Music Interpretation From Physics Equations

On January 14, 2011, Caltech hosted TEDxCaltech, an exciting one-day event to honor Richard Feynman, Nobel Laureate, Caltech physics professor, iconoclast, visionary, and all-around "curious character."

Lyle Mays and friends explore music based on physics equations, Feynman's speech patterns and more, using improvisation, algorithmic composition, live video mixing, and a custom designed linked laptop network.

Short brief about Lyle Mays:
Lyle Mays has been an integral part of the Pat Metheny Group since its inception in 1977, and has co-written much of the consistently engaging music for the multi-Grammy-winning group's albums. Lyle's sense of melody, crystal clear virtuosity and almost cinematic scope of orchestration has clearly distinguished the group's sound. Born into a musical family in Wausaukee, Wisconsin, in 1953, he was always encouraged to explore new forms of expression. As a teenager, Lyle attended jazz summer camps and studied with such talents as Rich Matteson and Marian McPartland. He then studied composition and arrangement at North Texas State University before touring with Woody Herman's Thundering Herd. While appearing at the 1975 Wichita Jazz Festival, Lyle met twenty-year-old guitarist Pat Metheny, and the two formed a musical alliance that has proven to be among the most artistically successful of the past three-plus decades.

source: TEDxTalks

The Orchestrion: One-Man-Orchestra Project

Mungkin Anda pernah mendengar istilah one-man-band yang artinya lebih kurang satu orang memainkan beberapa alat musik sekaligus untuk perform, namun pernahkah Anda mendengar istilah one-man-orchestra?

Berdasarkan pengalaman masa kecil bersama kakeknya, pemenang 19 kali Grammy Award 19, Pat Metheny membuat sebuah proyek yang dinamakan The Orchestrion Project, sebuah mini orkestra yang secara mekanikal dikontrol oleh jari-jarinya saat ia memainkan gitarnya (FYI, Pat Metheny adalah seorang gitaris).

Proyek inovasi ini membawa dimensi baru dalam hal bermain solo. Kolaborasi antara Pat sebagai gitaris utama dengan seluruh instrumen orkestra secara mekanikal (sendirian, tanpa musisi lain dan tanpa adanya unsur musik digital) menjadikan The Orchestrion Project ini salah satu pertunjukkan langka yang pernah disajikan.

Proyek musikal The Orchestrion Project ini juga dijadikan film layar lebar dengan menggamit sutradara pemenang Grammy dan Emmy Award, Pierre & François Lamoureux yang memilih tempat pembuatan keseluruhan film di bekas gereja St Elias Church di Greenpoint, Brooklyn pada November 2010. Filmnya sendiri sudah mulai ditayangkan pada tanggal 3 Oktober 2012.

Silahkan lihat video cuplikan dari penampilan Pat Metheny pada The Orchestrion Project beserta trailer panjangnya di bawah ini:

Why Music Industry Sucks Nowadays

Well, we all know music industry is dying, but we know there’s no way music will be die, it’s only the matter of shifting on this industry. Do you want to know what people on music industry think about it? Let’s find out on this video.