Artificial Music: My predictions on how AI will shape music

I foresee a marked deterioration in American music and musical taste… in this twentieth century come these talking and playing machines that offer to reduce the expression of music to a mathematical system of megaphones, wheels, cogs, discs, cylinders and all manner of revolving things. John Philip Sousa, a legendary American composer and conductor, in … Continue reading Artificial Music: My predictions on how AI will shape music →

Action Goals: What Guitar Lessons Have Taught Me About Goal-Setting At Work

I bought my first serious guitar in 2017. After about a year of dabbling with guitar on my own, learning chords and songs from YouTube lessons and other paid courses online, I started guitar lessons with a guitar instructor. Since then, and especially with my latest guitar instructor, I have picked up and honed a … Continue reading Action Goals: What Guitar Lessons Have Taught Me About Goal-Setting At Work →

Ode to Ode to a Sunny Day

So I joined a writing class by Amit Varma this year. Since then, some of the learners banded together to form a community where we share prompts every week and attempt writing a piece. I wrote this post in response to this prompt : Choose your favorite piece of music (non-verbal), either instrumental, classical, jazz … Continue reading Ode to Ode to a Sunny Day →

Every day is World Music Day for me

Today, June 21, is World Music Day. In a world where we have days for every thing, relationship and symbol we want to commemorate and celebrate, this one holds a special place in my heart. Not because I do anything special on this day. On the contrary, it’s because I feel that all of my … Continue reading Every day is World Music Day for me →

How Did I Discover My Favorite Music

I am usually someone who overthinks. And so, a tweet from @StonerJesus sent me down one of those rabbit holes. I am a professional Twitter lurker, but here I was betraying my reputation. Not doing any justice to the great question, but I found myself looking back at how the hell I ended up in … Continue reading How Did I Discover My Favorite Music →