Synths and Sensibility
From Beethoven to Kraftwerk, innovative artists have used new technology to make music more human, not less. As we struggle to understand how AI will impact our creativity — or, perhaps, replace it — it’s instructive to look back at other convergences of technology and art. The history of music provides rich examples, as there have been radical technological changes in the modern era, from the restructuring of the concert hall two hundred years ago, to the advent of recording devices over a century ago, to amplifiers, synthesizers, MIDI and other digital interfaces in the second half of the twentieth century, to the complete composition and performance of music through software in our century. Where has this unimpeded technological march led music, musicians, and listeners? an issue from Dan Cohen's Humane Ingenuity newsletter https://newsletter.dancohen.org/
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