Something for Hitchcock Fans

Music is such an abstract, can't-put-your-hands-on-it art form. I'm always finding it useful to compare music to visual arts. I recently came across this website which is a humorous attempt to explain how to be a better film director via the techniques of Alfred Hitchcock.

Or is it humorous? Many of the techniques can apply to any good art, and that means music, too. Keep the audience in mind, frame for emotion, break cliches, remember to use humor, two things at once, surprise and twist -- all are valid considerations when you sit down to compose a piece of music.

Thanks to Jeff Bays for writing this neat little web page!