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 that started this blog. So... An Integrated Taxonomy of Musical Meaning #thesis #long #genre #supergenre #subgenre #musicology #musicalmeaning

There seems to be a resurgent interest in musical robotics across the blogosphere. I've seen a number of posts about this pre-MIDI approach to controlling sound generating objects. Perhaps this renewed interest stems from the release of Pat Metheny's Orchestrion album incorporating the LEMUR (League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots). As an electronic musician, I can't imagine dedicating so much time and effort into robot projects when I could simply program a MIDI sequence

As an undergraduate music composition student studying under Henry Gwiazda I became intrigued by an entire world of music I never knew existed. As part of my private lessons Dr. Gwiazda had me listen to music he thought I would benefit from hearing. This music included everything from singer-songwriter types like Bob Dylan, to classics such as the Beethoven string quartets, to music I had no way of classifying or comprehending. These listening experiences were the beginnings

I have more sites to offer that tackle the issue of musical categories. I completely forgot about them when writing the last entry here. Although their organizational schemes aren't as obvious and transparent as the All Music Guide , the sites are fun and interesting to explore. First is Gracenote (formerly CDDB) - a service many people have used repeatedly but maybe not realized it. This is the (often) default database service that CD identifying software will contact to g

One of my goals for this blog is to expound my theory of musical supergenre. My idea is one of musical taxonomy taking into account fundamental differences in the way musical information is conveyed. Is the music written down in its entirety, conveyed aurally, or exchanged in skeletal form (the common jazz-world practice of lead sheets)?My theory aims to provide taxonomy for the entirety of human musical creation progressing from three supergenres into genre, subgenre, and st