I’ve been quoted saying this before but it’s still a worthwhile thing to think about. “I automate whatever can be automated to be freer to focus on those aspects of music that can't be automated. The challenge is to figure out which is which." That doesn’t only pertain to music.

“It’s pretty easy by now to use computers to generate music-like material that is not actually the expression of an individual human being. Music is a fundamental human experience.” @terrenceobrien.bsky.social interviews @lauriespiegel.bsky.social www.theverge.com/report/87981...

A good example of letting Music Mouse handle the notes to compose by evolving the electronic orchestration m.youtube.com/shorts/Y4d0t...

> You can’t replace human self-expression or the need for it by simulating their results. 💙

Music Mouse is about to make a comeback! www.eventideaudio.com/software/mus...

Write your Congress people to insist that ICE stop having quotas. Quotas are what pressure ICE members to do illegal stuff. They should only go after people for whom warrants were issued after due process, not because they have to grab anyone they can to make their quota. Write to your reps.

In such trying political times, a dose of something beautiful can sometimes help keep us going. We are all trying to make a difference, each in our own way. ahntrioensemble.bandcamp.com/album/ahn-tr...

Thinking across 1970s, 2010s, and now - physical spaces (Beirut, Praha, Portland) and online ones: @lauriespiegel.bsky.social is on BlueSky now, too!

Trailer for that documentary, by Aura Satz, including some of my sounds for the film: youtu.be/T4uLVuETAAY?...

Later today: www.schoolofsound.co.uk/event/compos...

Reminder that a lot of the synth pioneers were women: (With artwork by @monosilabo.bsky.social. And yes, you can print this for classrooms.)

Another thing to be grateful to President Carter for: Project Voyager

Another little gem from Velocity Press detailing the story of telecommunications, from the invention of the telephone to the advent of global communication networks, starring Theremin, Stockhausen, Laurie Spiegel, Daphne Oram, Wendy Carlos, Pierre Henry and many more!

With news of the Voyager probe, we thought it relevant to share our favorite recording from the Voyager's Golden Record, found in the "Sounds of Earth" section, rather than "Music", is Laurie Spiegel's rendering of HAROMNICES MUNDI. Nerds click this link: www.tableoftheelements.org/laurie-spiegel

Chiudo la mia serie "musica del passato copiata e spacciata per nuova oggi" con una maestra dell'elettronica e una delle più copiate dalle nuove leve: Laurie Spiegel, qui in un video del 1977 ai Bell Labs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NChq...

First released in 1977 on Thomas Buckner's 1750 Arch imprint, 'New Music For Electronic and Recorded Media' features seminal artists such as Laurie Anderson, Pauline Oliveros, Johanna Beyer, Annea Lockwood, Laurie Spiegel and Megan Roberts

If you need inspirations try the WKCR Bach Festival Every year Columbia University’s radio station broadcasts and streams Bach 24/7 until the stroke of midnight that starts the next year. www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/b...

This has got to be one of the coolest playlists I’ve ever had my music turn up in: gizmodo.com/tabletop-rol... spc.itch.io/longhaul1983

🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MidnightInAPerfectWorld Laurie Spiegel: 🎵 Two Archetypes: Hall of Mirrors - I #LaurieSpiegel ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify#NowPlaying▶️ Song on #Bandcamp: