Amplified Silence - AI won’t save us
This is the main article from the first issue from my monthly newsletter Amplified Silence.
My name is Óscar Rodrigues, I'm a musician and educator from Porto, Portugal. I'm currently the Curator and Team Leader at Digitópia Casa da Música. This website includes a small portfolio of my work, a blog about all things related to music, and my newsletter Amplified Silence.
Recent Posts
Amplified Silence - Listening is Believing
There’s a sentence from Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act that has stayed with me ever since I heard it: “Listening is suspending disbelief.”
My Favorite Albums of 2024
Hi, everyone. Today is the final day of 2024, so I thought I’d write a bit about my favorite albums released this year.
Transistor
Transistor is a project I started with my good friend Jorge Prendas. We just released our first album, Shortwave, which is available to listen on all streami...
Quem Conta um Conto Acrescenta um Som
Earlier this year, in May 2024, I had the pleasure of directing Quem Conta um Conto Acrescenta um Som, a concert for a very young audience - children aged th...
Porque sou de esquerda.
Este é um texto sobre política, provavelmente longo e chato, que escrevo de uma assentada hoje, 6 de março de 2024, sem revisões nem emendas, e que serve sob...
Genuary 2024 pt. 2
Welcome to the overview of the second week of my Genuary 2024 challenge. It’s been a while, I’ve been very busy, but I still wanted to keep you updated on th...
Genuary 2024 pt. 1
We are nearing the end of the first full week of 2024, and I’ve been working on the Genuary 2024 challenge, composing a generative piece and creating a one-m...
Happy New Blog and Genuary 2024
Welcome back, everyone.