Have you ever considered the possibility of generating music directly from conscious thought, or what it would be like to hear your subconscious unravel as a swirling synthscape? I’ve developed such an interface with the MiND Ensemble (Music in Neural Dimensions), here are a few excerpts from a feature covering the premiere performance:

“Subaram Raman replaced a singer with a singer’s brain. A hushed audience watched as he played Ave Maria on the oboe by French composer Charles Gounod. Except, he wasn’t playing. The music was coming from a computer, translating data from his mind…”

“The interface wasn’t originally intended for musical purposes… Alexander found a way to turn EEG data into a new kind of instrument, one that flows directly from the mind to the music itself.”

“The performance concluded with a musical number by the entire MiND Ensemble. One by one, each member stood up, left his or her instrument behind and walked downstage until they formed a line. Everyone sat in silence as the musicians performed, just by thinking the music.”

Original: http://www.michigandaily.com/arts/mind-ensemble-feature?page=0,0
Also, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwgq_jrJnnw

I’m making the mind-machine-music interface free to anyone who wants to explore, you’ll *just* need to pick up one of these: http://www.emotiv.com/

-Alexander