Competition with the (Music)Machine (2)
So wie es jetzt schon Algorithmen gibt, die von ChatGPT erzeugte Texte erkennen können, wird es auch Algorithmen geben, die Partituren nach Computerunterstützung absuchen werden.
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Singing Yoga (with Mandy Young)
Therefore a new genre is born: the magical „Singing Yoga“, which combines transcendental piano music with graceful movements performed by the most good-looking influencers of our time, for your personal enjoyment.
55 Years of Good Vibrations – and now SMiLE! (Part Two)
Und es ist doch eine wunderbare Vorstellung, dass ungefähr zur gleichen Zeit als Helmut Lachenmann in der Cello-Kadenz seines „ Notturno / Musik für Julia“ in die Welt der Geräusche vorstieß, drüben in Kalifornien im Studio zwei Cellisten auf exorbitante Weise ihre Instrumente traktierten, sodass diese aberwitzigen Basstriolen zur Sirenenmelodie im Abspann von „ Good vibrations“ entstanden!
Iwein Löwenritter (version for impatient viewers)
The first part of the following video is what happens when you leave a composer at home during rehearsals of his new opera with too much time on his hands. And the second part is an attempt to condense the wild tale of love, imagination, adventure and backwards-talking men that...
Alphabetized Winterreise (Franz Schubert / Erik Carlson) – Completed
After many month we have finished the first electronic interpretation of Mr. Carlson’s „Alphabetized Winterreise“. Thank you, Ian Bostridge. Thank you, Leif Ove Andsnes. Thank you, Franz Schubert (1827). Thank you, Erik Carlson (2013). Thank you, listener!
Beethoven’s „Fuer Elise“ – Corona Edition
Now also in English! You still have to keep your distance – also concerning musical intervals! The minor 2nd at the beginning of Beethoven’s „Für Elise“ is too tight! Please keep your distance: at least a major 3rd! Download the Score https://youtu.be/tbq8tuoSkfQ View this post on Instagram A post shared...
Interview with the „Lamenting Conductor“
„By suppressing modern music, the performing musicians project their own distrust in the music to the public. Is it then a wonder the public distrusts the music and is often not willing to seriously engage with it?“
A Conductor’s Lament (Part 5, Conclusion)
Since most of the relations between music institutes and agencies takes place behind the scenes, it is only natural that it is rife with corruption and criminal behavior. Like many other immoral environments in the music world, everybody seems to turn a blind eye to these occurrences. It is a well-known fact among musicians that some prominent agencies even engage in criminal financial dealings with institutes and clients.
A Conductor’s Lament (Part 4)
Of course, psychology plays a huge part in the conductor’s work with the orchestra. In order to get the best out of the musicians one must be able to sense their feelings, opinions and character. However, the need of conductors to appease their orchestras has given rise to such a servile attitude that one can hardly take the profession seriously anymore.
