sageev
@sageev.bsky.social
"a symptom of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important"--bertrand russell
ML, music, generative models, robustness, ML & health
curr & prev affils:
Dalhousie University (CS), Vector Institute, Google Research
ML, music, generative models, robustness, ML & health
curr & prev affils:
Dalhousie University (CS), Vector Institute, Google Research
i love when in the middle of a familiar tune suddenly a groove presents itself... with a slow, natural build that takes its time
March 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
i love when in the middle of a familiar tune suddenly a groove presents itself... with a slow, natural build that takes its time
Friday night is tango night… I love how mysterious that e minor chord at the end of the video sounds… it always has, and I don’t have a lot of things that sounds that way to me. I love that song.
March 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Friday night is tango night… I love how mysterious that e minor chord at the end of the video sounds… it always has, and I don’t have a lot of things that sounds that way to me. I love that song.
Practising Rachmaninoff which turned into a kind of focused improv exercise— a bit noodling but with a specific technical intention…
March 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Practising Rachmaninoff which turned into a kind of focused improv exercise— a bit noodling but with a specific technical intention…
a little bit of fiddling around making fun twinkly shit up on a sat night
February 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
a little bit of fiddling around making fun twinkly shit up on a sat night
Next day. Another section. Played through this ~50x, in different rhythms, hands separate, together,different articulations. All at 68 beats/min. Tmrw: same at 72 bpm. Can feel myself finally learning parts of this I never properly learned before. Would already be able to play much faster if I tried
February 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Next day. Another section. Played through this ~50x, in different rhythms, hands separate, together,different articulations. All at 68 beats/min. Tmrw: same at 72 bpm. Can feel myself finally learning parts of this I never properly learned before. Would already be able to play much faster if I tried
Practise 101: super slow metronome (it will go about 3 times faster than this, which is quite fast), and playing in rhythms (allows finding micro-moments to relax, among other benefits). At the beginning you might not hear metronome well because the notes overlap exactly with it, Ie accurate.
February 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Practise 101: super slow metronome (it will go about 3 times faster than this, which is quite fast), and playing in rhythms (allows finding micro-moments to relax, among other benefits). At the beginning you might not hear metronome well because the notes overlap exactly with it, Ie accurate.
Fun pro tip: when practising this Rachmaninoff prelude, put the metronome on 2 and 4. Some of the stuff got a little messhy here but it was worth it this way…
February 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Fun pro tip: when practising this Rachmaninoff prelude, put the metronome on 2 and 4. Some of the stuff got a little messhy here but it was worth it this way…
Previous video was practising. This one is just playing a little, just following wherever it feels nice to go.
February 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Previous video was practising. This one is just playing a little, just following wherever it feels nice to go.
Gonna post practise videos: carefully structured #exercises I make up, to teach myself new stuff. Here’s a tricky passage from #Rachmaninoff. I set metronome to a 2-3 clave rhythm, then i snap on 1 & 3, then i #syncopate & add bass as a tumbao, and syncopate RH & add as #Afro-Cuban montuno. #fun
February 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Gonna post practise videos: carefully structured #exercises I make up, to teach myself new stuff. Here’s a tricky passage from #Rachmaninoff. I set metronome to a 2-3 clave rhythm, then i snap on 1 & 3, then i #syncopate & add bass as a tumbao, and syncopate RH & add as #Afro-Cuban montuno. #fun