My significant other, who aside from working for a major art museum is an authority on good taste (or at least things that taste good, which is far more important to me), let me know this video even wins cred among art historians: You’ll recall that way back in 1991, we were all pretty blown […]

My significant other, who aside from working for a major art museum is an authority on good taste (or at least things that taste good, which is far more important to me), let me know this video even wins cred among art historians: You’ll recall that way back in 1991, we were all pretty blown […]

Brian Eno, as one of the masters of generative music, naturally has some deep things to say about generative visuals. Since we’re always interested in the fusion of the two, that’s all the more interesting. Here he is, talking about his project 77 Million Paintings: I love that Eno’s ideas are always clearly expressed and […]

It’s pretty stunning to watch Brian Eno, one the major pioneers of our time in terms of thinking about musical form, onstage with Will Wright, one of the major pioneers of our time in terms of thinking about game design. Here’s Brian Eno in conversation with Will Wright, chatting about the kind of generative systems […]

Breathe deeply. Listen to Steve Horelick’s soothing voice. And you, too, can take on the Environment. Steve Horelick, the composer and Logic guru who’s produced work for HBO, ABC, PBS, Ford, Volkswagen, and IBM and was just nominated for an Emmy for his years of work on Reading Rainbow, has a new Logic Pro training […]

Sibelius 5’s Ideas Pad aims to change the way you track thoughts and compose in your notation software. Or you can cut and paste from its presets, bringing “presets” to scoring for the first time. Hopefully you’ll err on the side of original ideas, but the next time Don Music can’t think of a cadence […]

Photo courtesy Richard Lainhart and his dream studio. Electronic musicians are used to getting their gear on the cheap, and there’s something beautiful about that. But that doesn’t take away from some of the short-run, brilliant instruments out there. Topping the list: Buchla’s 200e, which continues the stories tradition of the Buchla modular synths, and […]

Yes, the Theremin can sound bluesy. In case you haven’t seen this, here’s a wonderfully-done rendition of Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy, on Moog Etherwave Pro (recently discontinued, sadly, though maybe it’ll come back in some form), iZotope Trash for effects, Akai MPC1000, Moog Minimoog Voyager, and … actually, not sure about the keyboard. Got distracted by […]

No one uses Java any more, eh, Steve Jobs? Why, we use Java for … you know … useful stuff. Work stuff. (Shown: Snake on a Plane, built in Mobile Processing.) All rational arguments for development on mobile phones aside, some phone owners are driven by the irrational, purely personal need to tap into their […]

Apple made a controversial announcement at the World Wide Developers’ Conference, which went something like this: “We’ve got a new, innovative way of giving you developer access to our phone: we’re not.” (I’m paraphrasing; see the full quote below.) In less than 24 hours, this has devolved into an online debate between defensive “traditional” developers […]