Video of interesting talk on consuming, producing and sharing. Relevant to our discussions after seeing the Lessig video.

worth a listen. you may find the last segment on David Cope especially interesting.

Musical Language
Show #202

Friday, April 21, 2006

What is music? How does it work? Why does it move us? Why are some people better at it than others? In this hour, we examine the line between language and music, how the brain processes sound, and we meet a composer who uses computers to capture the musical DNA of dead composers in order to create new work. We also re-imagine the disastrous 1913 debut of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring…through the lens of modern neurology.

Here's a video of what one man has created, using contact microphones to electrify.

And here's his website.

You may be interested in trying some of Andy Farnell's projects here.

Here are the settings you'll need to make in the Pd and Reason preferences. (see attachments below).

Reason 4.0 is now available in B25B, B25C, and B25D.

Here are all the links you'll need for...

Reason:
Windows Version
Mac Version

Abelton Live:
Live (Mac and Windows)

News on the new clips feature in Reason 4's sequencer.

Making the switch to Version 4's sequencer is made easier by watching these.

New York Times Op-Ed piece from the the inventor of Virtual Reality, also a composer.