Sheldon KesselMar 27, 20111 minMath + MusicMath meets music Geometry is the force that shapes both the sound of music and the novel research of Florida State University...
Sheldon KesselFeb 20, 20111 minAn Integrated Taxonomy of Musical Meaning...Finished!I should have posted this here a long time ago. I finished this thing last summer and posted it on Scribd. This is the long-term project...
Sheldon KesselJan 28, 20111 minInterview with Mikel RouseMikel Rouse is one of my favorite contemporary composers. I was super-excited to find this interview with him. #Rouse #interview #video
Sheldon KesselMar 27, 20101 min...new instrumentsI came across this video of some sound-generating art objects. I’ve seen lots of videos around the internet lately of homebrew...
Sheldon KesselJan 26, 201010 minSound ArtThere seems to be a resurgent interest in musical robotics across the blogosphere. I've seen a number of posts about this pre-MIDI...
Sheldon KesselJan 13, 20101 minCrossover?As I continue work on my massive paper relating musical meaning-creation to musical genre I become ever-more fascinated by music that is...
Sheldon KesselNov 24, 20091 minFluid PianoI recently had a discussion with one of my students about microtonal music. What a wonderful coincidence that I found this video today!...
Sheldon KesselNov 22, 20092 minIt's Been Too LongThis blog was started as a way to disseminate a bit of my musicology research to the public, and, since my last post here back in May,...
Sheldon KesselMay 6, 20092 minThe Supergenre TheoryAs an undergraduate music composition student studying under Henry Gwiazda I became intrigued by an entire world of music I never knew...
Sheldon KesselMay 5, 20093 minDatabases and StoresI have more sites to offer that tackle the issue of musical categories. I completely forgot about them when writing the last entry here....
Sheldon KesselApr 13, 20092 minMusicological intro and stuffOne of my goals for this blog is to expound my theory of musical supergenre. My idea is one of musical taxonomy taking into account...
Sheldon KesselApr 1, 20092 minGreetings from a student of musicMy name is Sheldon Kessel. I do music. I don't identify myself as a composer, musician, songwriter, engineer, producer , musicologist, or...