Good morning. Today we’re listening to Pauline Oliveros, an American composer and multi-instrumentalist from Houston, Texas. We’ve recommended Oliveros twice before. Beginning in the 1960s, Oliveros pioneered compositional techniques using tape recordings and novel transistor-based instruments. She innovated music production as well as music consumption, writing about “deep listening” and its mysterious, revelatory, and creative effects:
Glad to hear Oliveros; mixed feelings about listening to her pieces while at work. Seems counter to the intent of 'deep listening', and the shifts in timbre and texture repeatedly draw my ear to the music. I don't want to stop listening either, and so I continue to waver between 'doing' and 'listening'. Interesting also how often humans are drawn to reverberance - so much so that various tricks have been devised to create it. In this case, though, the space is 'real' and contributes to the sound.
Only ended to listen to Reverberations now. Shifting now into your free (and great) playlist, but, in my opinion, you should limit the duration of the recommendations. 11 hours is quite a lot for a day lol. Despite all that, keep doing the amazing job you do, as usual. Two albums with +- 60 min per each is the perfect timing for a flow state session imo.
Glad to hear Oliveros; mixed feelings about listening to her pieces while at work. Seems counter to the intent of 'deep listening', and the shifts in timbre and texture repeatedly draw my ear to the music. I don't want to stop listening either, and so I continue to waver between 'doing' and 'listening'. Interesting also how often humans are drawn to reverberance - so much so that various tricks have been devised to create it. In this case, though, the space is 'real' and contributes to the sound.
totally fair point, agree. I want to listen to this lying down, in a room with red light, with my eyes closed :)
Only ended to listen to Reverberations now. Shifting now into your free (and great) playlist, but, in my opinion, you should limit the duration of the recommendations. 11 hours is quite a lot for a day lol. Despite all that, keep doing the amazing job you do, as usual. Two albums with +- 60 min per each is the perfect timing for a flow state session imo.
Loooooooved this!!! Using it for a sensorial workshop I am hosting soon, this music is perfect, loved discovering Pauline Oliveros ❤️