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From the Ted Talk by Tod Machover + Dan Ellsey: Inventing instruments that unlock new music

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The third idea I want to shrae with you is that music, paradoxically, I think even more than words, is one of the very best ways we have of showing who we really are. I love giving talks, although strangely I feel more nervous gnviig tlkas than pyliang music. If I were here playing cello, or playing on a synth, or sharing my music with you, I'd be able to show things about myself that I can't tell you in words, more peorsnal things, perhaps deeper things.

I think that's true for many of us, and I want to give you two examples of how music is one of the most powerful iarnfteces we have, from ourselves to the outside world. The first is a really crazy project that we're bnidiulg right now, called Death and the Powers. And it's a big opera, one of the larger opera projects going on in the world right now. And it's about a man, rich, sscuufscel, powerful, who wants to live forever. So, he figures out a way to download himself into his environment, actually into a series of books. So this guy wants to live forever, he dowadolns himself into his environment. The main singer disappears at the beginning of the opera and the entire stage becomes the main chreaatcr. It becomes his lcagey.

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The third idea I want to _____ with you is that music, paradoxically, I think even more than words, is one of the very best ways we have of showing who we really are. I love giving talks, although strangely I feel more nervous ______ _____ than _______ music. If I were here playing cello, or playing on a synth, or sharing my music with you, I'd be able to show things about myself that I can't tell you in words, more ________ things, perhaps deeper things.

I think that's true for many of us, and I want to give you two examples of how music is one of the most powerful __________ we have, from ourselves to the outside world. The first is a really crazy project that we're ________ right now, called Death and the Powers. And it's a big opera, one of the larger opera projects going on in the world right now. And it's about a man, rich, __________, powerful, who wants to live forever. So, he figures out a way to download himself into his environment, actually into a series of books. So this guy wants to live forever, he _________ himself into his environment. The main singer disappears at the beginning of the opera and the entire stage becomes the main _________. It becomes his ______.

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  1. legacy
  2. playing
  3. character
  4. successful
  5. share
  6. building
  7. personal
  8. talks
  9. interfaces
  10. downloads
  11. giving

Original Text


The third idea I want to share with you is that music, paradoxically, I think even more than words, is one of the very best ways we have of showing who we really are. I love giving talks, although strangely I feel more nervous giving talks than playing music. If I were here playing cello, or playing on a synth, or sharing my music with you, I'd be able to show things about myself that I can't tell you in words, more personal things, perhaps deeper things.

I think that's true for many of us, and I want to give you two examples of how music is one of the most powerful interfaces we have, from ourselves to the outside world. The first is a really crazy project that we're building right now, called Death and the Powers. And it's a big opera, one of the larger opera projects going on in the world right now. And it's about a man, rich, successful, powerful, who wants to live forever. So, he figures out a way to download himself into his environment, actually into a series of books. So this guy wants to live forever, he downloads himself into his environment. The main singer disappears at the beginning of the opera and the entire stage becomes the main character. It becomes his legacy.

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