Skynet Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

And now, robotic music played by actual robots

Techno has always been music made with machines. In this case, though, we have actual machines making the music. When

Some owners of Alexa-powered Amazon Echo smart speakers are reported being freaked out when their devices randomly start laughing. No

The famous hotline between Washington and Moscow went into operation on this day in 1963. Seems quaint now, doesn’t it?

The march towards Skynet’s awakening continues. Tom forwards this video of a bagpipe-playing robot. Then there’s story of a robot/software

In yet another example of how the Age of Skynet is moving ever closer, we have this story about rapping

We’re doomed. (Via Boing Boing)

It’s called the RoboTar, naturally. Why bother learning all that tricky fretwork when you can have a machine do it?

Skynet is getting pretty good at music. And let’s try to forget that these machines were built with the help

The inevitable emergence of Skynet is being assisted by meatbag Chris Hirst and Robot Dance Party. You can read all

The march towards Skynet continues. And damn, these guys are good! (Via Mashable)

Probably not, but if you ever wanted to, the opportunity is coming. The Internet of Things–connecting together dumb, non-computer devices

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver