Computers have revolutionized the composition, production and recording of music. However, they have not yet revolutionized music education. While a great deal of educational software exists, it mostly follows traditional teaching paradigms, offering ear training, flash cards and the like. Meanwhile, nearly all popular music is produced in part or in whole with software, yet [...]
Filed in Interfaces, Music, Music Teaching, Software, Technology
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Also tagged algorithmic composition, classical, Composition, computers, dance, dj, figure, garageband, guitar, Hardware, hip-hop, interfaces, ipad, keybs, logic, looping, midi, morton subotnick, Music, music teaching, nyu, pro tools, propellerhead, reason, skeuomorphism, Software, synths, visualization
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This past November, I had the privilege of performing in the fourth Disquiet Junto concert of 2012 in the apexart gallery.
Filed in Autobio, Composition, Improvisation, Music, Software
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Also tagged ableton, apexart, art, disquiet, harmonica, junto, marc weidenbaum, Music, retail
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Sunday, November 11, 2012
Susan McClary “Rap, Minimalism and Structures of Time in Late Twentieth-Century Culture.” in Audio Culture, Daniel Warner, ed, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2004, pp 289 – 298. This is essay is the best piece of music writing I’ve read in quite a while. She articulates my personal ideology of music perfectly. Also, she quotes Prince! [...]
Filed in Composition, Emotion, Improvisation, Music, Music Theory, Race and Identity, Recording
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Also tagged america, classical, Composition, hip-hop, history, prince, race, Recording, repetition, schoenberg, susan mcclary, technomusicology, theodor adorno
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Matthew D. Thibeault. Wisdom for Music Education From the Recording Studio. General Music Today, 20 October 2011. Stuart Wise, Janinka Greenwood and Niki Davis. Teachers’ Use of Digital Technology in Secondary Music Education: Illustrations of Changing Classrooms. British Journal of Music Education, Volume 28, Issue 2, July 2011, pp 117 - 134. Digital recording studios [...]
Filed in Composition, Music, Music Teaching, Recording, Software
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Also tagged brian eno, Composition, education, Music, music notation, music teaching, nyu, psychology, Recording, Sampling, school, teaching, technomusicology
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I’ve toyed around with several iPhone and iPad music apps. Many are intriguing and fun, but few have inspired me into making “real” music. In preparation for the next Disquiet Junto project, I downloaded Nodebeat and tried some improvisation. I like the result: The app combines randomness and control in an intriguing way. I also [...]
Filed in Composition, Hardware, Improvisation, Interfaces, Music, Software, Video Games
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Also tagged animoog, Composition, electronica, figure, ios, ipad, Music, nodebeat, random, touch
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The seminar I’ve been taking with Morton Subotnick is sadly drawing to a close. As part of the end of the semester, we were invited to Professor Subotnick’s home studio, a few blocks from NYU, to get a demonstration of the setup he uses in performances.
Filed in Composition, Hardware, Improvisation, Interfaces, Key Musicians, Music, Sampling, Software
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Also tagged ableton, avant-garde, buchla, classical, Composition, electronica, experimental, midi, morton subotnick, nyu
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Joshua Pablo Rosenstock. Free Play Meets Gameplay: iGotBand, a Video Game for Improvisers. Leonardo Music Journal, Vol. 20, pp. 11–15, 2010. Guitar Hero, Rock Band and games like them have done a wonderful service to non-musicians. The games give a good sense of what playing an instrument in a band is like. The interface is [...]
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Also tagged games, guitar hero, linkedin, nyu, play, rock band, Video Games
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Related: my top 100 jazz tracks. Rather than attempting the impossible task of explaining how everything in jazz works, I’m going to pick a specific, fairly mainstream tune and talk you through it: “Someday My Prince Will Come” by Miles Davis, off the 1961 album by the same name. First of all, here’s the original [...]
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Also tagged disney, hank mobley, jazz, jimmy cobb, john coltrane, linkedin, miles davis, movies, Music, paul chambers, quora, wynton kelly
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Improvisation Charlie Christian – “Waiting For Benny”
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Also tagged art blakey, blues, charlie christian, clifford brown, Composition, count basie, duke ellington, herbie hancock, jazz, john coltrane, max roach, miles davis, quora, soul
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Friday, November 18, 2011
Ella Fitzgerald lost some of her range as she got older, but her soul and phrasing got deeper and deeper. The series of duet albums she did with Joe Pass late in her life are exquisite.
Filed in Key Musicians, Music
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Also tagged age, drumming, ella fitzgerald, funk, jazz, joe pass, max roach, miles davis, quora, soul
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