Music Hackspace https://musichackspace.org/ Learn creative technologies Mon, 26 Feb 2024 17:01:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://musichackspace.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-MHS-logo-Square-32x32.png Music Hackspace https://musichackspace.org/ 32 32 Book Review: Supercollider for the Creative Musician https://musichackspace.org/supercollider-for-the-creative-musician/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supercollider-for-the-creative-musician https://musichackspace.org/supercollider-for-the-creative-musician/#comments Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:44:31 +0000 https://musichackspace.org/?p=33479 A review of the book Supercollider for the Creative Musician written by composer and professor Eli Fieldsteel.

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An interview with Blockhead creator Chris Penrose https://musichackspace.org/blockhead-interview-chris-penrose/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blockhead-interview-chris-penrose https://musichackspace.org/blockhead-interview-chris-penrose/#respond Wed, 21 Feb 2024 12:54:37 +0000 https://musichackspace.org/?p=33380 An interview with Chris Penrose about his experimental audio workstation Blockhead.

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The persistence of misogyny in music technology https://musichackspace.org/misogyny-in-music/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=misogyny-in-music https://musichackspace.org/misogyny-in-music/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:19:19 +0000 https://musichackspace.org/?p=33124 The British House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee released a report on misogyny in music that reached a stark conclusion for music technology.

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Move slow and create things https://musichackspace.org/move-slow-and-create-things/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=move-slow-and-create-things https://musichackspace.org/move-slow-and-create-things/#respond Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:52:22 +0000 https://musichackspace.org/?p=32921 Could LLMs help make computers less rigid and fixed, opening up the world of programming to anyone?

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Steve Reich’s exploration of technology through music https://musichackspace.org/reich-and-technology/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reich-and-technology https://musichackspace.org/reich-and-technology/#respond Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:26 +0000 https://musichackspace.org/?p=32749 Photo by Peter Aidu New York composer Steve Reich did not just participate in the creation of a new style of classical music, he helped establish a new kind of […]

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Music Hackspace Christmas Quiz https://musichackspace.org/christmas-quiz/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=christmas-quiz https://musichackspace.org/christmas-quiz/#comments Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:30:27 +0000 https://musichackspace.org/?p=32279 How many answers do you know to the following 20 questions about music and technology?

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Is music writing still relevant? https://musichackspace.org/elementor-32158/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elementor-32158 https://musichackspace.org/elementor-32158/#respond Mon, 18 Dec 2023 15:01:32 +0000 https://musichackspace.org/?p=32158 Does music writing still have relevance in the age of the Internet?

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Can music help foster a more peaceful world? https://musichackspace.org/can-music-help-foster-a-more-peaceful-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-music-help-foster-a-more-peaceful-world https://musichackspace.org/can-music-help-foster-a-more-peaceful-world/#respond Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://musichackspace.org/?p=31977 Five ways in which music may help us foster a more peaceful world.

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Should fair use allow AI to be trained on copyrighted music? https://musichackspace.org/fair-use-ai/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fair-use-ai https://musichackspace.org/fair-use-ai/#respond Fri, 17 Nov 2023 14:43:10 +0000 https://musichackspace.org/?p=31444 Ed Newton-Rex brought the ethics of AI into focus when he resigned from his role in the Audio team at Stability AI, citing a disagreement with the fair use argument used by his ex-employer to justify training its generative AI models on copyrighted works.

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In defence of the Iklectik Art Lab https://musichackspace.org/iklectik-eviction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iklectik-eviction https://musichackspace.org/iklectik-eviction/#respond Fri, 10 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://musichackspace.org/?p=31092 The Iklectik Art Lab is at risk of eviction from Old Paradise Yard. We talk to Tom Fox from Hackoustic to hear what can be done to save this iconic music and arts centre.

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