# life: non-human jazz from vibrant cobweb strings performed by a harp-like instrument

<< The spider lives in an environment of vibrating strings, (..) They don't see very well, so they sense their world through vibrations, which have different frequencies. (..) Such vibrations occur, for example, when the spider stretches a silk strand during construction, or when the wind or a trapped fly moves the web. (..) Webs could be a new source for musical inspiration that is very different from the usual human experience, >>️ Markus Buehler️

AA << scanned a natural spider web with a laser to capture 2D cross-sections and then used computer algorithms to reconstruct the web's 3D network. The team assigned different frequencies of sound to strands of the web, creating "notes" that they combined in patterns based on the web's 3D structure to generate melodies. The researchers then created a harp-like instrument and played the spider web music in several live performances around the world. >>️

Making music from spider webs. ACS - Am Chem Soc. Apr 12, 2021

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-music-spider-webs.html

Isabelle Su, Zhao Qin, et al. Imaging and analysis of a three-dimensional spider web architecture. J R Soc Interface. 15(146): 20180193. doi: 10.1098/ rsif.2018.0193. Sep 19, 2018. 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30232240/

# behav: chaotic (jazz) music generated by songbirds during non-mating seasons for opioid reward

<< when songbirds sing during non-mating seasons, it's because singing releases an opioid naturally produced in their brain —that's right, a compound with the same biological makeup of the highly addictive painkillers. >> 

<< Animals—including birds, including humans—we produce our own endogenous opioids, and they reward behaviors naturally, like sexual behavior or feeding behavior, (..) Studies show that endogenous opioids also make play rewarding. Songbirds learn their songs, and must practice. When we listened to birds practicing in flocks, it almost sounded as if they were playing around with the notes. Darwin even suggested that birds in flocks may be singing for 'their own amusement.' So, we thought if singing is a playful behavior, it should involve opioids. >> Lauren Riters. 

<< in starlings, endogenous opioid-prompted song is evolutionarily advantageous, because singing in flocks allows them an opportunity to practice their song to prepare for the mating season. It might not be the most beautiful to listen to—Riters likened their chaotic song to freeform jazz—but that's okay. To them, it's just a warm-up for when they start looking for a mate. >> 

Songbirds sing, like humans flock, for opioid reward. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Oct 02, 2020. 

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-songbirds-humans-flock-opioid-reward.html

Stevenson, S.A., Piepenburg, A., et al. Endogenous opioids facilitate intrinsically-rewarded birdsong. Sci Rep 10, 11083. doi: 10.1038/ s41598-020-67684-1. Jul 6, 2020.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-67684-1

# blues; New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers. Vol. 1 (Stony Plain). Sep 4, 2020.

<< In 2007, while rolling through the American night in a ramshackle retirement home vehicle badly disguised as a tour bus, blues legend Charlie Musselwhite and North Mississippi Allstars' guitarist Luther Dickinson engaged in conversation. The younger man related Alvin Youngblood Hart's philosophical desire to live as a "freedom rocker." The wily elder bluesman listened to his words, then looked out the window and knowingly pointed at the rising moon. He replied: "New Moon Freedom Rockers." Back in Mississippi at the Zebra Ranch studio, Musselwhite and Cody and Luther Dickinson joined forces with their dad, roots rock legend Jim Dickinson (who promptly added the words "Jelly Roll" to the band's name), Alvin Hart, and Jimbo Mathus, with NMA bassist Chris Chew and Paul Taylor as guests. They circled chairs, placed mikes, and hit "record." Afterwards, the session tapes were archived. They sat in the vault until Jim Dickinson passed in 2009, and they became apocryphal. Stony Plain's Holger Peterson contacted Luther and Cody about releasing them. >>

<< Here's to hoping there's enough left over for a second volume. >> 

Thom Jurek. AllMusic Review. Sep 4, 2020. 

https://www.allmusic.com/album/new-moon-jelly-roll-freedom-rockers-vol-1-mw0003403214

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmlTKgY9YawHtVpwtOv5Z7Q

Also 

keyword 'Jelly Roll' in Notes (quasi-stochastic poetry)

https://inkpi.blogspot.com/search?q=jelly+roll

keyword 'blues' in Notes (quasi-stochastic poetry)

https://inkpi.blogspot.com/search?q=blues

keyword 'Jelly Roll' in FonT

https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/search?q=jelly+roll

# jazz: apropos of 'Ornithology', Charlie Parker would have turned 100y on 29 Aug 2020

<< Through Parker, complexity in jazz grew considerably. He aimed – and flew – higher, literally, by performing melodic lines that jumped to the next octave, overtly appropriating notes from a higher register. Like an alto riding piggyback on a soprano, and vice versa. This progressive musical concept required alterations in the supporting chords too. It enriched the accompanying harmonies with additional notes from these very same higher octaves. >>

Emile Wennekes. Charlie Parker: celebrating a century of the genius who changed jazz forever. Aug 28, 2020. 

https://theconversation.com/charlie-parker-celebrating-a-century-of-the-genius-who-changed-jazz-forever-145065   

Also

'Ornitology'  

https://youtu.be/OKQcgu8dbuw      

https://www.youtube.com/c/CharlieParkerOfficial

Also 

keyword 'carmina fluitantia' in Notes (quasi-stochastic poetry)

https://inkpi.blogspot.com/search?q=carmina+fluitantia

keyword 'jazz' 

https://inkpi.blogspot.com/search?q=jazz

keyword 'jazz' in FonT

https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/search?q=jazz