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My Hardware & Software setup for Melodic Improvisation and Composition
TLDR; iPad, iPhone, 2xZoom U-24, Sennheiser e835, Logitech X-230, cables,ThumbJam, AUM, AudioShare, ToneStack, VisualEQConsole, Chordbot, Enso Looper…
Jul 12
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Philip Dorrell
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Music listeners are not consciously aware of note identity
In my experience, as a music listener, and also as an amateur musician and composer, I do not readily identify the notes in a scale that occur in a…
Jul 8
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June 2023
Speech as a form of thought control
Speech A naive analysis of speech is that it is a process of giving, where the speaker has some information, and by the process of speaking the speaker…
Jun 6
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Simultaneous singing makes sense, but simultaneous talking doesn't make sense.
If singing was originally a form of communication, it must have been a form of group communication.
Jun 4
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Philip Dorrell
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Simultaneous singing makes sense, but simultaneous talking doesn't make sense.
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May 2023
The Case for Open Contract Templates
Modern life is full of contracts. Some of these contracts are very important, in the sense that if you make a bad decision to sign a contract, it might…
May 30
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Various terms used to describe music science
What do you call the scientific study of music?
May 28
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The Meta-Mystery of the Mystery of Music
The mystery of whether or not music is a mystery, and whether the people who are meant to be solving the mystery even think about whether or not it is a…
May 19
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What do we know about the long-term reproductive success of people who don't like music?
If music has a biological function, and in particular if listening to music has a biological function, then listening to music must somehow contribute…
May 17
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What do we know about the long-term reproductive success of people who don't like music?
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Five questions about music, which are really different versions of the same question
There are a few internet forums where people can ask questions about the basic nature of music and the science thereof. For example…
May 14
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Is music a language? Music is very repetitive, so if it is a language, it is not a very efficient language.
Or maybe music was a language. But when a lot of stuff needed to be said, music took too long, because it was so repetitive. So music, as a language…
May 12
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Is music a language? Music is very repetitive, so if it is a language, it is not a very efficient language.
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Theory: Music is Disappearing
Humans are evolving to be less interested in music, because music used to have a biological function, but that function no longer exists.
May 5
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The Anthropic Principle as a Principle of Explanation
The Anthropic Principle is not a theory that explains things. Rather it is a principle which adjusts our idea of when a theory can be considered a…
May 1
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