Musical Mirror
philosophical and poetic thoughts on music
Horoscope of new musical practices
May 2024
Aries (March 21 - April 20):
I know you like to butt heads with things,
you have a lot of energy when you attack, even if you often leave your flank exposed.
Pay attention to the sounds beside you,
explore parts of your DAW
that you've never explored before,
strengthen your blind spots, increase spatialization.
Taurus (April 21 - May 20):
Don't always think about the success of a project, let go, record an improvisation every day, formless, just do it.
After a month, listen back to everything and you'll see you'll have beautiful material close to the truth of the sound you've been seeking for a long time.
Gemini (May 21 - June 21):
Your mind is curious and versatile, you're always searching for new sounds and solutions.
Try to tidy up a bit, it's the perfect time to give your sound archive a new organization, you'll see this new order will give you a very interesting perspective on things.
Cancer (June 22 - July 22):
If your tuning isn't perfect, it doesn't matter.
Look for dissonant sounds, you'll see they'll be perfect for your next work.
Indeed, try to stay away from anything that sounds in tune during this period.
Leo (July 23 - August 22):
It's time to put every movement of yours onto sheet music, the next few months will be perfect for setting up your scores and MIDI projects rigorously.
Only once everything is set will you think about who the best performers of your work are, and not before.
Virgo (August 23 - September 22):
A sinuous explosion is begging to come out of your hands.
Use the sine wave on all your synthesizers, there's a need for a return to the sine wave form after a long pilgrimage, to rediscover the foundations of sound.
Libra (September 23 - October 22):
Arm yourself with a microphone, a recorder, and explore everything you can along watercourses.
Especially at sunset, you'll discover the wild sounds of an unexpected fauna.
The animal sounds you manage to record will be perfect for your drum machine.
Scorpio (October 23 - November 22):
Enough with the continuous bass kick, enough with the metronome, enough with simple articulation.
Look for new rhythms, new polyrhythms, new geometries.
There's not only Berlin techno, look to Indian music, the rhythms of black Africa, the esoteric musical heritage of traditional southern Italy.
Sagittarius (November 23-December 21):
Look for a new way to mix tracks, don't seek a perfect balance.
Put sounds where you would never have thought to put them, play with space.
Reverse certainties, raise the volume of what you usually leave in the background.
Capricorn (December 22 - January 20):
I'm sure you've made many sacrifices to buy your new synthesizer, it cost a lot of money and therefore a lot of time spent earning it.
Before discovering all the new possibilities this new machine gives you, as a sort of sacrificial rite, compose a piece using old technology, use only an old cassette stereo.
Aquarius (January 21 - February 19):
You're a volcano in full eruption at the moment, finding solutions for your new tracks easily.
Soon there might come a moment of calm, where you'll think you have creative block.
When you feel the block coming, distort all the sounds, look for new energy in noise solutions, you'll see you'll have a second eruption.
Pisces (February 20 - March 21):
You've been looking at the piano for days, it's useless to think that the solution is on the keyboard.
Open the lid and play with the tailpiece, connect effects and contact microphones.
Uncovering the piano will be a magical act for you too, it will be like uncovering what covers your ideas.