It’s always hard to decide when something’s done. To go back to the painting metaphor, maybe deciding something’s done is just letting the canvas dry and stepping away. There is this simple resignation that takes place. The benefit of working with collaborators is you get the take and that’s what you have. So that’s also something that helps push projects to completion. And also, scary deadlines. Scary deadlines are always a great way to finish projects, which is why composing can sometimes be a great antidote to whatever baked-in perfectionism I might have. With artist records, you can take years and you can say this isn’t good enough, but then you have a deadline for a project and they’re like, “We need the stems by Tuesday at midnight,” and you have to do it. Accepting something is good enough is a skill in and of itself.
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Laurel Halo
Composer, producer and musician
United States
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Laurel Halo is an American composer, producer, recording artist and musician, born in Detroit and based in Los Angeles. Her music is known for its depth and sense of presence, melding the materiality and spirituality of sound to focus on concepts of transmission, memory and impermanence. She has toured and presented work around the world at places including the Barbican Centre, Ina-GRM, the Sydney Opera House, Kölner Philharmonie, Unsound Festival, and the Julia Stoschek Foundation, among others. She is currently touring her live score to the film Midnight Zone across Europe.
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