Composer Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

25 iPads used to make one big interactive touch display

by Mike Schramm (Nov 19th, 2010)

This is awesome -- a group of musical composers and artists connected up 25 iPads in an installation commissioned by the Environmental Ministry of Japan to create a huge display 25 touchscreens big. Not only do the iPads stream one big image, but they're also interactive -- you can speed the image ...

Count The Beats: A Welcome Note...

by Matt Tinsley (Sep 11th, 2009)

Welcome to a brand new series focusing on music creation on the Mac and iPhone platform. As you know, here at TUAW, we are crazy about anything Apple. We just love it! But, dear reader, this is not the be all and end all of our hearts. For many, if not all of us, music is a great ...

Dance piece, for iPod shuffle

by Mike Schramm (Apr 5th, 2008)

Apparently this iPod-enabled dance performance has been around for quite a while (here's an NYT piece on it from 2006), but it's the first we've heard of it, and it's pretty amazing. The 87-year-old choreographer, Merce Cunningham, who has collaborated with John Cage and Andy Warhol among others, ...