Comments on: Map of the World, in Musical Notation http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/map-of-the-world-in-musical-notation/ The Neat Side of the Web Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:36:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Das Eigentor http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/map-of-the-world-in-musical-notation/#comment-458621 Das Eigentor Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:26:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/map-of-the-world-in-musical-notation/#comment-458621 John Cage famously used a map in writing a piece, combing a read through the I Ching with a phone book and then mapping the addresses that resulted onto a map overlaid onto a musical staff. Also - not map related but still similar - a program called MetaSynth allowed import of digital images and "mapping" onto frequencies, and true to his past (captivatingly disturbing) work, Aphex Twin incorporated an image of his face into a track on the Windowlicker EP. Google it, and be prepared to shiver :) http://www.wired.com/news/images/full/fullface_hzmarks_f.jpg John Cage famously used a map in writing a piece, combing a read through the I Ching with a phone book and then mapping the addresses that resulted onto a map overlaid onto a musical staff.

Also - not map related but still similar - a program called MetaSynth allowed import of digital images and “mapping” onto frequencies, and true to his past (captivatingly disturbing) work, Aphex Twin incorporated an image of his face into a track on the Windowlicker EP. Google it, and be prepared to shiver :)

http://www.wired.com/news/images/full/fullface_hzmarks_f.jpg

]]> By: Worldmap http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/map-of-the-world-in-musical-notation/#comment-458537 Worldmap Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:40:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/map-of-the-world-in-musical-notation/#comment-458537 The sound of the music appears UNDER the map, on the page linked in the post. Btw, I laugh so hard whenever I see a world map with the biggest continent cut in half... Shameless cartography... The sound of the music appears UNDER the map, on the page linked in the post.

Btw, I laugh so hard whenever I see a world map with the biggest continent cut in half…

Shameless cartography…

]]> By: L http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/map-of-the-world-in-musical-notation/#comment-458339 L Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:32:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/map-of-the-world-in-musical-notation/#comment-458339 When someone gets a group together to record this and put it on YouTube, make sure you link it! (Although, from the looks of it, it won't sound like much.) When someone gets a group together to record this and put it on YouTube, make sure you link it! (Although, from the looks of it, it won’t sound like much.)

]]> By: Rosi http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/map-of-the-world-in-musical-notation/#comment-458332 Rosi Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:08:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/25/map-of-the-world-in-musical-notation/#comment-458332 So... what does it sound like ^_^? So… what does it sound like ^_^?

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