Thursday, April 15, 2010
The Music of Akihiko Matsumoto
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Michael Perkins
Akihiko usually uses Openmusic and max/msp for algorithmic composition and uses RTcmix for generating sound.
Usually Akihiko's compositional style is called "meta composition." Because Akihiko sets the rules of generating musical material and structure before actual composition. It's the result of influence from meta compositional theory like Schenkerian Analysis.
But Akihiko's compositional technique and programming methods depends on aesthetics in each work. Example, "Violix"(2005) is collaboration of a computer generation and a human composition.He has also integrated interesting visual elements into some of his pieces.
Akihiko also identifies himself as a guitarist, web designer, and web programmer. He is currently a graduate student at the Tokyo University of Arts.
The following is an example of his work:
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
I, the Blind Donkey, know the truth
Rinzai's disciples never got the Zen message,
But I, the Blind Donkey, know the truth:
Love play can make you immortal.
The autumn breeze of a single night of love is
better than a hundred thousand years
of sterile sitting meditation ...
- Ikkyu
Sunday, April 11, 2010
The Economist: The Data Revolution
Special report from The Economist on the prospects and problems created by the abundance of data:
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
The computer programmer, like the poet ...
Fred Brooks
The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination. … Yet the program construct, unlike the poet's words, is real in the sense that it moves and works, producing visible outputs separate from the construct itself. … The magic of myth and legend has come true in our time. One types the correct incantation on a keyboard, and a display screen comes to life, showing things that never were nor could be.
– Fred Brooks
– Fred Brooks
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Elizabeth Loftus on False Memories
Elizabeth Loftus is generally considered one of the most important living psychologists. She has done ground-breaking research on false and biased memories. In this brief video, she describes some of the research that demonstrates the ease with which false memories can be created in human test subjects.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Laugh at the Sky
When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.
-- The Buddha
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