Music: Where Science And Art Converge | Aviation High School ...

The awe-inspiring 2Pac hologram form Coachella 2012

Music has always been an amalgamation of science and the arts. Music without an artist?s passion is simply the science of physics and acoustics;music without science is simply nonexistent. ?But recently, artists have been taking this marriage to a completely different level.

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These applications of technology, much like music itself, cross many borders. ?Artists of all different genres are finding ways to use science and technology to change the experience?of live music. ?Artists from Tech N9ne to deadmau5, Daft Punk, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Bjork have all found ways to use technology to revolutionize their performances.

In some recent?performances, Bjork has been using what are referred to as ?Singing Tesla coils.? ?These are a form of plasma speakers, a kind of massless speaker, a device that propagates sounds without a speaker cone. ?The electricity produced from the Tesla coils is so powerful that create sound waves.

The world-renowned DJ?ing duo, Daft Punk, have built a massive?pyramid that they have been using in their stage shows. ?The entire front of it is covered in LEDs that move in time with their music. ?Forming beautiful images and trippy graphics, the pyramid changes the experience completely. ?They?re able to create anything; it works just like a giant tv screen. ?If we take a look behind their pyramid, we see all of the intricate wiring and electronics that went into it. ?It almost looks like they were building a bomb back there.

If you have ever seen any of his performances, deadmau5?s costume head is like nothing else. ?The Canadian-born DJ?s helmet works like a screen. ?Completely covered in LEDs, it can project crazy visuals, and gives it a real Mickey Mouse on LSD look and feel; it fits his music perfectly. ?Lines, swirls, shapes, pictures that move?it?s a miracle he can even see what he?s doing. ?The crazy helmet combined with his dynamic stage lighting gives a great visual appeal to his performances.

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Then there is Tech N9ne. ?The number one independent rapper in the world has taken things to the next level. ?His concerts are just as much visual as they are auditory. ?Being at one of his concerts, it makes you feel like you?re in the middle of one his music videos. ?He has a stage presence like no other. ?From his distinct outfits to the designs of his face paint, to all of his stage props and lighting, there is nothing else that compares.

Tech N9ne, along with several touring artists, is in the process of breaking a world record as you read these very pages. ?On his Hostile Takeover Tour 2012, Tech N9ne will be performing 90 shows in 99 days all across the country. ?This is will set the record for the longest Hip Hop?tour in history. ?The tour will be coming to Seattle at the Showbox SoDo on May 5.

?When I was there it was insanity. Everyone was chanting and singing along before the mosh pit broke out,? said senior Hayden Brown commenting on the last Tech N9ne concert he attended. ??Then it went to the next level.?

This is the kind of reaction that fans have at these concerts. ?Taking it to the next level is a kind of a theme with Tech. ?Like in one of his concerts, just as the announcer introduced him to the pitch-black room, the lights came on and he literally busted through a wall and started rapping. ?Lighting, stage props, he?s got it all.

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These artists have been using technology to improve upon their live shows. ?But there is one group whose shows are completely dependent upon their technology. ?Electronic group ArcAttack made a buzz in Dallas when they auditioned on America?s Got Talent in 2010. ?Like Bjork, they use Tesla coils. ?But they have taken it to a whole new extreme. ?They have multiple coils in use at the same time, and even have a guitarist who controls them, playing in a makeshift Faraday cage, basically a metal suit that kept him from getting electrocuted.

And just last Sunday in one of the most dynamic performances of all time, a legend was resurrected. ?At Coachella 2012, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg did the unthinkable. ?Stage dark, the beat comes on. ?Easily recognizable as 2Pac?s classic, ?Hail Mary?. ?And then all of a sudden? he appeared. ?An eerily realistic hologram of the West-coast rap legend appeared on stage. ?Addressing the crowd directly, they went wild.

Under the direction of Dr. Dre, they brought back one rap?s greats. ?This performance bridged the gap between generations, and opened up the opportunity for a completely new form of live entertainment.

Music always has been a dynamic art; evolving from global influences. ?Influenced by politics, culture, art, and of course, technology. ?But not only is music influenced by these sources, music itself has just as much of an effect on them.

These artists have truly shown that music is where science and art meet. ?Or, in the words of Shakespeare, ?If music be the food of physics, play on.?

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