On March 13, 2023, the Financial Times published the article: "Protests by Israeli reservists raise stakes in battle over judicial changes." https://www.ft.com/content/3b4b724d-6deb-49f4-a699-d70bb866cb20 "Noise #78” is an improvised musical reaction to that article. This is a public video from the Current Dissonance newsletter. If you like the music, please share it. Learn more and subscribe to regularly receive new compositions in your inbox at https://CurrentDissonance.Substack.com ABOUT CURRENT DISSONANCE Current Dissonance takes current events out of our eyes and into our ears. Every few days, I improvise a new piece of music in reaction to a headline in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Asahi Shimbun, The Times of India, The Australian, or other news outlets from around the world, and share it with you via this newsletter. It gives me peace and clarity to do this—and I hope it can bring the same for you. Many thanks for reading, listening, and sharing the noise, Michael Gallant https://CurrentDissonance.Substack.com #solopiano #improvisation #pianoimprovisation ---- Noise #78 by Michael Gallant. Improvised and recorded in New York City for Current Dissonance (https://currentdissonance.substack.com). Copyright 2023 Gallant Music LLC. All Rights Reserved.

On February 24, 2023, The New Indian Express published the article: "Simply Scientifico: Johns Hopkins study may put a halt to mosquito bites" https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2023/feb/24/simplyscientificojohn-hopkins-study-may-put-a-halt-to-mosquito-bites-2550418.html "Noise #75” is a musical reinvention of that article. This is a public video from the Current Dissonance newsletter. If you like the music, please share it. Learn more and subscribe to regularly receive new compositions in your inbox at https://CurrentDissonance.Substack.com ABOUT CURRENT DISSONANCE Current Dissonance takes current events out of our eyes and into our ears. Every few days, I improvise a new piece of music in reaction to a headline in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Asahi Shimbun, The Times of India, The Australian, or other news outlets from around the world, and share it with you via this newsletter. It gives me peace and clarity to do this—and I hope it can bring the same for you. Many thanks for reading, listening, and sharing the noise, Michael Gallant https://CurrentDissonance.Substack.com #solopiano #improvisation #pianoimprovisation ---- Noise #75 by Michael Gallant. Improvised and recorded in New York City for Current Dissonance (https://currentdissonance.substack.com). Copyright 2023 Gallant Music LLC. All Rights Reserved.

On February 16, 2023, The New York Times published the articles: "A Talk With Bing’s Chatbot Left Our Columnist ‘Deeply Unsettled, Even Frightened’" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-microsoft-chatgpt.html and “'I want to be alive. 😈': Read a transcript of Kevin Roose’s conversation with the chatbot." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-transcript.html "Noise #74” was recorded as an improvised musical reaction to those articles. This is a public video from the Current Dissonance newsletter. If you like the music, please share it. Learn more and subscribe to regularly receive new compositions in your inbox at https://CurrentDissonance.Substack.com ABOUT CURRENT DISSONANCE Current Dissonance takes current events out of our eyes and into our ears. Every few days, I improvise a new piece of music in reaction to a headline in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Asahi Shimbun, The Times of India, The Australian, or other news outlets from around the world, and share it with you via this newsletter. It gives me peace and clarity to do this—and I hope it can bring the same for you. Many thanks for reading, listening, and sharing the noise, Michael Gallant https://CurrentDissonance.Substack.com #solopiano #improvisation #pianoimprovisation ---- Noise #74 by Michael Gallant. Improvised and recorded in New York City for Current Dissonance (https://currentdissonance.substack.com). Copyright 2023 Gallant Music LLC. All Rights Reserved.

On February 5, 2023, Salon featured the article: "The power of this Iranian protest song at the Grammys, on my family and around the world." https://www.salon.com/2023/02/04/baraye-iran-song-grammys-shervin-hajipour/ "Noise #71” was recorded as an improvised musical reaction to both the Salon article and the song that inspired it. (Hear the song "Baraye" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGesf7QcREk&t=36s) This is a public video from the Current Dissonance newsletter. If you like the music, please share it. Learn more and subscribe to regularly receive new compositions in your inbox at https://CurrentDissonance.Substack.com ABOUT CURRENT DISSONANCE Current Dissonance takes current events out of our eyes and into our ears. Every few days, I improvise a new piece of music in reaction to a headline in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Asahi Shimbun, The Times of India, The Australian, or other news outlets from around the world, and share it with you via this newsletter. It gives me peace and clarity to do this—and I hope it can bring the same for you. Many thanks for reading, listening, and sharing the noise, Michael Gallant https://CurrentDissonance.Substack.com #solopiano #improvisation #pianoimprovisation ---- Noise #71 by Michael Gallant. Improvised and recorded in New York City for Current Dissonance (https://currentdissonance.substack.com). Copyright 2023 Gallant Music LLC. All Rights Reserved.

On January 23, 2023, The New Yorker featured the article: “The Spectre of Anti-Asian Violence in the Monterey Park Shooting.” https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-spectre-of-anti-asian-violence-in-the-monterey-park-shooting "Noise #68” was recorded as an improvised musical reaction to that article. This is a public video from the Current Dissonance newsletter. If you like the music, please share it. Learn more and subscribe to regularly receive new compositions in your inbox at https://CurrentDissonance.Substack.com ABOUT CURRENT DISSONANCE Current Dissonance takes current events out of our eyes and into our ears. Every few days, I improvise a new piece of music in reaction to a headline in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Asahi Shimbun, The Times of India, The Australian, or other news outlets from around the world, and share it with you via this newsletter. It gives me peace and clarity to do this—and I hope it can bring the same for you. Many thanks for reading, listening, and sharing the noise, Michael Gallant https://CurrentDissonance.Substack.com #solopiano #improvisation #pianoimprovisation ---- Noise #68 by Michael Gallant. Improvised and recorded in New York City for Current Dissonance (https://currentdissonance.substack.com). Copyright 2023 Gallant Music LLC. All Rights Reserved.

On January 12, 2023, the BBC published the article: "Jeff Beck: British guitar legend dies aged 78" https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64228780 "Noise #65” was recorded as an improvised musical reaction to that article. This is a public video from the Current Dissonance newsletter. If you like the music, please share it. Learn more and subscribe to regularly receive new compositions in your inbox at https://CurrentDissonance.Substack.com ABOUT CURRENT DISSONANCE Current Dissonance takes current events out of our eyes and into our ears. Every few days, I improvise a new piece of music in reaction to a headline in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Asahi Shimbun, The Times of India, The Australian, or other news outlets from around the world, and share it with you via this newsletter. It gives me peace and clarity to do this—and I hope it can bring the same for you. Many thanks for reading, listening, and sharing the noise, Michael Gallant https://CurrentDissonance.Substack.com #solopiano #improvisation #pianoimprovisation ---- Noise #65 by Michael Gallant. Improvised and recorded in New York City for Current Dissonance (https://currentdissonance.substack.com). Copyright 2023 Gallant Music LLC. All Rights Reserved.