Aug 16th 06
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Imagine what the shape of music would look like? Imagine Madonnas “Like A Prayer” in a graphical format. Sounds strange? Well it is! The image above is a graphical representation of Madonnas hit song based on a midi version of it. Imagine randomization of music visualizations – or graphically music DNA. The potential for generating new, multidimensional interactive music pieces could be amazing with a high resolution imagine technology for music visualization.
Anyway… Time to lay off the mushrooms.
Enjoy the picture – and feel free to check out more here
Aug 13th 06
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Here is a thought… Does talent exist – and how does it compare to exercise?
I personally don’t believe I have a talent, but I do believe that I have becomed a better composer through exercise and screwing around. I don’t mean exercising like in practicing violin scales 10 hours pr. day, but I am talking about having fun by spending countless hours with my computers in the trial-and-errors of music composition.
So what is talent? Well… Lets take a look at the dictionary:
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tal·ent 
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n.
- A marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment. See Synonyms at ability.
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- Natural endowment or ability of a superior quality.
- A person or group of people having such ability: The company makes good use of its talent.
- A variable unit of weight and money used in ancient Greece, Rome, and the Middle East.
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Well. I guess this kinda makes sense. The dictionary refers to talent as being related to an accomplishment. How do you accomplish something without having exercised in it?
I guess the natural answer would be that some people can accomplish faster then others. While this may be true it is still related to exercising. The more we know about a given topic – the faster we learn. However some people do learn faster within a given topic, but is this the true essence of talent? The ability to learn faster?
Hmmmmmmmmmm …
Could it be that talent is really the ability to work through? I mean… Think about Tiger Woods, Mozart, Stevie Wonder and so forth. They all started in a very early age and dare I say … got an ability to work through …
I dunno … I need help on this topic!
My preliminary conclusion is … 80% exercise, 20% weird blobbish substance called talent …
Aug 2nd 06
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I really enjoyed giving a lecture at GDC 2006 and the feedback from the session was positive, which inspired me to submit a lecture proposal for GDC 2007. The core idea is to describe the compositional tools and technologies behind epic scoring techniques, which is in high demand in both motion pictures, games, trailers and so forth … or in other words … create the loudest, larger-then-life, badass booming lecture at GDC 2007.
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The art of doing epic scores involves exclusive techniques in scoring, orchestration and arrangement, including integration of sound design in music, mixing and mastering techniques. Epic scoring also covers trailer- and percussive scoring, which requires a unique approach on its own.
More info later.
