by JAK | Jul 17, 2012 | music
Every so often I come across something very like musical sonar. When I listen another part of me feels the connection. A great musical performance is a series of magic moments – a fleeting array of light and shade. I get to spend time with architects, musicians...
by JAK | Jan 16, 2012 | culture, industry futures, music
One of the most fascinating chapters in Daniel Levitin’s book “This is Your Brain on Music” is about how musical tastes are often set early in life and become quite hard to change later on. It has been a while since I read the book but Levitin goes...
by JAK | Oct 24, 2007 | this blog
A quick note to say that this blog had a bit of a meltdown during an upgrade and had to be rebuilt. It may take a while to restore all the various options that were included before. Thanks for your support. One of the joys of open source is that there are often...
by JAK | Aug 22, 2007 | culture, this blog
The other day my daughter (just turned 6) said that she wanted to be a scientist because she liked mixing things up and watching the colours change. That comment reminded me of the time she turned almost half the kitchen blue playing with blue food colouring. Cool! I...
