Kevin Scott and Ben Laude on Piano, Programming, AI and Art

Опубликовано 9 сентября 2024, 17:20

Ben Laude, a concert pianist and music educator, joins Behind the Tech to discuss his journey from a suburban childhood in Austin, Texas to becoming a world-renowned classical pianist and YouTube creator. Ben shares his early inspirations—including his father's dabbling in piano and his own private obsession with classical music that began in high school—and discusses the importance of having a good teacher and the role of the early Internet in fueling his passion for piano.

In this episode, Kevin and Ben explore the impact of AI on art and artists, the significance of classical piano in Ben's life and his efforts to popularize classical piano through educational content. They discuss the challenges and rewards of pursuing a career in music, the magic of bringing encoded scores (musical notations that serve as instructions for how to perform the music) to life, and the importance of community and feedback in achieving success.

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Is Yunchan Lim’s Rachmaninoff 3rd Concerto the greatest ever?: youtube.com/watch?v=DhUFLepewg...
Yunchan Lim LAUGHS in the face of Liszt's hardest piece (Feux follets):
youtube.com/watch?v=ZFQlVVJTO_...
Josef Hofmann Rachmaninov Prelude in C: youtube.com/watch?v=Uj5cNBCNcP...
How Glenn Gould Broke Classical Music: youtube.com/watch?v=ei18TjGnOj...
Yunchan Lim plays Chopin Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9: youtube.com/watch?v=uhZdfqDe0H...
Yunchan Lim – RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, op. 30 – 2022 Cliburn Competition: youtube.com/watch?v=DPJL488cfR...
Horowitz plays Rachmaninoff Concerto No 3 NYP Ormandy: youtube.com/watch?v=CHbf1CSUFv...
Vladimir Horowitz: Scriabin, Etude in D-sharp minor (1982): youtube.com/watch?v=YAu_yxR9C4...
Vladimir Horowitz Playing Scriabin 12 Etudes Op.8 No.12 (1968): youtube.com/watch?v=7ClDFmFmr0...
Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (Glenn Gould, 1981) - 2/7: youtube.com/watch?v=w72ZcLFDs6...
Glen Gould Italian Concerto: youtube.com/watch?v=wwW1mJnl3i...
Glen Gould Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971: III. Presto (Version of 1959) youtube.com/watch?v=TPJgudU9Gr...
Gyorgy Cziffra - Liszt "Grand Galop Chromatique": youtube.com/watch?v=tmq5JBpFf9...
Arthur Rubinstein - Chopin Prelude, No. 11, Op. 28 in B Major: youtube.com/watch?v=AEfnngr42x...
The Art Of Piano (1999 documentary): youtube.com/watch?v=pnSBQVRDbd...
The Chopin podcast: youtube.com/watch?v=2h0-Da6wU0...
16 ways Chopin transformed piano playing: youtu.be/1DUdMi27qWg