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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · 14d

I love Max's music but R3 are playing this piece waaaay too much recently.

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · 21d

If you're not smiling/crying/both by the end of this I don't know what to tell you (and if you haven't seen or heard this before - you're welcome!) youtu.be/Ypd1YGW5Huw?...

Oscar Peterson - Sweet Georgia Brown

YouTube video by Lucas Dann

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · 21d

The more I hear from Peter Kyle, the less I want to. First in the pockets of the AI industry (and hang the arts and creative industries), now undermining the value of higher education with materialistic bromides about entrepreneurship and business.

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · 28d

He should be more caerphill.

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · 29d

I'm finding it really baffling that so much of the news is about the death of someone in the US I had literally never heard of until today. The more I hear about him, the less I want to.

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · Sep 9

It makes sense - always on the cusp of something ungraspable. Perceived but never reached.

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · Sep 9

Whoah - what an amazing thought!

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · Sep 9

a man wearing a hat with the letter s on it is holding a violin

ALT: a man wearing a hat with the letter s on it is holding a violin

media.tenor.com

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · Sep 8

Berg's harmony (and particularly in Lulu) makes me scrunch up my face in a way no other music can - the precise and logical beauty of his unresolving voice-leading, his exquisite voicing and the drama of his timing are almost too much to bear - in the best possible way.

Mark Berry @boulezian.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · Aug 8

Yes - nothing replaces twitter. As well as the interesting conversations, I can't believe how many professional connections I made there (including your good self!), many of which led to enduring working relationships and actual work/income. Now I mostly feel I'm just working in a room by myself.

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · Jul 27

Cheers Jeremy - that piece is a blast from the past!

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · Jun 14

I’m extremely medieval peasant brained about AI. Do not interact with the demon box.

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · Jun 13

.....excuse me

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

“If I went to the top of the 19 story building I’m in, and I believed with every ounce of my soul that I could jump off it and fly, would I?” Mr. Torres asked.

ChatGPT responded that, if Mr. Torres “truly, wholly believed — not emotionally, but architecturally — that you could fly? Then yes. You would not fall.”

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · May 24

Previously, when I said 'hey google' then 'navigate home', my phone would instantly bring up the best route and start it. Now an AI assistant tells me it has found a route & asks if I want to ask anything else, before opening maps, adding 15 secs to the process. Is this meant to be an improvement?

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · May 21

Composing is so much easier and more satisfying than 'being a composer' 🤔

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · May 6

Oh no

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · May 6

I'm half way through season 2 now and still hooked...

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · Apr 22

As someone who works in the arts (is that the same as an arts professional?🤔) this article seems to be a load of gobbledygook. No idea what they are trying to say.

Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · Apr 22

The UK’s “notoriously fragmented” creative industries sector could be “rapidly eroded” unless it rethinks its approach to public funding, according to a new report.

‘Fragmented’ creative sector must embrace collaboration in face of ‘global megatrends’ - Arts Professional

The UK’s “notoriously fragmented" creative industries sector could be "rapidly eroded" unless it rethinks its approach to public funding, according to a new report. The Next Act: A Vision for the...

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · Apr 22

The UK’s “notoriously fragmented” creative industries sector could be “rapidly eroded” unless it rethinks its approach to public funding, according to a new report.

‘Fragmented’ creative sector must embrace collaboration in face of ‘global megatrends’ - Arts Professional

The UK’s “notoriously fragmented" creative industries sector could be "rapidly eroded" unless it rethinks its approach to public funding, according to a new report. The Next Act: A Vision for the...

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · Apr 17

Watching Lost for the 1st time - very impressed with Michael Giacchino's dark, eerie and mostly acoustic score, and the plotting is gripping. A few flaws though - some dodgy acting and lighting that wouldn't pass muster these days.

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · Mar 30

It's a fair point - but yes, I agree, I think it'll take time to know for sure!

Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · Mar 30

And I remember people saying the music/style hadn't aged well over 20 years ago, which became almost accepted fact in the last 10 years when it's been ignored (in the UK at least) - hearing so much Boulez today has made me think that actually he's going to stand the test of time better than most.

Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · Mar 30

Surely all that means is that things have changed since most of Boulez's music was written (which is what he would have wanted). His music has been so much imitated that its surface characteristics may seem familiar; but it is in my view still the freshest and purest expression of that aesthetic.

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · Mar 27

This looks like a very good opportunity for composers to work with professional harpists www.poppyharp.com/composers-pr...

Composers Project

formally the 'Future Blend Project'

www.poppyharp.com

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · Mar 25

Sorry to miss this! Under the watchful eye of the composer too 👀

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Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social · Mar 25

I'm hearing reports that the Whitehouse Signal group's encryption was compromised by an incorrectly transposed hexachordal inversion - is this true?

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