“information Architecture and Classical Music”
Zoö Keating is my new hero. I just can’t leave this music alone. I’ve been listening to this for hours and am intrigued by the multiple talents of this woman. And Yes! She’s another Canadian…
Zoö Keating makes entrancing, hauntingly beautiful music using a traditional French cello, a MacBook, and an arsenal of audio-crunching software and scripts.
She’s one of a growing group of musicians who use computers to record snippets of music as they play. The computer records these snippets and then plays them back in loops, allowing Keating to create complex, layered compositions.1
Pages:
- Zoö Keating Projects — http://zoekeating.com/projects.html
- Biography — http://zoekeating.com/bio.html
- WIRED page — http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/05/keating/
“My music is the fusion of information architecture and classical music,” Keating says in this Wired.com video. “The way that you problem-solve in the world of technology … really lends itself to problem-solving with the kind of music that I do.”
Added Later, Keating at the San Francisco Airport
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- Tweney, Dylan F.. “Avant-garde Cellist Zoe Keating.” [Weblog Gadget Lab] 4 May 2009. WIRED.com. Web.5 May 2009. <http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/05/keating/>. [↩]
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Thanks for making me aware of this amazing artist. My 16 year old is an aspiring bassist and she and her music friends were highly impressed. But the picture of Zoe playing in an airport makes me sad – so much talent, so many student loans, so little paycheck. How do we balance the passions of a young person with the realities of our world? At what point does a kid realize that their biggest talent will never be appropriately appreciated? Schools continue to accept hundreds of music performance majors knowing that only 5% of them may possibly end up working in their desired professions. Do we steer them to something more “academic” or let them dream?
Reply to KateI get your point, and it is well made — especially as I have a son who would love to make a living as a musician. However, what is happening, as I understand it, is that Zoö had performed a concert the night before to a packed house. This was an experiment to see if people, flowing with the daily drags of dealing with work and home navigating an airport, would notice her. I do not recall the details, but it seems like only one person became truly captivated by her street (so to speak) performance.
What I find interesting about Zoö, is her innovation. She’s taken a classical instrument, melded it with digital technology, and made something new out it. That’s they way you make a living in a time of rapid change. You change something.
How’s that for gross oversimplification?
Reply to David Warlick