Arpi Mardirossian

Tagasauris will be presenting our new photo tagging app with Amazon’s Mechanical Turk team on April 3rd 1:00 PM to 1:45 PM EST. Please register to attend.

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This is a beautiful and melodic illustration of the power of cooperation and the collective. 21 Balançoires is a giant cooperative musical instrument in front of Université du Québec à Montréal’s Science Faculty which is comprised of 21 musical swings. Individually, the swings in motion trigger notes. Together, they compose a kind of symphony.

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Here is some sticky fun from the 80’s …

Here is a great video by OK Go for Skyscrapers that features a sultry montage of dance moves through a series of colorful urban backdrops. The clip was directed and produced by Grammy Award-winning choreographer and director Trish Sie.

I love Gold Bug!

Ever since my days in MIR research, I have been fascinated by musical renditions. This fascination emerged because I realized that renditions were great test pieces for my music similarity algorithms. Now that I don’t have a practical need for renditions, I have begun to appreciate them and wonder about their less tangible qualities. I find it so interesting that even though the core song remains the same, the changing of other musical qualities can sometimes completely alter the listening experience and emotions that are evoked by the piece. To demonstrate, I have compiled renditions of the song ‘Bang Bang’. This song was first recorded by Cher in 1966 even though the more well known version is by Nancy Sinatra who covered it in the same year.