Music
These TED Talks -- from maestros, musical virtuosos and the occasional robot -- take you into the world of creating and conducting music.
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Talks about Music
Akoth Jumadi & MR. LU*
East African sound meets cosmic trap
8 minutes 3 seconds
Turkana Sessions
A musical journey through Turkana
6 minutes 41 seconds
Courtney Marie Andrews
"May Your Kindness Remain" / "If I Told"
10 minutes 34 seconds
Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Elise Hu
A songwriting battle with my AI clone
33 minutes 11 seconds
Roland Fryer
In defense of hip-hop
12 minutes 56 seconds
Salome Agbaroji, Elise Hu, Samora Pinderhughes
Beyond the Talk: Salome Agbaroji and Samora Pinderhughes on the intersection of art and AI
45 minutes 24 seconds
Exclusive articles about Music
Meet the artist who submerged Ariana Grande in a pool of paint
Painter Alexa Meade opens up about creativity, hair and what she learned from working on Ariana Grande’s “God Is a Woman.”
Posted Nov 2018
Why I make music for cats (and monkeys and dogs and horses)
Raise your hand if you’ve ever sung to your pets or turned on Spotify for them. Well, cellist David Teie has carried that impulse a few steps -- OK, many steps -- further and written music for specific species of animals.
Posted May 2018
What great leadership and music have in common
Jim Crupi is a management consultant with a long, brilliant resume. (Heard of CNN? He helped set the strategic stage that led to its creation.) Here, he distills some of his best leadership advice into one memorable metaphor.
Posted Oct 2016
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