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What Does Bliss in Music Mean to You?
Bliss in music means different things to different people.
I happen to be a studio arranger and keyboard player, which means my euphoria is conditioned by my search for perfect sounds. To me, bliss is the slow opening and closing of a comb filter over a deep sine wave bass. It means a touch of soft analog distortion added to individual tracks within a digital mix. It means the magical flaws of real oscillators rather than the wave-drawn kind. It means slow-motion pads evolving over fast tempos and relentless drum programming. It means synths and strings instead of guitars and brass. It means major scales with raised fourths and minor scales with lowered sixths. It means no lyrics and only the occasional vocalise. It means suspensions and passing tones that linger like a last long look at a secret crush from childhood. It means tracks that sparkle, drone and thunder all at the same time.
What does bliss in music mean to you?
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