- Nov 07, 2020
Sound Quotes
The many meanings of how something sounds.
These sound quotes range from musicians describing their own recorded voice to a conductor aiming for a particular orchestral character, alongside a sharper caution about what happens when love is tamed and made predictable. See more in Like quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Compression
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's what records do: represent a compressed, heightened version of the sound. Because of the compression of the tubes and microphones and the wax, it's magic!
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's really the Holy Grail of conducting: how to change the sound of an orchestra just with our hands alone.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous emphasis on copying the Cuban models.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first musical sound I ever heard was from a banjo. My father played, and I was an infant in a crib, and something just stayed with me from those early days.
- Bridge
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- Nov 07, 2020
A portal is a transitionary device of sight or sound that functions as a sort of third gravitating body between the this and the that, pulling us toward itself, allowing us to bridge into the unknown from the known.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came here when I was almost 22. I'm perfectly bilingual, but I'm never going to sound like Sandra Bullock.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
My central quest was to have a piece played on the saxophone sound like more than one instrument, exploiting different registers and wide interval leaps.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2012 the best venue I played was Union Chapel in London. It's a beautiful room, the sound is exceptional, and they treated us very well.
- Present
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt a responsibility to present a viable alternative to the popular electric sound.
- Articulated
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- Nov 07, 2020
Instead of following one another the sounds overlap; a sound which is acoustically perceived as coming after another one can be articulated simultaneously with the latter or even in part before it.
- Driving Force
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- Nov 07, 2020
We grew up understanding how the analog sound is a driving force for music.
- Kick
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- Nov 07, 2020