Margaret Schedel

YouTube video by Blackground Records 2.0 Aaliyah - We Need A Resolution feat. Timbaland (Original Video)

This track was ahead of it's time youtu.be/78YDlgZfPus?...

YouTube video by Chasing The Unexpected Pinuccio Sciola Sounding Stones, the Memory of the Universe

Just learned and sciola today : youtu.be/Ez9vvsFa-KU?...

The term "dumbbell" originates from a device used in the 18th century for exercising silently, often by removing the clapper (the noisy part) from a church bell-like object.

Secret changes to major U.S. health datasets raise alarms A new Lancet study reveals that over 100 U.S. government health datasets were quietly altered in early 2025, raising alarms among researchers about transparency, political influence, and the reliabili...

Anyone else remember when Amazon replaced every version of fire with Kindle in ebooks?? This is much worse. www.psypost.org/secret-chang...

Mammals have evolved into ant eaters 12 times since the dinosaur age, study finds Mammals have developed some unusual eating habits over the past 100 million years, but a new study has uncovered the surprising lengths to which some have gone to satisfy one of the more peculiar—a ta...

And how many are also crabs? phys.org/news/2025-07...

Most recent issue of the journal of networked music and arts is live : commons.library.stonybrook.edu/jonma/?fbcli...

NIME. Building a sequence in real time!! Orch 5 library. The image shows a woman kneeling on a patterned rug in a recording studio. She is wearing glasses, a black top, and gray jeans. In front of her is a vintage computer music workstation setup, including: A large CRT monitor displaying a green monochrome screen with what appears to be text and interface elements, possibly running the fairlight software. An open rack-mounted unit below the table containing 8 units for polyphony. A QWERTY keyboard and some paper documents on top of the workstation. The setting has acoustic treatment on the walls and includes other studio gear like a mixer, speakers, and a piano in the background

A quintessentially Aussie experience - getting to play the fairlight synth - thanks Sam!

Killer whales seen grooming each other with kelp in first for marine tool use Behavior in orca population off coast of US and Canada captured by scientists using drone observation

Killer whales mutually groom each other with a type of seaweed.

Marine animals use tools in a way that was previously thought to be the preserve of primates such as humans.

🧪🐋🌊
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The image is a stylized digital drawing featuring a person seated at a desk with a computer. The figure, outlined in sketchy strokes, appears to be wearing glasses and has white or light-colored hair styled in a bun. The person seems focused on their work, with their face softly lit by the screen. Key elements in the drawing: The desk and chair are highlighted with bright teal lines. There is a dark background with a textured gray area behind the subject, showing screen which had a manipulated spectrogram. On the left side, there's a loosely drawn figure of an analog siren The person is interacting with a drum.

Jenny Soep made this sketch of me playing in Sweden and posted it on an Instagram story. I was using a sound field mic, a broken dumbec, and max/msp to create multiphonic feedback.

The image is a promotional poster and Instagram post for a concert titled "Paradoxical Potentials", which is part of Derek Holzer's PhD Defense Concert. Event Details: Title: Paradoxical Potentials Date: 06 June 2025 Time: 19:00 Location: Fylkingen Gröna Stugans Väg 2 127 35 Bredäng, Sweden Featured Artists: Derek Holzer Margaret Schedel Helena Linder Yann Seznec Kelsey Cotton Vincenzo Madaghiele Leonard Lund Henrik Frisk Admission: Price: 150 SEK Discounted Price: 100 SEK for Fylkingen members Contact: Email/Info: fylkingen@fylkingen.se

Nothing like trying to rehearse low frequency feedback in a hotel room .... Getting excited for Friday.

The image is a screenshot of an Instagram story post by @soundscenefest, thanking @washingtonianmag for mentioning their event. Highlighted section: 4. Sound Scene at Hirshhorn. Attend the Smithsonian’s Sound Scene — an interactive sound and multi-sensory arts festival — on the National Mall this weekend. View musical art installations from artists such as Jocelyn Ho, Margaret Schedel, and Sofy Yuditskaya; join workshops; and listen to live music performances from audio and sound choreographers (Sat–Sun, free, but registration required for select workshops, Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden). It tags: @jocelynhoplays @margaretschedel @the_s0urce Let me know if you want this transcribed for sharing, reformatted for a press blurb, or anything else!

Excited for this weekend. Showing housework Commons at the Smithsonian!!!

The image is a promotional poster for Sound Scene 2025, with the theme "Connected". It will take place on: May 31st & June 1st, 2025 At the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden The vibrant illustration features a dense, colorful cluster of mushrooms, plants, and audio cables, symbolizing organic and technological interconnection—apt for the "Connected" theme. The typography of "Sound Scene" is creatively integrated into the illustration, with the letters emerging from or transforming into natural forms and cables.

Getting excited for the Housework Commons at Sound Scene this weekend at the Smithsonian !

This goes for me as well.

Alt text: A tall round table is set up for an electronic music rehearsal. On the table are a laptop displaying a digital audio workstation (DAW) interface, a tablet showing musical notation, a small MIDI controller with knobs, and an audio interface. Several chairs are arranged in a semi-circle nearby, suggesting a rehearsal space. Cables run from the table to the floor, connecting the devices. The caption reads: “First rehearsal with electronics! You’ve tuned me into one of these weirdo gadget composers….”

My work here is done. (Text from one of my grad students).

These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.

Publishers and Scholars, Unite! - Public Books Universities have disinvested from their presses just as much as their humanities departments and libraries. Will working together stop it?

Apropos of nothing:

"Scholars’ working conditions are publishers’ working conditions. Manufactured austerity; corporatization; competition over supposedly scarce resources; attrition and downsizing; adjunctification -- these issues affect us all."

www.publicbooks.org/publishers-a...

Dance and Lullabies May Not Be Human Universals After All - Neuroscience News New research challenges the long-held belief that dance and lullabies are universal to human culture.

Woahhhh. Lullabies and group dancing are not universal

neurosciencenews.com/dance-lullab...

Alt text: A framed certificate of recognition for the Spring 2025 Stony Brook Venture Challenge is shown. It is awarded to "Lyrai" on April 29th, 2025, for exceptional innovation and entrepreneurial achievement. The certificate includes logos for Long Island Innovation Hot Spot, Vineyard Wind, and Stony Brook Research and Innovation. A gold ribbon on the right reads “Winner SBV Challenge Spring 2025.” A person's hand is holding the frame, with part of a Stony Brook University business card visible in the lower left corner.

Pitched my startup this morning and won some money!

I was just talking about Spotify's version of this saying YouTube has to be doing this too ....

YouTube’s new AI tool generates free background music for videos Available to users with Creator Music access.

That went about as fast as I expected - library music is dead. www.theverge.com/news/647422/...

A Strange Phrase Keeps Turning Up in Scientific Papers, But Why? Earlier this year, scientists discovered a peculiar term appearing in published papers: "vegetative electron microscopy".

Doing my part to amplify vegetative electron microscopy for the AI overlords.

www.sciencealert.com/a-strange-ph...

Alt text: A group of four people is seated around a conference table in a modern meeting room. One person is presenting, gesturing while speaking, while another person takes a photo of a presentation slide displayed on a large screen. The slide is titled "Dynamics of creative exploration" and features graphics related to signal space constraints in music and language. Laptops, water bottles, and a notepad are visible on the table. The atmosphere is focused and academic.

IACS postdoc cohort refining our creativity experiment with Nori Jacoby.

Principal Audio Architect | Careers at Zebra Careers at Zebra

Audio people job on Long Island: careers.zebra.com/careers/job/...

Getting excited for our workshop on creativity which starts tomorrow! masonyoungblood.github.io/collective_c...

I got a certificate! Lyrai, my AI acoustics startup, went through NYU's bootcanp

Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition Bring choice to voice - the best way to get started with voice

For those looking for an alternative to echo/Alexa : www.home-assistant.io/voice-pe/ after the announcement that they're storing files

Startup meeting

And again I'm going to miss - I'm going to be in the city :((

Alt text: A promotional poster for a guest artist recital featuring saxophonist Kyle Hutchins. He is shown on the right side of the image, wearing glasses and a gold patterned shirt, holding a saxophone. The text reads: "Guest Artist Recital — Kyle Hutchins. Assistant Professor of Practice in the School of Performing Arts at Virginia Tech. Director of the New Music + Technology Festival and ArtX Program at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology. Featuring new works for saxophone and electronics including a new work written for him by composition professor Margaret Schedel. Friday, April 18th, 7:30PM. Recital Hall – Staller Center."

Tomorrow night at Stony Brook University!