Music – philosopher bagpiper

I’m in various music-related projects, be it organising, playing or composing.

[Celtic Tones](https://www.celtictones.com/) playing flute

[The Last Aurochs](https://thelastaurochs.com/) playing gaita, bass and some flute

[Bitpiper](https://bitpiper.bandcamp.com/) some electronic music and weirder ideas

[Trad for Good](https://tradforgood.com/) a personal promoting business organising trad shows mixed with fundraising

I’ve also participated in two [Ethno Australia](https://www.facebook.com/EthnoAustralia/), played flute at one [Celtic Illusion](http://celticillusion.com.au/), and other various shows and gigs. I don’t usually teach, but you’re welcome to [contact me](mailto:joao+philosopherbagpiper@hipercubo.net) if you really want a lesson.

Below is a rough timeline of my musical trajectory.

Robot Passes Turing Test for Polyculture Gardening

I love plants. I am not great with plants. I have accepted this fact and have therefore entrusted the lives of all of the plants in my care to robots. These aren’t fancy robots: they’re automated hydroponic systems that take care of water and nutrients and (fake) sunlight, and they do an amazing job. My […]

Evan Ackerman

Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

Rapid and pivotal advances in technology have a way of unsettling people, because they can reverberate mercilessly, sometimes, through business, employment, and cultural spheres. And so it is with the current shock and awe over large language models, such as GPT-4 from OpenAI.It’s a textbook example of the mixture of amazement and, especially, anxiety that […]

Glenn Zorpette

Precisamos de um Spotify socialista

Os serviços de streaming como o Spotify exploram desavergonhadamente os músicos. Mas há uma alternativa ao monopólio corporativo da música: uma plataforma de streaming que seja construída para o bem comum. Por Charlie Bird.

esquerda.net

O ChatGPT é uma máquina de ideologia

Os debates sobre a nova IA centram-se na "inteligência". Mas há algo mais interessante a acontecer: a IA é uma máquina de cultura. Por Leif Weatherby.

esquerda.net

ChatGPT and the AI Apocalypse

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The Drone Abides: Bagpipes in Experimental Music

From the great Highland bagpipe to the Italian zampogna, bagpipes have particular timbral qualities that lend themselves to folk traditions and experimental music alike. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.

Stewart Smith

Is Old Music Killing New Music?

Old songs now represent 70 percent of the U.S. music market, according to the latest numbers from MRC Data, a music-analytics firm. Those who make a living from new music—especially that endangered species known as the working musician—should look at these figures with fear and trembling. But the news gets worse: The new-music market is […]

Ted Gioia