#23 V.J. Manzo — Author, Professor | Music Technology & Guitar Research

The Best Music Podcast

#23 V.J. Manzo — Author, Professor | Music Technology & Guitar Research

https://vjmanzo.com/vj/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/vjmanzo

http://electricguitarinnovationlab.org

V.J. Manzo is an Associate Professor of Music Technology and Cognition at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). He is a composer and guitarist with research interests in theory and composition, artificial intelligence, interactive music systems, and music cognition. V.J. is the author of several books published by Oxford University Press including Max/MSP/Jitter for Music, Foundations of Music Technology, and co-author of Interactive Composition and Environmental Sound Artists. He has made 81 apps, written 5 books, composed over 398 pieces and it is estimated that he has consumed somewhere in the neighborhood of 8 million cups of coffee. At WPI, he is the founding director and principal investigator of the Interactive Music Systems Lab (IMSLab) and the Electric Guitar Innovation Lab (EGIL) , and a co-director of the Media Arts Group Innovation Center (MAGIC).

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0:00 Intro

03:10 Warm-up questions

10:19 Music with Machine Learning

21:00 Keep it simple

23:56 Easy point of entry to play music

29:30 EAMIR

37:00 Electric Guitar Innovation Lab (EGIL)

44:41 T4RS Jack

50:12 Fender vs. Gibson?

54:00 New guitar research

1:00:29 Interactive Music Systems Lab (IMSLab)

1:14:11 Being realistic about success

1:17:19 Music cognition & perception

1:31:21 Lifestyle: Sleep

1:35:45 Lifestyle: Mindfulness & meditation

1:36:15 Lifestyle: Exercise

1:38:00 Lifestyle: How do you define yourself?

1:39:19 Creativity: Steps to stay creative

1:43:58 Creativity: Time of day

1:46:19 Creativity: Burnout

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