David Byrne Explains How Architecture Helped Music Evolve
06/14/2010
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David Byrne explains how architecture helped music evolve in a TED talk which has just gone online. We'll let David explain himself: I was honored to do a TED talk this year back in Feb. It's about 18 minutes long and now, today, they are posting it online. It is also available as a video podcast downloadable free from the itunes store hereI am hooked on watching these podcast versions of their famous talks, which they've had available for a few years now. You can carry them with you and watch an 18 min talk from an array of incredible thinkers (many of whom are pretty well known) whenever you feel like it. Inspiring stuff. My own talk (it wasn't a musical performance) was based on the idea that the acoustic properties of the clubs, theaters and concert halls where our music might get performed determines to a large extent the kind of music we write. We semi unconsciously create music that will be appropriate to the places in which it will most likely be heard. Put that way it sounds obvious
but most people are surprised that creativity might be steered and molded by such mundane forces. I go further it seems humans aren't the only ones who do this, who adapt our music to sonic circumstances birds do it too. I play lots of sound snippets as examples, with images of the venues accompanying them
enjoy. David B Soho - Check it out here
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