We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience.
Brian EnoRead
I'm always interested in what you can do with technology that people haven't thought of doing yet.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of innovation and exploring new possibilities in technology.
Brian Eno's quote reveals his curiosity and interest in the uncharted territories of technology. He suggests that the true value in technological advancements lies not just in what has already been done, but in our ability to imagine and create new applications that others have not yet considered. This perspective encourages a mindset of innovation and creativity, pushing boundaries to discover novel ways to utilize technology.
Themes
InnovationTechnologyCreativityExplorationPossibilities
In practice
Example use cases
In a technology conference, one might quote this to inspire attendees to think outside the box.
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All quotes βI think that technology is always invented for historical reasons, to solve a historical problem. But they very soon reveal themselves to be capable of doing things that aren't historical that nobody had ever thought of doing before.
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When I first started making ambient music, I was setting up systems using synthesizers that generated pulses more or less randomly. The end result is a kind of music that continuously changes. Of course, until computers came along, all I could actually present of that work was a piece of its output.
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People do dismiss ambient music, don't they? They call it 'easy listening,' as if to suggest that it should be hard to listen to.
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In the future, you won't buy artists' works; you'll buy software that makes original pieces of 'their' works, or that recreates their way of looking at things. You could buy a Shostakovich box, or you could buy a Brahms box. You might want some Shostakovich slow-movement-like music to be generated. So then you use that box.
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Ambient music must be as ignorable as it is interesting.
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