Future Salon Self-Made is Happiness Self-Played?
My favorite quote from They Might Be Giants is: Music self-played is Happiness self-made.
I think that this is true for the Future Salon too. The one where you have been actively involved are the most gratifying.
Therefore once in an orange Mars we have an Open Mike Future Salon. This month the theme is Future of Music and it is going to happen Friday the 23rd of March. Please RSVP (http://tinyurl.com/2txsuf)
Actively involved doesn't mean that you need to prep and present. Being an active audience is enough, or you may know someone who has an interesting viewpoint on the Future of Music and invite her or him.
5 easy rules for the Open Mike Future Salon:
- Sign up for a slot on the Wiki or when you arrive at the Future Salon
- We go down the list.
- You have 5 minutes for your presentation / music performance
- There will be 5 minutes of discussion right after
- If the energy in the room is really high the discussion time may be extended by 5 minutes once.
I may talk about what we are loosing by having always perfect renditions of music available to us. I don't want to turn back time, but I don't think that people are aware of some of the consequences.
I also like Douglas Hofstadter excellent essay Sounds like Bach, where he expresses his sadness now that computers can compose as good as the old masters.
Very curious what else will be presented and discussed.
If you can't join in person we will Webcast the event: Point your Quicktime viewer to the following address: rtsp://207.105.30.90/salon.sdp
IRC chat as always use the server: irc.freenode.net and the Channel: #futuresalon
Free Wifi is provided by SAP, bring your gadgets and participate in the chat with your fellow futurists from around the world.
A Future Salon has the following structure: 6-7 networking with light refreshments proudly sponsored by SAP. From 7-9+ pm presentation and discussion. SAP Labs North America, Building D, Room Southern Cross or Cafeteria depending on your responds. Please RSVP (http://tinyurl.com/2txsuf), 3410 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 [map] As always free and open to the public, spread the news.
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