This won't play for me at the moment, but according to the image caption, I do not think the sensors on the conductor or the musicians will be able to separate the perfromace aspect from the musical aspect - they are busy working, not just listening! Audience sensors will have more to do with the music than the players... Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio 415-883-2689 On Apr 13, 2006, at 5:09 PM, Don Tait wrote: > Or "the body electrical"? > As to the Whitman quote, given its age, shouldn't it be ..."the body > acoustic?" > > Steve Smolian > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Tait" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 6:44 PM > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Fwd: Fw: NPR story on music response > > >> I heard this NPR story on the radio. Wiring musicians up to measure >> their >> physical response to music -- yes, it is an old idea indeed. One of >> the books >> about Herbert von Karajan (I can't remember which one) describes how >> he had >> himself wired and then conducted a rehearsal or whatever with his >> blood pressure, >> temperature, et cetera being measured and recorded. That may have >> been twenty >> or twenty-five years ago, however. History much too ancient for the >> producers >> of this story to have known about. >> >> >> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > > >> Hey Walt Whitman suggested this more than a century ago with " I >> SING THE >> BODY ELECTRIC" >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurie Heller" >> <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Cc: <[log in to unmask]>; "mitchell heller" <[log in to unmask]>; >> <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 1:21 PM >> Subject: NPR story on music response >> >> >>> fyi >>> >>> >>>> A music researcher Dan Levitin will be attaching physiological >>>> sensors to >>>> a conductor, orchestra members, and audience members during a >>>> concert >>>> performance. Hear the story on npr's archive. If this link doesn't >>>> work >>>> directly, search for Levitin in the past week on NPR's archives. >>>> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5331994 >>>> The page you come up with also shows you links to other >>>> music-related >>>> stories. >>>