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Reading a newspaper, I saw a picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes (no Photoshop edit). I knew it wasn’t the most original idea in the universe. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating.

Link: Birds on the Wires

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Humanthesizer

Graham English — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:39:13 +0000

This is cool on so many levels.

It’s a human synthesizer. It uses conductive body ink with Arduino, Max/MSP, and Ableton Live to turn human beings (super hot ones!) into musical instruments.

It’s unique. Electronic musician Calvin Harris is now an internet sensation because of this series of YouTube videos. I wish I thought of it first.

It involves perhaps the most important invention made by man ever. The bikini.

Watch on YouTube: Calvin Harris – Humanthesizer – the first human synth

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Brain Music: fMRI Into Musical Sound

Graham English — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:01:10 +0000

The brain sounds kinda nice.

Watch on YouTube: brainmusic: fmri into musical sound

Hear what the brain scanner sees. Data from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) are converted to musical sound. (This is the short version; See the 6-part “Music of the Hemispheres” for more.) Data are preprocessed into “independent components,” regions of the brain which activate or deactivate in unison. Each component is assigned a tone, and the tone gets louder or softer in proportion to the degree of activity in the corresponding brain region. So, a melody is the moving center of metabolic energy, dancing all over the brain.

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Evelyn Glennie: How To Listen To Music With Your Whole Body

Graham English — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:01:59 +0000

Hat tip to Beyond Bass Camp and Steve Lawson for finding this one.

I’ve written about Evelyn Glennie before but wouldn’t you rather hear it come straight from the source?

Watch now: Evelyn Glennie: How To Listen To Music With Your Whole Body

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Logic Studio Training Beginner Series

Graham English — Sun, 24 May 2009 19:25:26 +0000

If you’re a brand new Logic Studio user or If you’re thinking about buying it and want to see how easy it is to begin making music, these videos will help you hit the tape hot.

Watch the entire series on YouTube: Logic Studio Training Beginner Series

Become a Logic Studio Training subscriber and get access to hours of Logic Studio tutorials.

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