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Musician Communities + Creative Commons ... Such a great listing

I knew about Soundcloud but not the others...this good to know.

Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation that provides free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof. A lot music found on the Free Music Archive is released under Creative Commons licenses.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins conducted a study on the neuroscience of creativity and our response to art. They have established a new field called "neuroaesthetics." The BSI website is really a thing of beauty: http://www.brainscienceinstitute.org/

Very interesting, it seems to me that these scientists are looking beyond the aesthetics of art towards it use as language or even medicinal. Look at an Escher and a Klimt and call me in the morning :)

The ability to create art and to think creatively is something that truly sets us apart yet they still know so very little about how it occurs in the brain. What exciting and important research!

A fascinating article about the melding of man and machine to create art. Rather than be a detriment to human creativity, this article discusses how technology can actually enhance the creative process and ultimately the finished product.

Read about how Jessica Wilt learned to use social media to enhance her connectivity with the arts community; hopefully others within the arts community will learn from her experience. "For whatever reason people, especially in the arts and culture sectors, remain fearful of using technology and social media in a way that enhances communication. I hope my example of effectively utilizing Twitter demonstrates how social media can play a crucial role connecting communities by sharing information and ideas with others in the field."

Because I believe that creative writing is an art, even though it is frequently left out of that category, I am posting this article on ways that technology is affecting books and writing...it covers several different areas of e-publishing and other electronic delivery methods for poetry, short stories, longer works, essays, etc... The article also mentions diigo.

excerpt: "Science and technology research should be viewed more broadly than in the past: not only as specialized technical inquiry, but as cultural creativity and commentary, much like art."

There is so much discussion in the art community about how the ability to digitally alter a photograph impacts its perceived "legitimacy". My favorite quote from this article, which sums up my position on the debate: "... no amount of technology will turn a mediocre photographer into a great one. Nor, in conceptual terms, will it transform a bad idea into a good one. For that you would still need to possess a rare set of creative gifts that are still to do with seeing, with deep looking."

(Please watch the informational video on page) Website showing the 'Cintiq Pen'. A tablet-like device that merges an LCD computer screen with a drawing tablet. With the Cintiq pen, you can draw directly on the screen.

a little perspective on how technology can change how we create and understand art.

An article discussing how the use of technology is changing the way art is made. Collaborative art is the new big thing, now outnumbering traditional forms of creativity. Because of easily accessible technology, everyone is mimicking everyone else.

Frank is a performance artist, composer, humorist, musician who has compiled a website that is filled with an amazing assortment of how tos such as some tongue in cheek (or not) emotions for actors or how to dance properly, to poems where people can collaboratively contribute illustrations or prose, or "angrigami" where one can create beautiful origami out of a sheet of hateful and angry words and so much more. Inspiring, creative, funny. For an introduction to Ze Frank, here is a TED talk with him:http://www.zefrank.com/ted/2010.html

This program at Ohio State encourages the intersection of technology and art. The school has a terrific bevy of resources and labs for the students to use in their creative work, CNC routers, 3D printers, high end graphic computers, robot labs, and electronic labs to name a few. The have a presentation on the link showing some of the work, take a look,

This is really cool...clearly universities are engaging in a lot of the exploration and experimentation around integrating art and technology. I am currently collaborating with a composer on a chamber music work that I would love to have incorporate a three dimensional visual aspect. We are working with a visual artists in Maine. Money is the only obstacle!

FREE sketching and painting program for artists using technology!

Loving Vincent is the world's first fully painted feature film produced by Oscar-winning studios Breakthru Films and Trademark Films.

Especially interesting is the link to the 'making of' this film and the creative process that went into developing it with the collaboration of hundreds of artists and technology combined to create a movie unlike any other made before.

The GUI has been redesigned with a great new look and many time-saving enhancements! The Toolbars and Song Title Area have been redone, and the chord sheet now has a "Real" looking handwritten font for chords. We've added UserTracks. Now you can make your own RealTracks to add to your song.

I think this is kind of cool tool, it gives a new look to music and is a way to customize your work a little. Saves time.

I purchased this software several years ago and found it interesting. The RealTracks sounded clean and followed my chord and time changes as good as could be as expected for a computer program. Sadly, my computer was not powerful enough to run the program without it jamming/freezing/lagging. I think with a proper computer system, a lot of time, and some creativity you could produce a pretty professional backing track for gigging out or creating your own studio tracks without the help of other musicians.

A TED talk from the former president of RISD, John Maeda, on the relationship between art and technology and how it is changing leadership.

ThingLink is the leading platform for creating interactive images and videos for web, social, advertising, and educational channels. Be creative! Make your images come alive with video, text, images, shops, music and more! Every image contains a story and ThingLink helps you tell your stories.

Design will keep changing to suit the most current of trends, tastes and functionality needs of today's buyers. The same can be evidently seen in mobile phones, PC keyboards, gaming consoles and even in mugs. These creative means to re-invent product designs as we know it are not lost in another important aspect of our daily life: home furniture.

One thing I love about my family is that there never seems to be a shortness of creativity floating around. My wife Kristin works with her mother Lori running a website over at Katie's Rose Cottage and this project was really just right up their alley.

An excellent article about using technology and the arts to assist students with learning disabilities grasp concepts and make connections in academic subjects. Several sources of technology applications are also included. This piece is very relevant for me and for the work that I do with students who learn "differently".

Technology and art helping children with disabilities in the classroom.