Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Barcode Music: silence Mood: amused Feeling overly humanized? Let this Flash-based barcode-generator dehumanize you a little: apparently this UPC decodes to "32-year-old male, 173 lbs, 5'10", living in the US." [BoingBoing] I remember writing about an idea I had, turning poems into barcode and then creating paintings with those barcodes...then offering viewers a barcode scanner which would turn the code back into words and allow the viewer to discover ... This would also be interesting as a tattoo or piece of jewelry, which could contain "secret language" between two lovers, only decipherable by a barcode scanner...imagine that: a romantic barcode! 8:02:54 PM    comment []; La Semana Bass Trax Music: silence (thundering after almost 7 hours of recording) Mood: amazed Today I recorded Jon playing bass on 4 songs. I am amazed at his concentration. He came up with bass lines for 4 new songs, none of which he had heard before - I do like to surprise him!! Some awesome playing there. I am working on so many songs that I sometimes forget some of them...we discovered one that was almost finished, a ballad which turned out lovely.. 7:28:27 PM    comment []; Road in China 10:02:44 AM    comment []; Window pane vs Diamond Music: La Semana work mixes Mood: lively A window pane has only one view point, while a diamond has many. There are no simple answers in the 21st century. And I am not sure they ever really existed, those simple answers. Everything is multi-faceted. Once you get used to that diamond's view, it becomes pretty manageable, I feel. It is just that many people, clinging to the past, would like to look through the simple window... 10:00:56 AM    comment []; Music in Schools Music: silence Mood: buoyant I read your comments regarding music education and while I think it is great that parents are getting involved and are introducing their kids to music, I feel that this is tinkering with the leaves instead of taking care of the roots - remember Chauncy Gardner in Being There ? I mean, the school experiences I remember best are when our music teacher played a simple melody on the piano, then played this melody again as Bach might have arranged it, then played it swinging as a Jazz pianist might...I think he went through 6 or 7 different styles at these demonstrations and I loved it. The same is true for my art teachers. They didn't just teach art, they taught us how to get inspired, how to approach an idea, how to transfer it to a medium and how to bend it and shape it.....something I found to be applicable and useful in many different situations in life, not just art. In other words, while it is especially important these days that parents introduce kids to art and music, what we really need to do is to bring those subjects back into our schools. Everybody seems to working longer hours these days....do you really have the time to go to museums, or to think up your own art curriculum? 10:00:08 AM    comment [];

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