Too Much Music
Two music know-it-alls talk about making music in a world that already has too much music in it. This ex-husband-and-wife pair spout knowledge on all things music, including computational creativity, music production, human creativity, composition, songwriting, music business, music education, music-making culture, and machine learning/AI topics.
Episodes
11 episodes
Show Me the Live Show!
Coming at ya with a show about live performance: the gear we use, how we think about it, and what we're planning for the future. Covered topics include Alison's live Bitwig and/or Ableton setup using the Ableton Push 3 and various mixers, Greg'...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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54:27
Who ARE these people, anyway?!
Greg and Alison are back...to talk about themselves! In this episode, they'll tell you about how they met, why they're not still married, and what things are like today. Don't worry, you'll hear plenty of music talk along the way.
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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43:40
How to Define Musical Identity for Humans & AI Systems
Alison & Greg talk about how we hear, understand, and define the identity of a piece of music. After a bit of a dive into the great music thinkers of the 20th and 21st century and their work on how our minds hear and process music, th...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:08:34
How Do Computers Match Musical Sounds?
Today we take a look back at the music technology underpinning a startup co-founded by our hosts in the early 2010s. With the motto "Use Music to Find Music" , Clio Music was perhaps the first commercially available search engine to speak the l...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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52:15
Music as Information: What Gets Lost?
Where does music live? Is it the sound in the room? Is it in your brain? Or maybe it lives on paper? In order to repeat it, we need to create systems to write it down, and ultimately represent music as information or data. But what gets lost wh...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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46:12
Art vs. Pop Music Smackdown - Pt. 2
The first sign that the Wilder marriage might be in trouble happened before the wedding: it was a knock-down, drag-out fight about whether there's a fundamental difference between music in the European art music tradition and mus...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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54:29
Art vs. Pop Music Smackdown - Pt. 1
The first sign that the Wilder marriage might be in trouble happened before the wedding: it was a knock-down, drag-out fight about whether there's a fundamental difference between music in the European art music tradition and music in ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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49:03
Greg Tells Alison What to Do - Composition Challenge Pt. 2
Since Alison and Greg are a formerly-married couple, they know each other's strengths and weaknesses. In this two-part series, they're using that knowledge for good, and creating challenges tailor-made to help the other person become a better m...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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42:09
Alison Tells Greg What to Do - Composition Challenge Pt. 1
Since Alison and Greg are a formerly married couple, they know each other's strengths and weaknesses. In this two-part series, they're using that knowledge for good, and creating challenges tailor-made to help the other person become a better m...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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35:06
Two Nerds Talk About What Music is Worth
It's official: the internet has been a game-changer for music. Alison and Greg dive into how music is and isn't valuable today, both monetarily and culturally.As usual, their conversation is far-reaching. They talk about the usual suspe...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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38:44
To Music School, or Not to Music School?
Greg and Alison want to tell you why you should (or shouldn't) go to music school. In this episode, they explore what it's like to take a traditional path through music school, including how music school might be beneficial or detrimental depen...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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54:40