for that collaborator to wonder if you're a real person. #ai #chatgpt

A split screen demonstration of the Nightmare Machine and my Eurorack Synths working together to make a short Zombie film immensely frightening: youtube.com/shorts/oJ3s5... #nightmaremachine #eurorack #horrorfilm #horrormovie #sounddesign

If you dig horror movies, The Nightmare Machine is right up your alley. This beast is a device used to create creepy sounds for the screen. Here is an introduction to the Nightmare Machine: youtube.com/shorts/_P2Gx... #nightmaremachine #eurorack #scary #horrorfilms #sounddesign