Book Reviews Review: “Ellipse and Skeleton” by Kunihiko Yamashita
(Original posted on April 9, 2002)The book's subtitle is "The Conscious Mind of Tetsuya Komuro...
Book Reviews 
Essays Solar and Lunar Creativity: A Reflection on Lighting in the Creative Environment
"Podcast commentary on this article" by AI voice *JapaneseFor lighting a living space, severa...
Essays Empathy as a Happy Illusion: Reflecting on “The Memory Police” and Music
Podcast Commentary of This Article by AI VoiceI recently finished reading Yoko Ogawa's "The M...
Essays Echoes of the Self and the Voice of the Other: A Dialogue on Composition with AI
Podcast Commentary on This Article (in Japanese)With the rapid proliferation of AI-driven com...
Essays Silence as the Fountainhead of Writing: Thoughts on BGM for Writing
When I sit down to write and face myself, I do not play music (BGM). I don't even wear earphon...
Essays Is Our Music Speaking “DAW Language”?
AI-Voiced "Podcast Commentary on This Article"The Blind Spot of the DAW as a Production Envir...
Book Reviews Review: “Musical Cognition” edited by Rita Aiello
(Original posted on April 10, 2002)This is a collection of research papers on the theme of mus...
Essays Deconstructing DAW Music Production with “A Story of a Garden”: Solitude, Contingency, and Coexistence with AI
Tsunehiro Uno's "A Story of a Garden" is a thought-provoking book that offers a new perspectiv...
Book Reviews Review: “Symphony of Spirit and Music” Edited by Tomonobu Imamichi
(Original posted on April 9, 2002)This is a collection of research papers on music aesthetics,...
Book Reviews Review: “A History of Harmony” by Olivier Alain
(Original posted on April 10, 2002)Harmony, or "chōwa" in Japanese, translates to "concord" or...