Music

From the mathematical structure of a Bach partita to the neuroscience of what we hear, and the potential for AI to change the way we use music, our Confluence storytellers present a broad range of examples of how art, science and technology come together in music.

The purpose of our music

Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist & musician
Will Calhoun, drummer
Melvin Gibbs, God Particle

Allow yourself to explore theory

Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist & musician

Bebop was exploratory

Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist & musician

Galileo and Kepler were artists

Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist & musician

How inspiration comes to me

Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist & musician

Instruments join music & physics

Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist & musician

Learning from others

Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist & musician

Music is physics

Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist & musician

My early music

Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist & musician

My mentor Brian Eno

Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist & musician

My obsession with Coltrane

Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist & musician

Scientists were not cool

Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist & musician

The pleasure of science

Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist & musician

The story of God Particle

Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist & musician

What improvisation gives me

Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist & musician

Musicians love physics

Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist & musician

Discussing “Instanton”

Stephon Alexander, theoretical physicist & musician