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  • March 6, 2026

    Art About Music: Google’s Lyria 3 (2026)

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    art about music, bad ideas
  • January 21, 2026

    Art About Music: Georges de la Tour’s “The Hurdy-Gurdy Player” (c. 1620-1625)

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    art about music
  • November 6, 2025

    Art About Music: Ableton Live 12

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  • October 2, 2025

    Art About Music: DMG Audio’s Equilibrium EQ (2025)

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  • January 28, 2025

    Art About Music: “Music Loses Its Format” (2025)

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  • December 4, 2024

    Art About Music: Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl Interrupted at Her Music” (1658-1661)

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  • November 29, 2024

    Art About Music: Sebastiano Lazzari’s “Still Life” (18th c.)

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  • October 18, 2024

    Art About Music: “When ChatGPT Begins Training On Your Music Blog ” (2024)

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    AI, art about music
  • September 23, 2024

    Art About Music: Ed Ruscha’s “Thick Blocks Of Musical Fudge” (1976), “The Music From the Balconies” (1984), “Silence With Wrinkles” (2016), “Note” (2018)

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  • September 3, 2024

    Art About Music: Nikita Gale’s “Tempo Rubato (Stolen Time)”, 2023-24

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Thomas Brett is a musician and writer who holds a PhD in ethnomusicology from New York University. He is the author of Principles of Electronic Music Production and The Creative Electronic Music Producer, a book described by Sound On Sound magazine as “a deep philosophical analysis of the various creative inspirations, ideas and processes involved in producing electronic music.” His essays have appeared in the journals Popular Music and Popular Music and Society, as well as edited collections by Routledge, Oxford, and Cambridge University presses. Thomas has played percussion on Broadway since 1997 and writes about music at brettworks.com.

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