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today I conducted an experiment encouraged by Noam's =wholly justified aggressive and detailed directives to joscha= . joshcha focused on layers being develope= in the brain . the timing for the development of each layer b=ing different per species .

I postulate that music might =e a frosted window into that structure. symp=onies begin with their first " layer " a theme. in f=ct, there might be more than one theme in the first layer, = the second part of symphonic form is the complex development =tage. where those themes are inverted, deconstruct=d, reconstructed etc ,and the development stage takes the most=A0 time. in the conclusion of the symphonic form=C2 the recapitulation of all that has come before it forms a &quo=; phenenoma of the piece " a whole ,made up =f its smaller concepts . As opposed to listening to musi= to record which neuron is firing, as most musciologists=attempt. I propose that the music may be the audible result =f those neurons firing, made possible by a select few who would atte=pt to notate those neuronal firings. Beethoven=A0 for example.

The experiment . I mashed =11 of the four symphonies together , playing reco=dings of the 3rd 5th 6th 7th all overlayed</=pan> on each other, playing at the same time. - the way a brai= might develop. I

expected an ordered noise but to the surpris=ng contrary , IT WAS AMAZING. . =you can hear new "concepts " forming, 40=A0

it wonder whether in the mind of a blin= child , the " music" would be created even without =he visual referencial. but created none the less. =C20 later when the visual can be tied to concepts , the anat=my may be hijacked to produce sounds . that somehow relate to the co=cepts. .

I tried to mix music from differen= cultures- it didn't work. African does not work wit= western europe,- chinese works with neith=r of the other two. but within the same cultural music (=the brain of the local species ) the mash ups are beauti=ul.

I would no=e that computers engage in "parallel processing" only in o=der to take a hard problem and break it into its component parts , w=rking on each component separately, here each problem =nteracts and the their resolutions interact in remarkable ways.

I want t= try!!! I was thinking Mozart symphonies nos 38, 40, 41, though the first =ovements of 38 and 40 might not work in tandem- or do they? I want to try!=! On ferry from Nantucket right now in NYC tomorrow...

did you try?

WOW- just did- works AMAZING with=Beethoven, and pretty well with Mozart and Bach Orchestral, thought mixing=composers had mixed results... I suspect that the timing and beat is one o= the most important layers tying things together... will listen more and t=y to figure this out...THANK YOU this is a new experience, not bad!

need to stay within one composer. it is his ne=ron firings dont mix.