[NewMusic] improv brain shutdown

[Jon Raskin]

Just started reading Sync or Swarm (Improvising Music in a Complex Age by
David Borgo that matches up well with this thread.   Borgo is looking at
improvisation through the "Science of Surprise" a tern that mathematician
JohnL. Casti used to group fields of study that dealt with catastrohpe,
choas, complexity and criticality. He comes at it from being an improviser
as well as a scholar.

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From: newmusic-bounces at music.mills.edu
[mailto:newmusic-bounces at music.mills.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Goodheart
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:43 PM
To: Bay Area New Music Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [NewMusic] improv brain shutdown

> For other cool stories and research about music and the brain I 
> recommend Oliver Sach's "Musicophilia"


I'll also put in a bid for Steven Mithen's "The Singing Neanderthals"  
- great stuff about the evolutionary origins of music, with lots o'  
neurology to boot. . .



Matthew Goodheart
composer ~ improviser ~ pianist
matthew at matthewgoodheart.com
http://matthewgoodheart.com
http://myspace.com/matthewgoodheart




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