The Embryonic Meaning of Life in Raymond Ruyers Neo-finalism Socratic Swansongs 2026-09-22 | The Embryonic Meaning of Life in Raymond Ruyers Neo-finalism
Anaximanders Apeiron according to Aristotle Socratic Swansongs 2025-10-06 | From Apeiron Anaximander on Generation and Destruction by Radim Kočandrle and Dirk L. Couprie
Infinity in the Kena Upanishad and Sri Aurobindos commentary with Dr. Debashish Banerji Socratic Swansongs 2025-09-27 | ...
Enharmonic Archytas Inspired Piano Prelude Socratic Swansongs 2025-09-25 | sevish.com/scaleworkshop/?n=Enharmonic%20inspired%203%20and%207%20limit%20&l=74F6r_9F8_7F6_lFg_4F3_sg_3F2_3kF29_7F4_gF9_6rF3k_2F1&version=2.5.7##justintonation #microtonal #xenharmonic
Art Tatum in Just Intonation Socratic Swansongs 2025-09-24 | The Man I Love 00:00She's Funny That Way 02:1132nd. St. Blues 05:47Tea For Two 10:36 sevish.com/scaleworkshop/?n=Harmonic%20Series%2012%20tone&l=hFg_9F8_jFg_5F4_lFg_bF8_3F2_dF8_rFg_7F4_fF8_2F1&version=2.5.7
Did AI learn to play the violin in Just Intonation?!? Socratic Swansongs 2025-08-26 | Three original pieces written with my meat brain, using ACE studio for the strings (import midi and it "performs" it. There are some errors in there, but this is just a quick demo
Simondon on Aristotle: Individuation in Light of Notions of Form and Information Socratic Swansongs 2025-08-20 | ...
Bergsons Memory cone and Recognition, Lecture on The History of Theories of Memory jan. 29, 1904. Socratic Swansongs 2025-08-20 | Histoire des théories de la mémoire History of the Theories of Memory: Lectures at the Collège de France 1903-04.The sixth lecture, January 29, 1904.
Six contrapuntal poly-rhythms for just intonation piano Socratic Swansongs 2025-07-15 | The second three are based on inversions of the first three0:00 No. 1, 15 : 84:22 No. 2, 3 : 5 : 97:00 No. 3, 3 : 4 : 58:50 No. 4, 15 : 813:11 No. 5, 3 : 5 : 915:49 No. 6, 3 : 4 : 5basic 5 limit tuning midi:musescore.com/user/75578830
Ateles Entelecheia: biophilosophy and the metaphysics of absence, virtuality and incompleteness Socratic Swansongs 2025-07-09 | Rough draft of my presentation for the biophilosophy conference put on by the Center for Process Studies
Good Vibrations in Just Intonation Socratic Swansongs 2025-06-20 | I mix 7 limit triads with the more standard 5 limit ones to create contrasting attunement of shifting between the stable intervals and the more sentimentally exagerated septimal ones
Spinoza on the Nature of God Socratic Swansongs 2025-06-16 | Early draft of an article I am working on
God Only Knows in Just Intonation Socratic Swansongs 2025-06-15 | RIP Brian Wilson19 limit Just intonation, using some 7-limit, 11, and even 13, resulting in some neutral and sub minor third triads, and general weirdness!
Etude no. 2 For Just Intonation Piano Socratic Swansongs 2025-05-30 | Original composition by Jack bagbyTuning sevish.com/scaleworkshop/?n=5%20and%207%20limit%2C%2021%20semitone&l=lFk_aF9_7F6_5F4_lFg_7F5_3F2_1rF14_5F3_7F4_fF8_2F1&version=2.5.7
Ravel String quartet (part two) Synth arr. in Harmonic Series 12-tone Socratic Swansongs 2025-05-27 | a fun little experiment arranging a song I love for JI synth.Wendy Carlos is a huge influence here!Tuning17/169/819/165/421/1611/83/213/1627/167/415/82/1
Etude for Just Intonation Piano Socratic Swansongs 2025-05-16 | a pattern of sounds refracted by variation and fractaled by accelerations. variation is perspective and perspective implies pluralism. iteration occasions the developing variation of pattern into perspectives which do not imply a relativised truth subjected to variation (no variations of truth, alternative truth) but rather the truth of variation open to the subject; not "perspectives on the truth" but the truth of the perspectives
Music is First Philosophy (Book Proposal) Socratic Swansongs 2025-05-02 | Reading a draft of my book proposal on phenomenology of music
Moonlight Sonata in Various Just Intonation Systems: Attunement Listening Exercise Socratic Swansongs 2025-04-27 | youtu.be/yxnOtN5hO-w?si=wRMQ-ELzCHQoUzl_A verity of just intonation systems without avoiding the messiness of just intonation when applied to widely modulating music.
Prokofiev Dance of the Knights! just intonation synth Socratic Swansongs 2025-04-23 | Happy Birthday to Prokofiev!Rest in metal
Beethoven Cavatina arr. for Piano Werkmeister and 7 limit 455.4hz Socratic Swansongs 2025-04-16 | My own arrangement of the String quartet in B flat major. Tuned to Beethoven's own tuning fork, 455.4. The majority is in Werkmeister III, but I have occasionally peppered in a few septimal super minor intervals based on A♭ tuned as 14:9 or a 7:6 minor third built on F. adding a little extra dramatic affect
Harmony and the Movement of Style in Debussy Socratic Swansongs 2025-04-12 | Part one: Debussy and Silence: Jessica Wiskus The Rhythm of Thoughtyoutu.be/-pQdTuC-K20My adaptation of Jessica Wiskus The Rhythm of Thought, chapter 7"Philosophy is nothing other than the unconcealment of the depth dimension of all other activities." Merleau-Ponty "Husserl at the limits of phenomenology"
Invention for Piano: (I wrote something in 12 Equal Temperament!) Socratic Swansongs 2025-04-03 | more of a sound study than finished song... minor chords modulating down through the circle of fourths
Developing Variations and Musical Ideas Socratic Swansongs 2025-03-28 | Deep dive into the philosophy and music theory behind developing variation, Schoenberg’s idea about the dynamic evolution of musical expression as the participation in a shared idea of creativity, modeled on patterns observed in the psyche. Repetition involves two tendencies, redundancy on the one hand, and innovation on the other. Taken to excess they become each become cancerous/invasive on the one hand and reckless self endangerment on the other. Developing variations are the contrasts and tension between variances that preserves the continuity of its musicality amongst change. 12:30 composition reflections I used the I Ching to direct my composition, drawing hexagrams 43 (Kuai), 51 (Zhèn), 16 (Yù), 32 (Héng), 46 (Shēng), 3 (Zhūg) through out the writing process, and a set of I Ching inspired oblique strategies created by Craig Laubach.As always, attempting to balance the intellectual goal of producing "developing variations" and the appetitive goal of making something with experiential depth, rich with feeling, and yet still interesting to average people. The latter comes from continuity and coherence within the historicity/culteration of human experience, and appeals to what is familiar, the former is rupture, difference, novelty, the unexpected, and is born of chance, subtle machination, invention, and sorcery. Mixture of 5 and 7 limit intervalssevish.com/scaleworkshop/?n=5%20and%207%20limit%20JI%20w%2F%2021%20semitone&l=lFk_aF9_7F6_5F4_lFg_7F5_3F2_1rF14_5F3_7F4_fF8_2F1&version=2.4.1#music #piano #musicology #harmonics #ancienthistory #ancientgreek #philosophy #justintonation #microtonal #temperament #overtones #musictheory #saxophone #history #historical #jazz #jazzmusic #classical #classicalmusic #harmony #symphony #chillmusic #filmmusic
Prelude no. 4 F minor for Just Intonation Piano Socratic Swansongs 2025-03-27 | Mixture of 5 and 7 limit intervalsI used the I Ching to direct my composition, drawing hexagrams 51 (Zhèn), 16 (Yù), 32 (Héng), 46 (Shēng), 3 (Zhūg) through out the writing process, and a set of I Ching inspired oblique strategies created by Craig Laubach.As always, attempting to balance the intellectual goal of producing "developing variations" and the appetitive goal of making something with experiential depth, rich with feeling, and interesting. The latter comes from continuity and coherence within the historicity/culteration of human experience, and appeals to what is familiar, the latter is rupture, difference, novelty, the unexpected, and is born of chance, machination, invention, and sorcery. sevish.com/scaleworkshop/?n=5%20and%207%20limit%20JI%20w%2F%2021%20semitone&l=lFk_aF9_7F6_5F4_lFg_7F5_3F2_1rF14_5F3_7F4_fF8_2F1&version=2.4.1#music #piano #musicology #harmonics #ancienthistory #ancientgreek #philosophy #justintonation #microtonal #temperament #overtones #musictheory #saxophone #history #historical #jazz #jazzmusic #classical #classicalmusic #harmony #symphony #chillmusic #filmmusic
Debussy and Silence: Jessica Wiskus on Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun in The Rhythm of Thought Socratic Swansongs 2025-03-22 | Close reading of chapter 4 of The Rhythm of Thought with audio of all the musical references
Harmonic Temporality Part Two: Movements and Progressions Socratic Swansongs 2025-02-21 | Part 1:youtu.be/8PphUB8-wS8Mentioned and Related Videos: youtu.be/OXz57ar0buk?si=c-2LZ-tuSuDYZN9Fyoutu.be/s656DS6EMZQ?si=jCcF0mtp61gRR562youtu.be/AmqiQFyCAGY?si=vDV5wwXyzwlqT8KT
Harmonic Temporality: Tonality in Duration Socratic Swansongs 2025-02-10 | Part 2:youtu.be/PgkYkGv2gGAWhat I call Tritone Substitution is actually a Modulating Dominant! sorry for the confusion in terms
Vladimir Jankélévitch: Music and the Ineffable Socratic Swansongs 2025-01-31 | Spelling error: Ravaisson
40hz & 11th Harmonic Sound Bath Socratic Swansongs 2025-01-27 | There is some evidence that the 40hz frequency can positively affect brain activity. What do you think?
Neil deGrasse Tyson vs Bergson: Science and Metaphysics Socratic Swansongs 2025-01-23 | For Bergson, metaphysics begins with the mind studying the mind with the mind. Now more than ever science and metaphysics must work together!!#philosophy #science #consciousness #materialism #phenomenology #metaphysics #metaphysical #métaphysique #soul #history #philosophyoflife #philosophyofscience
Three Poly Rhythms in Just intonation Socratic Swansongs 2025-01-20 | Using basic 5 limit just intonation linking the poly rhythms to the interval relations of sound.
Harmonic Series looming hazy ethereal ambient Socratic Swansongs 2025-01-18 | Focusing on the 11th and 13th harmonics, as well as their higher multiples, 33:32 and 39:33.
Ptolemy Chromatic Genus Electronic Trance Socratic Swansongs 2025-01-14 | The ancient Chromatic Genus is a heptatonic scale using three semitones then a minor third, followed by a whole tone and then three more semitones.The tuning for this genus, prescribed by Claudius Ptolemy, called the tense chromatic attunement uses uneven semitones of 22:21 and 12:11, creatiing a whole tone of 8:7 and a septimal minor third
Harmonic Series Poly Rhythm Socratic Swansongs 2025-01-13 | Poly rhythms based on the frequency ratios of the notes up through the 13th harmonic
11th Harmonic Sound Bath Socratic Swansongs 2025-01-11 | The 11th Harmonic shuts your brain off and reduces one to pure consciousness, formless awareness
