Oblique Strategies (Hand-Written)\\\\\Brian Eno & Peter Schmidt\1974
system
If a thing\can be said,\it can be\said simply
Wow and/or\flutter
Reverse all and listen closely
Define an area as 'safe',\and use it as an anchor (stock?)
hydrophonic\    - sources\    - treatments
simple\subtraction
Ghost echoes:\echo only segment\of signal above,\say, 4000 Hz
Look most closely\at the most\embarassing details\and amplify them
Don't be frightened\to display your\talents
Emphasize\repetitions
Do we need\holes?
Cluster Analysis
Analyze\colour changes\and grading
Listen in total\darkness or in\a large empty room\very quietly
Assemble some\of the instruments\into a group and\treat the group
Body-percussion
Overlay\Harmony\Cascades\Descending and\Rising over\consecuive octaves
Take away\elements in\order of\apparent\importance
Mechanicalize\something idiosyncratic\or humanize\something free of error
Plot a graph of the piece
Abandon\normal\instruments
Tape\your\mouth
Are there sections?\Consider transitions
1. Shut the door and listen from outside\2. put in earplugs\\\\
Use\non-musicians
Lowest common\denominator check:\- single note\- single riff\- percussive motif
Take a break
Honour thy\error as a\hidden intention
Use fewer notes
Emphasize differences
Intentions\- credibility of\- nobility of
Simultaneous\melodies\at different\speeds, in time
Imagine the\music as a\moving chain\or caterpillar
Feedback\recordings into\an acoustic\situation
Split signal via\filter with\different bands\on different tracks
Remember\- those quiet evenings
Maintain a\graphic balance
Convert a\melodic element\into a rhythmic\element\- pulses\- gates\- echoes
What\goes on?
Think of\the radio
Spread single\echoes over tracks,\such that track to\track delay =, say,\1/2 beat. also\pre-echoes
Take away\elements in prder\of apparent\non-importance
Fill every\beat with\something
Check\timing
Consult other sources\- musical\- otherwise
Change the lyrics\if necessary
Reverse the tape
Destroy\- nothing\- the most important thing\- everything
Consider different\fading systems\cross/echo/false/pan/intro
(Overtly)\resist change + (secretly)\allow it through\a back door
