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Ode To Gravity: Computer Music Panel |
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| Item Type: Sound Recording |
Duration: 63 min |
| Event Type: Lecture / Panel Discussion |
Program Origin: KPFA |
The advent of the commonly available personal computer took the digital revolution further than some dreamed possible. Charles Amirkhanian and Richard Friedman host a discussion with composer Henry Kaiser and several journalists, including the editors of “Electronic Musician”, “Keyboard”, and “Mac User” magazines. The topic of discussion is the use of personal computers by both professional and amateur musicians for musical composition and performance. At the end of the program the panel takes questions from the listening audience. |
| Musical Selections: |
[unidentified piece] / Jan Hammer -- [unidentified piece with animal sounds] / Bernie Kraus -- God’s Greatest Gift [excerpt] / Alain Thibault -- Election Gibber Funk / Craig Anderton -- [a variation of the “Rite of Spring”] / John Oswald |
| Genre: |
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic |
| Subject: |
Computer music; Electronic keyboard (Synthesizer); Electronic music; Synthesizer music; Animal sounds; Sampling (Sound); Music Software; Keyboard (Cupertino, Calif.); Musician (Gloucester, Mass.); MacUser (New York, N.Y.); Electronic musician (Oklahoma City, OK.) |
| People: |
Friedman, Richard; Amirkhanian, Charles; Milano, Dominic; Anderton, Craig; Zilber, Jon; Glover, Sheilah ; Kaiser, Henry ; Hammer, Jan; Krause, Bernard L.; Thibault, Alain, 1956-; Oswald, John, 1953- |
| Recording Date: |
11/21/1988 |
| First Broadcast Date: |
11/21/1988 |
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