Structure: How To Avoid Getting Lost In The Detail

Опубликовано: 12 Март 2026
на канале: Ear Opener
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It can be easy to get stuck in the detail of your music early on in the process - spending hours on 5 seconds of music or fiddling with a plug-in. In this video musicians share ways to get a sense of how your whole piece is structured before getting bogged down in detail.

Featuring interviews with Brian Eno, Carly Paradis, Ed O'Brien, Errollyn Wallen and Isobel Waller-Bridge.

0:00 1. Intro
0:18 2. When is the best time to get into details?
4:55 3. Try doing a sketch of your whole piece
7:51 4. Structure can emerge

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