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Michael
@michaelharding.bsky.social
· Oct 14
Why do we need AI to generate boring ass music when Hans Zimmer does it already
Parallel fifths? Congratulations, you’ve been peer-pressured by a 250 year old corpse
December 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Parallel fifths? Congratulations, you’ve been peer-pressured by a 250 year old corpse
Reposted by Michael
I haven't seen any spotify wrapped in my personal feed here but I have seen a lot of people talking shit about spotify. good job everyone keep it up
December 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I haven't seen any spotify wrapped in my personal feed here but I have seen a lot of people talking shit about spotify. good job everyone keep it up
Indian music theory is genuinely the most complex topic in music literature. You think post-tonal analysis is difficult? Try sifting through 2500 years of musical theory that has largely remained relevant
November 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Indian music theory is genuinely the most complex topic in music literature. You think post-tonal analysis is difficult? Try sifting through 2500 years of musical theory that has largely remained relevant
Musicians using AI art is beneath contempt. Such forms of hypocrisy would have been punished accordingly in Dante’s Hell
Musicians, stop using AI for your album art. I would legitimately rather you just make your art a selfie of you on the bus than see even more slop
November 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Musicians using AI art is beneath contempt. Such forms of hypocrisy would have been punished accordingly in Dante’s Hell
The guide to any good musical performance:
Composers: assume the performers are morons.
Performers: the composer is most likely an actual moron
Composers: assume the performers are morons.
Performers: the composer is most likely an actual moron
October 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The guide to any good musical performance:
Composers: assume the performers are morons.
Performers: the composer is most likely an actual moron
Composers: assume the performers are morons.
Performers: the composer is most likely an actual moron
Why do we need AI to generate boring ass music when Hans Zimmer does it already
October 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Why do we need AI to generate boring ass music when Hans Zimmer does it already
I saw this post about this guy calling the whole-tone scale taboo, and like, are you 110+ years old?
October 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I saw this post about this guy calling the whole-tone scale taboo, and like, are you 110+ years old?
Writing on comparative Ancient Indian and Greek music theory; it’s a far-fetched analysis but there are some interesting comparisons
October 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Writing on comparative Ancient Indian and Greek music theory; it’s a far-fetched analysis but there are some interesting comparisons
I really need to drink cheaper whisky. Or have a wide selection of whisky to drink from, because sipping only Lagavulin 16 is decadent and not financially sustainable
October 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I really need to drink cheaper whisky. Or have a wide selection of whisky to drink from, because sipping only Lagavulin 16 is decadent and not financially sustainable
AI-generated imagery makes me scream like one of those Francis Bacon pantings
October 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
AI-generated imagery makes me scream like one of those Francis Bacon pantings
Reposted by Michael
“Thinking AI is bad is bigoted”
ok bigoted against whom? billionaire tech CEOs? rationalist sex pests? the hot
Cylons? Hal? Enigma machines? the abacus????
ok bigoted against whom? billionaire tech CEOs? rationalist sex pests? the hot
Cylons? Hal? Enigma machines? the abacus????
October 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“Thinking AI is bad is bigoted”
ok bigoted against whom? billionaire tech CEOs? rationalist sex pests? the hot
Cylons? Hal? Enigma machines? the abacus????
ok bigoted against whom? billionaire tech CEOs? rationalist sex pests? the hot
Cylons? Hal? Enigma machines? the abacus????
I had food poisoning last weekend and I still haven’t levelled out after it. God help me
October 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I had food poisoning last weekend and I still haven’t levelled out after it. God help me
Reposted by Michael
The Onion doesn’t miss. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act NOW!
September 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Onion doesn’t miss. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act NOW!
Got some positive feedback from my PhD supervisor so that will fuel me for about two hours
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Got some positive feedback from my PhD supervisor so that will fuel me for about two hours
Is there such a thing as “Padded Cell Classical”
feels extremely bleak that promoting music as a classical artist these days involves streaming platforms wanting to know which of these categories you fit into
September 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Is there such a thing as “Padded Cell Classical”
My supervisors emailed me to ask how I am doing and I’m tempted to respond to them with this image
September 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My supervisors emailed me to ask how I am doing and I’m tempted to respond to them with this image
Society truly ended when Lego was gentrified. Now we live in a socioeconomic cadaver where a Lego set costs $1000
September 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Society truly ended when Lego was gentrified. Now we live in a socioeconomic cadaver where a Lego set costs $1000
My music is unplayable but at least the scores look good
Trying to remind myself that I hate performing from scores that look like shit more than I hate making my own scores not look like shit. It's almost working as motivation. Almost.
August 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
My music is unplayable but at least the scores look good
Two things I learned from my Music PhD:
• No one knows what they’re doing
• Orchestration is a pseudoscience
• No one knows what they’re doing
• Orchestration is a pseudoscience
August 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Two things I learned from my Music PhD:
• No one knows what they’re doing
• Orchestration is a pseudoscience
• No one knows what they’re doing
• Orchestration is a pseudoscience
Classical music is silly, I have decided
August 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Classical music is silly, I have decided
Reposted by Michael
so the only legislative victories of labour, the uk's "centre-left" party are thus far
1. legal to kill grandma
2. all trans people banned
3. like 65% of all adults are now technically terrorists
4. do you have a loicense to read wikipedia
1. legal to kill grandma
2. all trans people banned
3. like 65% of all adults are now technically terrorists
4. do you have a loicense to read wikipedia
August 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
so the only legislative victories of labour, the uk's "centre-left" party are thus far
1. legal to kill grandma
2. all trans people banned
3. like 65% of all adults are now technically terrorists
4. do you have a loicense to read wikipedia
1. legal to kill grandma
2. all trans people banned
3. like 65% of all adults are now technically terrorists
4. do you have a loicense to read wikipedia
So this great and immense organ cycle I want to write has…33 planned movements. This may kill me
August 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
So this great and immense organ cycle I want to write has…33 planned movements. This may kill me
Furthest I’ve been
N: Reykjavík
S: Chania
W: Juneau
E: Tokyo
N: Reykjavík
S: Chania
W: Juneau
E: Tokyo
Furthest I’ve been
N: Ísafjörður
S: Miami
W: San Francisco
E: Rhodes
N: Ísafjörður
S: Miami
W: San Francisco
E: Rhodes
Furthest I’ve been
N: Aberdeen
S: Australia
W: Anglesey
E: Goa
N: Aberdeen
S: Australia
W: Anglesey
E: Goa
August 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Furthest I’ve been
N: Reykjavík
S: Chania
W: Juneau
E: Tokyo
N: Reykjavík
S: Chania
W: Juneau
E: Tokyo
We should bring back the pneumatic tube system. The whimsy of it all
August 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We should bring back the pneumatic tube system. The whimsy of it all