(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka | By Category

Music Entrepreneurship

Combining the Old and New: Art for the 21st Century March 12, 2013
Ethics and Fairness in Music February 16, 2013
New Years Plans 2013 January 11, 2013
New Years Resolutions January 10, 2013
Instilling Optimism and Hope in Music January 4, 2013
Why Make Music, Now? December 12, 2012
OK Music – Variations on a 4-Note Theme (12/5/12) December 6, 2012
Hollywood vs Silicon Valley: The Vetting Process November 14, 2012
(¶/♪) OK Music – Cloud Computing Pt.29 (Freedom and Order) November 2, 2012
Ryan Tanaka – Angry Birds String Quartet Preview (White, “From Afar”) October 15, 2012
The “New Middle” of Music: New Management, Pt.4 September 29, 2012
(¶/♪) OK Music – Cloud Computing Pt.28 (Neo-Baroque) September 23, 2012
The “New Middle” of Music: New Narratives, Pt.3 September 19, 2012
The “New Middle” of Music: New Labor, Pt.2 September 11, 2012
The “New Middle” of Music: Labor and Practice, Pt.1 September 7, 2012
Customer Development: Sticking to Your Guns, Speaking Your Voice August 28, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.27 August 22, 2012
Disrupting the Music Industry (Pt.3, What do Artists Really Want?) August 9, 2012
Disrupting the Music Industry (Pt.2, The Rise and Fall of Mp3.com) August 7, 2012
Disrupting the Music Industry (Pt.1) August 5, 2012
Ryan Tanaka – Angry Birds String Quartet (Yellow, Accelerating) July 30, 2012
(¶/♪) OK Music – Cloud Computing Pt.26 (Surfing #2) July 26, 2012
Angry Birds – They’re Pretty Pissed, For Sure July 17, 2012
Ryan Tanaka – Angry Birds String Quartet (Blue, Multiplying) July 16, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.24 (The Continuing Story of Counterpoint) July 10, 2012
(¶/♪) Melinda Rice, Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.25 (Surfing) July 10, 2012
Cloud Computing – Part 25 (Surfing) July 10, 2012
The Future of Music Tech: Content Creation July 9, 2012
Musical Composition and “Scaling” July 5, 2012
Cloud Computing – Part 24 (The Continuing Story of Counterpoint) June 11, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.23 (Visions of Certainty) June 6, 2012
Cloud Computing – Part 22 (Tides of Change) May 31, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.22 (Tides of Change) May 31, 2012
How Being a Music Composer is Similar to Being a Software Entrepreneur May 28, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.20 (Piano Percussion, Distorted Violin) May 24, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.21 (Free Beer!) May 24, 2012
Cloud Computing – Part 21 (Free Beer!) May 24, 2012
Cloud Computing: Adventures in Music Entrepreneurship May 22, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.18 (Amplified Violin, in Arvo Pärt Style) May 19, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.19 (Piano Percussion, Amplified Violin, Waltz) May 19, 2012
Music is a Service, Not a Product May 15, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.17 (Piano Percussion) May 9, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.13 May 7, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.1 (Phone Recording) May 7, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.2 (Phone Recording) May 7, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.3 (Mono) May 7, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.4 May 7, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.16 (Piano Percussion) May 4, 2012
Applying Lean Startup Principals to Music (Pt.6 – Customer Development #2) May 3, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.14 April 28, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.15 April 28, 2012
Pitch Your Idea April 23, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.12 April 19, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.8 April 15, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.9 (Feat. Melinda Rice) April 15, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.10 (Window) April 15, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.11 (Feat. Melinda Rice) April 15, 2012
Applying Lean Startup Principals in Music (Pt.5 – Pivoting) April 14, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.5 April 11, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.6 April 11, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.7 (Lo-Fi) April 11, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – String Quartet No. 8: The Radical Center April 8, 2012
Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley: Is Your Child an Entrepreneur? April 2, 2012
Applying Lean Startup Principals to Music (Pt.4 – Customer Development) March 21, 2012
Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley: Entrepreneurship – Taught or Born? March 14, 2012
Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley – Fake it ’til You Make it March 7, 2012
Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley – Online Piracy: Stealing is Just a Word February 27, 2012
Do We Really Need Music? Defining “Pain Points” in Art February 16, 2012
Los Angeles Incubators/Accelerators: For Artists and Musicians February 8, 2012
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Musicians February 6, 2012
Applying Lean Startup Principals in Music (Pt.3 – Scaling) January 26, 2012
Music in the Post SOPA World: Service-Oriented Musics January 22, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Derivatives (Angry Birds Remix) January 10, 2012
Applying Lean Startup Principals to Music (Pt.2 – Vanity Metrics, Validated Learning) December 30, 2011
Applying Lean Startup Principals to Music (Pt.1 – Minimum Viable Product) December 22, 2011
Ryan Tanaka – An Early Beginning December 20, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Three is the Arbitrary Number December 16, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Illusions of Stasis December 5, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Occupational Hazards November 27, 2011
Ryan Tanaka – Generous Music November 24, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – The Hard Way is the Only Way November 8, 2011
Ryan Tanaka – Borrowed Time October 9, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Pivoting Strategy No. 5 September 29, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Pivoting Strategy Pt. 4 September 8, 2011
Selling the Idea of Flexibility August 5, 2011
Ryan Tanaka – Internet Delivery July 29, 2011
Lean Thinking, Music, and Improvisation March 29, 2011
Audience Development 2.0 – “Why Improvisors Should Become Entrepreneurs” March 22, 2011

Musicology

Combining the Old and New: Art for the 21st Century March 12, 2013
New Years Plans 2013 January 11, 2013
New Years Resolutions January 10, 2013
Instilling Optimism and Hope in Music January 4, 2013
Why Make Music, Now? December 12, 2012
OK Music – Variations on a 4-Note Theme (12/5/12) December 6, 2012
Hollywood vs Silicon Valley: The Vetting Process November 14, 2012
(¶/♪) OK Music – Cloud Computing Pt.29 (Freedom and Order) November 2, 2012
A History of Western Music – Introduction October 27, 2012
Ryan Tanaka – Angry Birds String Quartet Preview (White, “From Afar”) October 15, 2012
The “New Middle” of Music: New Management, Pt.4 September 29, 2012
(¶/♪) OK Music – Cloud Computing Pt.28 (Neo-Baroque) September 23, 2012
The “New Middle” of Music: Labor and Practice, Pt.1 September 7, 2012
Customer Development: Sticking to Your Guns, Speaking Your Voice August 28, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.27 August 22, 2012
Disrupting the Music Industry (Pt.3, What do Artists Really Want?) August 9, 2012
Disrupting the Music Industry (Pt.2, The Rise and Fall of Mp3.com) August 7, 2012
Disrupting the Music Industry (Pt.1) August 5, 2012
Ryan Tanaka – Angry Birds String Quartet (Yellow, Accelerating) July 30, 2012
(¶/♪) OK Music – Cloud Computing Pt.26 (Surfing #2) July 26, 2012
Ryan Tanaka – Angry Birds String Quartet (Blue, Multiplying) July 16, 2012
Musical Composition and “Scaling” July 5, 2012
The End of Modernism and Politics: Creative Destruction June 18, 2012
Cloud Computing – Part 22 (Tides of Change) May 31, 2012
How Being a Music Composer is Similar to Being a Software Entrepreneur May 28, 2012
Cloud Computing: Adventures in Music Entrepreneurship May 22, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – String Quartet No. 8: The Radical Center April 8, 2012
Taking Back Our Future: Why Angry Birds is So Popular January 15, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Derivatives (Angry Birds Remix) January 10, 2012
Angry Birds, SOPA, and Music Copyright January 9, 2012
Ryan Tanaka – An Early Beginning December 20, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Three is the Arbitrary Number December 16, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Illusions of Stasis December 5, 2011
Occupational Hazards: Just Kidding but Not Really November 27, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Occupational Hazards November 27, 2011
Ryan Tanaka – Generous Music November 24, 2011
Composing with Music Software: Literary vs. Oratorical Musics November 14, 2011
Music Software: Composing Electronic Music Using Sibelius November 11, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – The Hard Way is the Only Way November 8, 2011
The Radical Center: Politics, Culture, Entrepreneurship October 27, 2011
Ryan Tanaka – Borrowed Time October 9, 2011
OK Music: Marketing Strategies, Pt.1 October 6, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Pivoting Strategy No. 5 September 29, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Pivoting Strategy Pt. 4 September 8, 2011
For the Fall Semester September 3, 2011
Music Improvisation: How to Record Improv Musics August 14, 2011
Internet Delivery July 30, 2011
Ryan Tanaka – Internet Delivery July 29, 2011
Musical Pivots May 29, 2011
OK Music: Teaching Improvisation May 24, 2011
Nostalgia and the Experience Bubble April 21, 2011
Classical Improvisation: Capitalism, Improvisation, and Progressivism February 12, 2011
Celanese Ads from the Financial Analysts Journal, 1963-64′ August 12, 2009
Modernism, Postmodernism April 16, 2009
The Myth of the Genius April 5, 2009
Modernism and the Cold War February 28, 2009
Clapping in Between Movements February 28, 2009

Entrepreneurship

Combining the Old and New: Art for the 21st Century March 12, 2013
New Years Plans 2013 January 11, 2013
Instilling Optimism and Hope in Music January 4, 2013
Why Make Music, Now? December 12, 2012
Hollywood vs Silicon Valley: The Vetting Process November 14, 2012
The “New Middle” of Music: New Management, Pt.4 September 29, 2012
The “New Middle” of Music: New Narratives, Pt.3 September 19, 2012
The “New Middle” of Music: New Labor, Pt.2 September 11, 2012
The “New Middle” of Music: Labor and Practice, Pt.1 September 7, 2012
Customer Development: Sticking to Your Guns, Speaking Your Voice August 28, 2012
Lean Startup: The Intrapreneur August 20, 2012
Disrupting the Music Industry (Pt.3, What do Artists Really Want?) August 9, 2012
Disrupting the Music Industry (Pt.2, The Rise and Fall of Mp3.com) August 7, 2012
Disrupting the Music Industry (Pt.1) August 5, 2012
Lean LA Talk: “Game of Pickaxes” by Venkatesh Rao July 20, 2012
The End of Modernism and Politics: Creative Destruction June 18, 2012
Cloud Computing: Adventures in Music Entrepreneurship May 22, 2012
Applying Lean Startup Principals to Music (Pt.6 – Customer Development #2) May 3, 2012
Applying Lean Startup Principals in Music (Pt.5 – Pivoting) April 14, 2012
Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley: Is Your Child an Entrepreneur? April 2, 2012
Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley: Entrepreneurship – Taught or Born? March 14, 2012
Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley – Fake it ’til You Make it March 7, 2012
Taking Back Our Future: Why Angry Birds is So Popular January 15, 2012
Angry Birds, SOPA, and Music Copyright January 9, 2012
Occupational Hazards: Just Kidding but Not Really November 27, 2011
The Radical Center: Politics, Culture, Entrepreneurship October 27, 2011
OK Music: Marketing Strategies, Pt.2 October 16, 2011
OK Music: Marketing Strategies, Pt.1 October 6, 2011
For the Fall Semester September 3, 2011
Music Improvisation: How to Record Improv Musics August 14, 2011
Internet Delivery July 30, 2011
Pivoting Strategy Pt. 3 July 15, 2011
Musical Pivots May 29, 2011
OK Music: Teaching Improvisation May 24, 2011
Music Ethics: The Market Cares (But Not About Your Feelings) May 6, 2011

Music Reviews

Music Review: David Borden – The Continuing Story of Counterpoint June 9, 2012

Recordings

New Years Resolutions January 10, 2013
OK Music – Variations on a 4-Note Theme (12/5/12) December 6, 2012
(¶/♪) OK Music – Cloud Computing Pt.29 (Freedom and Order) November 2, 2012
Ryan Tanaka – Angry Birds String Quartet Preview (White, “From Afar”) October 15, 2012
(¶/♪) OK Music – Cloud Computing Pt.28 (Neo-Baroque) September 23, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.27 August 22, 2012
Ryan Tanaka – Angry Birds String Quartet (Yellow, Accelerating) July 30, 2012
(¶/♪) OK Music – Cloud Computing Pt.26 (Surfing #2) July 26, 2012
Angry Birds – They’re Pretty Pissed, For Sure July 17, 2012
Ryan Tanaka – Angry Birds String Quartet (Blue, Multiplying) July 16, 2012
(¶/♪) Melinda Rice, Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.25 (Surfing) July 10, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.24 (The Continuing Story of Counterpoint) July 10, 2012
Cloud Computing – Part 25 (Surfing) July 10, 2012
Cloud Computing – Part 24 (The Continuing Story of Counterpoint) June 11, 2012
Music Review: David Borden – The Continuing Story of Counterpoint June 9, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.23 (Visions of Certainty) June 6, 2012
Cloud Computing – Part 22 (Tides of Change) May 31, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.22 (Tides of Change) May 31, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.21 (Free Beer!) May 24, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.20 (Piano Percussion, Distorted Violin) May 24, 2012
Cloud Computing: Adventures in Music Entrepreneurship May 22, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.19 (Piano Percussion, Amplified Violin, Waltz) May 19, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.18 (Amplified Violin, in Arvo Pärt Style) May 19, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.17 (Piano Percussion) May 9, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.13 May 7, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.4 May 7, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.3 (Mono) May 7, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.2 (Phone Recording) May 7, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.1 (Phone Recording) May 7, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.16 (Piano Percussion) May 4, 2012
Applying Lean Startup Principals to Music (Pt.6 – Customer Development #2) May 3, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.15 April 28, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.14 April 28, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.12 April 19, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.8 April 15, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.11 (Feat. Melinda Rice) April 15, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.10 (Window) April 15, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.9 (Feat. Melinda Rice) April 15, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.7 (Lo-Fi) April 11, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.6 April 11, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Cloud Computing Pt.5 April 11, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – String Quartet No. 8: The Radical Center April 8, 2012
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Derivatives (Angry Birds Remix) January 10, 2012
Angry Birds, SOPA, and Music Copyright January 9, 2012
Ryan Tanaka – An Early Beginning December 20, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Three is the Arbitrary Number December 16, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Illusions of Stasis December 5, 2011
Occupational Hazards: Just Kidding but Not Really November 27, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Occupational Hazards November 27, 2011
Ryan Tanaka – Generous Music November 24, 2011
Composing with Music Software: Literary vs. Oratorical Musics November 14, 2011
Music Software: Composing Electronic Music Using Sibelius November 11, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – The Hard Way is the Only Way November 8, 2011
Ryan Tanaka – Borrowed Time October 9, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Pivoting Strategy No. 5 September 29, 2011
Adorno on the Beach September 21, 2011
(¶/♪) Ryan Tanaka – Pivoting Strategy Pt. 4 September 8, 2011
Ryan Tanaka – Internet Delivery July 29, 2011

Music and Ethics

Ethics and Fairness in Music February 16, 2013
Instilling Optimism and Hope in Music January 4, 2013
Applying Lean Startup Principals to Music (Pt.2 – Vanity Metrics, Validated Learning) December 30, 2011

Info/Events

For the Fall Semester September 3, 2011
Doctorates and Business Partners April 18, 2011
String Quartet Concert This Friday! January 20, 2011
Site Update! December 9, 2010