Christof Zürn

@musicthinking@mstdn.social
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Music Thinking & Thinking Music
Podcast host and author of 'The Power of Music Thinking'. See 'about' section for links to websites.
Music Thinking websitehttps://musicthinking.com
The Power of Music Thinking #Bookhttps://musicthinking.com/book-the-power-of-music-thinking/
My podcasthttps://musicthinking.com/podcast/
What else I do for a livinghttps://creative-companion.com

Fascinating new Music Thinking podcast episode is out! I spoke with AI expert Dr. Maya Ackerman about challenging the idea of AI as an "all-knowing oracle."

We explore computational creativity, improvisation, and the "dance of leading and following" between humans and machines.

Listen here:
https://musicthinking.com/challenging-the-ai-oracle-maya-ackerman-on-music-creativity-and-collaboration/

#Podcast #AI #Creativity #MusicThinking #MusicTech #GenerativeAI #HumanMachineCollaboration

Step back to 1997 with a special episode of The Power of Music Thinking! I'm sharing my first online interview with the incredible Daniel Barenboim – a pioneering moment for both of us.

We discussed classical music, the role of music in Europe, and even Tango & Pop.

Hope you enjoy this trip to the early days of the web!
Listen to the episode: https://musicthinking.com/pioneering-music-thinking-and-first-online-interview-with-daniel-barenboim-special-episode/

#DanielBarenboim #Podcast #SpecialEpisode #EarlyInternet #TechHistory #ClassicalMusicPodcast #Leadership

Pioneering music thinking and first online interview with Daniel Barenboim - special episode

The early days of the internet and pioneering music thinking. Listen to historical material from an interview with Daniel Barenboim.

Music Thinking

Music, Pygmies & Emotion Tracking 🎶

What can research with Congolese Pygmies teach us about music and emotion? 🤔

Dive into the latest Power of Music Thinking episode featuring Prof. Hauke Egermann. We discuss:

Universal mechanisms in music response.
How the Mebenzélé Pygmies use songs against fear & anger.

Explore the science behind our connection to sound. Listen here: https://musicthinking.com/science-music-and-regulating-emotions-with-hauke-egermann/

#MusicThinking #Podcast #Science #Musicology #Culture #Emotions #musikwissenschaft

Science, Music and Regulating Emotions with Hauke Egermann

How do pygmies in the Congo regulate their emotions. Do we all hear the same? Hauke Egermann in conversation with Christof Zürn.

Music Thinking

New episode of The Power of Music Thinking #podcast

We speak with Robin Hoffmann, a prize-winning composer, arranger and orchestrator from #berlin

We talk about orchestration in music and the difference between composing, orchestrating, arranging and conducting in Hollywood films, games and concerts.

This is a deep dive into the music industry and all its facets and an inspiration for everyone #orchestrating something.

https://musicthinking.com/everything-about-orchestration-with-robin-hoffmann/

#musicthinking #podcast #music #orchestra

Everything about Orchestration with Robin Hoffmann

What is orchestration? Today we speak with composer, arranger, orchestrator Robin Hoffmann from Berlin. Robin has a great story to share.

Music Thinking

Let’s talk about books today. What was the last book that inspired you? Was it a novel, a non-fiction book, a design book, a music book or a cookbook?

In this episode, I share three books that inspired my sound way of thinking, experiencing the world with an open ear and what has led to developing music thinking, the framework, the jam cards, the book and the podcast.

https://musicthinking.com/inspiring-books-on-music-thinking/

#books #BooksWorthReading #books #music #musicthinking #rebel #davidbowie #podcast

Inspiring Books on Music Thinking

Inspiring books about Music Thinking with Christof Zürn and Geert van Mol as guest talking about his book inspired by Music Thinking.

Music Thinking

As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index.

The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe.

#journalism #democracy #freepress

https://rsf.org/en/index

Index

RSF's World Press Freedom Index aims to compare the level of press freedom enjoyed by journalists and media in 180 countries and territories.

New EP is out!

On this EP, Meulmeester, van Rijsewijk, and Zürn create electro-acoustic soundscapes with a saxophone connected to granular synthesiser and filters.

check it out, listen and/or download high res files: https://mrznl.bandcamp.com/album/circular-electronic-breath

#bandcamp #BandcampFriday #ambient #experimental #circularbreathing

Circular Electronic Breath, by Meulmeester, van Rijsewijk, Zürn

3 track album

MRZ

Hear the story of a strategy consultant who became a Sonic branding specialist. The latest episode of The Power of Music Thinking podcast is full of #branding insights.

https://musicthinking.com/sonic-branding-with-willemijn-van-hussen/

#sonicbranding #musicthinking #podcast

Sonic Branding with Willemijn van Hussen

Sonic Branding what is it? A conversation with Willemijn van Hussen from Sonic Branding agency TAMBR and Christof Zürn.

Music Thinking

As I dip my toe into the tooting waters, I thought I might start with some research shares.

This is from one of my first "sonic seasoning" studies, on the hunt for a soundtrack that would impact perceptions of the spiciness (piquancy) of food.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0950329316302737

#gastrophysics #crossmodalism #psychophysics #SonicSeasonings
#MusicScience

I try to not use my title too much but in response to Zuck's recent speech:

As Queen of the Fediverse I officially declare Threads EXILED from our land

You are not welcome here, get the fuck out