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    Possibly the world's only blog to take in improvisation/music composition and production/wine and winemaking/eating

    I love making stuff, and I'm obsessed with trying to do it better. For my old blog 2010-2015 please visit www.tomhewson.wordpress.com 

    Tasting Notes - Andrew Hill + Gropello

    October 21, 2017

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    Tom Hewson

    This post constitutes an attempt to bribe myself into writing more about music by devising a concept which involves drinking. There are a number of studies that show that music affects our perception of wine (see this article in Decanter Magazine), and there's certainl...

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    Ready...steady... postulate

    June 1, 2016

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    Tom Hewson

    Welcome to my new blog. I'm planning to write from time to time on a few topics:

    -improvisation

    -writing music

    -production and recorded sound

    -growing grapes and making wine

    -cooking and eating

    Most of you will come here from a musical perspective and may be wondering about...

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    Let's go round agai..

    May 30, 2016

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    Tom Hewson

    What makes a great cyclic riff? You know the kind - you can't stop playing it, singing it, dancing to it...it's addictive.I've taken three great examples and had a look at what makes them tick.

    1. Q-Tip 'Gettin' Up' (sample of Black IvoryYou and I)

    This is an interesting...

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    TOO MUCH INFORMATION

    May 29, 2016

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    Tom Hewson

    "sounds good.....maybe too good....?"

    Here are two statements that paraphrase views about jazz recordings I've heard quite a lot over the years;

    1) I just listen a lot more to the older jazz records - I like the sound of them

    2) ECM records have too much reverb

    These opini...

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    The Leon Millot grape

    May 27, 2016

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    Tom Hewson

    Grape varieties are a lot like musicians (stay with me). They have distinct characters which people like or dislike. Sometimes they're good in a band, sometimes they're solo artists. They can change their character simply by being put in a new environment. There are te...

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