2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDRTghGZ7XU
this video is mentioned at the end of the lecture as an example of a very high technical standard for projection technology. This performance was generated by computer and not the copy of an existing performance.
3) Optional: April 2015 Report of Future Selena Hologram Tour https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/6524460/selena-hologram-confirmed-quintanilla-family
4) Optional Video: Demo of New (2019) Vocaloid 5 https://www.vocaloid.com/en/
After having watched the mini-lecture on Miku Hatsune and vocaloids in Japan, this writing assignment asks you to consider the position of vocaloid technology in the future of music performance. As mentioned in the lecture, this technology has been used for several years in Japan and has since been used to resurrect dead performers, such as Tupac Shakur, Michael Jackson, etc., as well as being used as fill-ins for absent duet partners (Carrie Underwood, Janelle Monáe, M.I.A., etc.). This writing assignment asks you to consider the following questions (you may answer as many or as few as you wish): What
did you think of the Miku Hatsune performance either as music or as a concept? Do you view vocaloid technology positively or negatively and why? Would you pay to see a vocaloid performance “live?” Why or why not? Do you think as the technology becomes better and more affordable, will there be a flood of dead celebrity hologram collaborations (Think of Hologram David Bowie playing with John Lennon and Kurt Cobain, Prince jamming with Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley, etc.). An attached optional story tells of plans for an entirely new hologram tour by the deceased tejano music legend Selena (who was murdered more than 20 years ago). Is this type of project about earning profits off of the dead or giving new experiences to old fans or people who didn't have the opportunity to see these stars perform live?
More generally, are vocaloid holograms a technological extension of music making or a further distancing of the public from actual music performance (and if so, is this even a negative development)? Is Miku Hatsune a corporate scam (a company own the product and earns money while others make new content) or does this technology allow a democratization of music making for anyone who can afford the technology (dedicated fans can contribute to the art they enjoy)? Will holograms of living performers be the simulcast technology of the future, enabling artists to perform everywhere virtually without needing to travel (putting more musicians out of work)? Perhaps instead of attending a concert, the same amount of money could get Hologram Beyoncé to perform for your birthday party (for an extra charge she gives you a personalized shout-out). How closely is vocaloid technology related to electronica, where some DJs perform not by playing musical instruments but by activating prerecorded sounds? Or is this closer to the so-called tribute bands, who perform convincing imitations of classic rock and pop acts? Does it matter whether or not vocaloids are real if you get real feelings from the music?
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