Revealing our brain’s super-listening powers
Talk given at TEDxMinneapolisSalon 2016
Minneapolis, October 21st, 2016
Roger Dumas
Cognitive Scientist & Inventor
About the Talk
Are you listening more, but enjoying it less? In “Your Brain Hears More Than You Think,” Dr. Roger Dumas invokes The Doors and Sir Arthur Sullivan in his warning of digital audio’s Dark Side. He also offers hope in the form of cutting-edge technology that will forever change the way you hear music. He met John Lennon. He taught Prince how to program Synth. He was on the team that composed Funkytown. The work he wants to debut on the TEDx stage thrills him even more and will bring insights into how we subconsciously consume sound from the great artists we admire - the brain's relationship with music.
Source: TEDxMinneapolis
About Roger
Dr. Roger Dumas is designing behavioral and neuro-imaging studies to support MIIR’s validation as a musical chill-identifying algorithm. As a Co-inventor, he is working with the Development Team to further refine MIIR’s capabilities by translating acoustic features of musical recordings into data.
Roger holds a PhD in Cognitive Science (University of Minnesota), an MA in Learning Technology (University of St. Thomas) and a BS in Music Education, (UofM). As a neuromusicologist, one of Roger’s many passions is studying the brain’s response to music. As an undergraduate in the early 1970's, Roger studied music theory by day and played keyboards and drums in local rock bands by night. In the mid-70's, Roger became a product specialist for synthesizer manufacturers ARP Instruments (Boston, MA) and Moog Music (Trumansburg, NY), writing owners manuals and patch books for the ARP 2600, ARP Axxe, ARP String Ensemble, Polymoog, Minitmoog and Moog Rogue. He was also asked to lend music technology assistance to ex-Beatle John Lennon at the Record Plant in Manhatten. Upon moving back to Minneapolis in 1976, he was hired by Sound 80 Studios to provide synthesizer programming for Cat Stevens and Gene Simmons (KISS) as well as local artists Willy Murphy, the Suburbs, Andre Cymone, and Herb Pilhofer.
Source: miiraudiotech.com
TEDxMinneapolisSalon 2016
TEDxMinneapolisSalon “Reverb” was hosted at the MacPhail Center for Music on October 21st, 2016.
Source: TEDxMinneapolis
