Quality art is quality art, regardless of whether you like it

Alida, a friend of Jen’s who was in our wedding party, is currently studying theatre at the California Institute of the Arts. She has an interesting perspective about how, despite her Christian faith and her desire to be involved in Christian theatre, she can support the efforts of quality art of all kinds, even while disagreeing with the content. I’m not much of a theatre person, but it got me thinking about how this relates to music.

Game AI – the intentional loser

Thanks to slashdot, I came across this article on making intentional mistakes to make gaming more fun. Just another reminder for me of why AI is such a fascinating field. The article is also really friendly to non-programmers too.

The paradox of performance

I’m odd as a musician: I both love, and hate, performing, and it’s not for usual reasons like being nervous.

…I want to play in a band

Playing in church is great. I love serving in that way, but if you’ve read my last few posts on music, you’ll know what I like and and what I dislike about that, and what I feel worship could be but sometimes isn’t. What would my ideal situation be?

I make music because…

I’ve been thinking a lot about why I play music and what I want to accomplish with it, and, in general, why people make music. Here are my thoughts.