Teaser: The Pursuit of Joy — End the Shame of Having a Career in the Music Industry
0I think we should stop shaming people for the pursuit of joy in their lives. But domain specific computing, uh, is a really healthy work life balance for a lot of people. And so, um, I think we're headed to a domain where,
uh, the kind of slow demise of through hole components in electrical engineering towards surface mount, uh, chips. The super miniaturization of Uh, things that used to cost a lot of money to super miniaturize and are now standardly available is allowing us to put musical computing in places that look like normal music ing.
Meaning, a sensor on a violinist's wrist, uh, that can dial in the amount of reverb in an over dry hall for a section that needs to feel more full. Right? These kinds of, like real time, sometimes machine learning or deep learning or AI inflected engagements with performance data, with musical data, um, which is to say nothing of the whole world of audio prediction engines for playlist development in the audio industry.
So, there's, you know, we're a, We're a rich and vibrant field that once you explain it to people, they go, oh yeah, it's totally obvious you guys are here because there's an incredible demand for what you do.
—Seth Cluett, Director, Computer Music Center and Lecturer in Computer Music & Sound Studies at Columbia University
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