i’ve started a side project called ten minutes (the link is also available under the menu to your right). it’s basically a micro site featuring short music mixes, but they’re different from the ones i’ve done so far for this blog – these ones are restricted to approximately ten minutes in length, and the songs are a continuous sequence instead of separate mp3s (side note: you can download the mix, if you like, by clicking on the image). i try to make them as concise as possible so as to establish a clear, distinct theme with each edition. for example, the inaugural theme is “nebula music”: atmospheric songs that expand and collapse upon themselves without much development.

all in all, the main concept behind ten minutes is to eliminate the distractions of experiencing recorded music. nowadays, songs come with flashy music videos, songs serve as soundtrack accompaniments to film, songs are played in the background as you read blogs (guilty). nobody’s really listening. that’s why the design of the web page is so simple – the point is to make you pay attention to the music itself. maybe you will find something meaningful out of that brief experience (now wouldn’t that be something!). in those ten minutes of your life, i hope that you at least enjoy the stillness of letting nothing else around you matter, nothing but what you hear.