do something boring it is quite possible (after all) ask people to work against their better judgment be dirty cut a vital connection balance the consistency principle with the inconsistency principle define an area as 'safe' and use it as an anchor distorting time is it finished not building a wall but making a brick accretion don't stress one thing more than another what would your closest friend do get your neck massaged always give yourself credit for having more than personality put in earplugs remember those quiet evenings assemble some of the elements in a group and treat the group ask your body abandon normal instruments is there something missing change instrument roles is the information correct don't be afraid of things because they're easy to do what mistakes did you make last time do nothing for as long as possible discard an axiom destroy - nothing - the most important thing go outside. shut the door humanize something free of error do the words need changing you can only make one dot at a time don't break the silence breathe more deeply use an old idea look at the order in which you do things (organic) machinery a very small object - its centre idiot glee (?) consult other sources - promising - unpromising go slowly all the way round the outside repetition is a form of change ghost echoes short circuit (example: a man eating peas with the idea that they will improve his virility shovels them straight into his lap) remove ambiguities and convert to specifics use an unacceptable color give way to your worst impulse cascades make an exhaustive list of everything you might do and do the last thing on the list give the name away emphasize the flaws overtly resist change do the washing up accept advice reverse twist the spine children - speaking - singing are there sections? consider transitions decorate, decorate be extravagant a line has two sides remove specifics and convert to ambiguities towards the insignificant disconnect from desire what wouldn't you do take away the elements in order of apparent non-importance intentions - nobility of - humility of - credibility of faced with a choice, do both make a sudden, destructive unpredictable action; incorporate imagine the piece as a set of disconnected events emphasize differences reevaluation (a warm feeling) use filters cluster analysis question the heroic approach lost in useless territory always first steps listen to the quiet voice infinitesimal gradations courage honor thy error as a hidden intention lowest common denominator left channel, right channel, centre channel discover the recipes you are using and abandon them disciplined self-indulgence just carry on into the impossible simple subtraction bridges - build - burn consider different fading systems turn it upside down look closely at the most embarrassing details and amplify them change nothing and continue with immaculate consistency do we need holes how would you have done it water feed the recording back out of the medium fill every beat with something the inconsistency principle take a break the tape is now the music tidy up use fewer notes only one element of each kind don't be frightened of cliches you don't have to be ashamed of using your own ideas mechanicalize something idiosyncratic don't be frightened to display your talents the most important thing is the thing most easily forgotten make a blank valuable by putting it in an exquisite frame work at a different speed allow an easement (an easement is the abandonment of a stricture) convert a melodic element into a rhythmic element you are an engineer mute and continue state the problem in words as clearly as possible emphasize repetitions simply a matter of work spectrum analysis tape your mouth think of the radio trust in the you of now use 'unqualified' people what are the sections sections of? imagine a caterpillar moving what are you really thinking about just now what is the reality of the situation