{"39803":{"#nid":"39803","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Building a Leader in Music Technology at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Music Department is still making great music, but the department is also creating a name for itself in the technology world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe department\u0027s director, Frank Clark, is attracting faculty and students who have talents in both the music and technology sector.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027re looking for people who are genuinely interdisciplinary, people who are interested and passionate about more than just one thing,\u0022 said Clark. \u0022That\u0027s really important because you can be a musician and a computer scientist, a musician and a mechanical engineer, a musician and a mathematician. Georgia Tech\u0027s Music Department and Center for Music Technology are creating ways for those skills to come together in real, meaningful ways.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EClark practices what he preaches. The director is an accomplished musician, but his research delves into ways to bring together various elements of multimedia simultaneously.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022What that means is, let\u0027s say I\u0027m interested in rhythm and color,\u0022 said Clark. \u0022What then does rhythm, color and music look like? What is rhythm, color and graphics? What is rhythm, color and animation? My research is trying to find ways to bring those elements together in performances that actually have substance and meaning.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EClark says that technology in the music industry is changing daily and the new center will provide a place for researchers from across campus to see how their expertise can be applied to music.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022One of the things we firmly believe is that the vast majority of careers that combine\u003Cbr \/\u003E music and technology in the 21st century have yet to be invented,\u0022 said Clark. \u0022The center will provide a place for researching areas that haven\u0027t been explored yet. You\u0027ll have material scientists working side by side with musicians, computer scientists and mechanical engineers.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Clark, researchers will be studying everything from improving existing instruments to creating new instruments. There will be robotic projects, interactive performances and even applications for mobile devices that will all be associated with the new Center for Music Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Music Department Director Frank Clark is building a program focused on music, technology and performance"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Music Department is still making great music, but the department is also creating a name for itself in the technology world.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Creating new ways to enhance and combine music and technology."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2008-11-07 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:20","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2008-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"39804":{"id":"39804","type":"image","title":"Frank Clark","body":null,"created":"1449174117","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:21:57","changed":"1475894251","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:37:31","alt":"Frank Clark","file":{"fid":"189633","name":"tef81073.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tef81073_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tef81073_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":39857,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tef81073_1.jpg?itok=MeYuV_oK"}}},"media_ids":["39804"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/music","title":"Music Department"},{"url":"http:\/\/gtcmt.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1936","name":"Center for Music Technology"},{"id":"1933","name":"Deparment of Music"},{"id":"1934","name":"Frank Clark"},{"id":"1935","name":"Multi Media"},{"id":"1180","name":"Music"},{"id":"1309","name":"music technology"},{"id":"623","name":"Technology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}