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GPT-6 Astra for Professional Musicians

This year, I have been pushing hard at the edges of music technology.

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Life without accompanying

I have been feeling nostalgic about accompanying dance classes. It has been years since I have had a regular accompanying schedule, and I miss it so much.

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Push a Key

I first played the piano in middle school.

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Codex for Musicians: Notation, Arranging, and Transcription

Last week, Codex helped me with a new area of work as a composer, and it blew my mind again.

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Teaching My Smart Friends AI

"If you can, always try to play with folks on a different level than you." Kenny Barron, Jazz Pianist

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Scores

Scores is a new tool I’ve made for editing and mixing music from Sound for Movement right on the website.

ChatGPT Pro as a First Hire

Over the past year I have treated my ChatGPT, and the ecosystem of tools being developed by OpenAI, as a first hire.

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Rhythm

Rhythm is a felt understanding of what’s happening within us and around us.

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Musicians in Dance

"We are a niche, within a niche, within a niche."

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Licensing

"Reaching out for licensing is a perfect way to initiate future collaborations."

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Remote Collaborations

"I no longer need to travel to see a rehearsal of a piece, which allows me to work with anyone with access to the internet."

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Working with an Accompanist

"Communication struggles that happen in a class can be averted by taking 15 minutes to connect beforehand."

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Budgets

"A budget has nothing to do with respect, self worth or fairness."

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Music and Process

"There is no right or wrong time for music to come into the choreographic process."

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Starting a Collaboration

"Collaborations can be a place to learn something new about your own process."

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Open Time

"Music with no counts, or open time, is most often called ambient."

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Teach / Watch Phrases

"Practicing as a group makes musical concepts much more approachable."

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Music and Movement in 4

"The most common meter is 4, but that does not make it any more or less complex."

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Music and Movement in 5

"Accents play a huge role in how meters feel when counted."

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Music and Movement in 7

"Every meter can be counted at any tempo."

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Beat, Pulse, Tempo, and Meter

"A person is not a better or worse dancer if they choose to use, or not use, counting with movement."

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Listening to music is a practice.

Beyond how we listen and where we listen, there are many ways we can listen to music while introducing physical practices.

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Music and Movement in 3

"Meters are “containers” for counted movement."

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Choosing Music

"Search for music with someone in mind."

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The Tiny Dance

"Music can create an environment where even the smallest movement from a dancer can be framed and influenced."

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Timbre

"Is this a trombone or a marimba?"

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Choreographic Listening

"The more you practice speaking about your choreography, the easier it will be to collaborate with others."

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Musical Imagination

"There is no "special or specific" way to speak about music in dance."

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Playlists

"Give students as many different experiences moving to as many different types of music as possible."

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Embodied Musical Knowledge

"Dancers are not beginners at music."

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