Brian Miller
@bmllr.net
Music theorist, UMich lecturer teaching about computing, music, and other things. Interested in intellectual history, style, semiotics, greyhounds, and tennis
The full volume is still coming online, but my piece in the Oxford Handbook of Music and Corpus Studies just appeared - it's a brief reflection on the idea of replication in music theory as seen through the lens of some literary and art-historical thought experiments
doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
Rethinking Replication in Leonard Meyer’s Theory of Musical Style
AbstractAs with many terms that appear ubiquitously across both technical and popular discourses, “style” is an unstable concept. This chapter argues that
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June 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The full volume is still coming online, but my piece in the Oxford Handbook of Music and Corpus Studies just appeared - it's a brief reflection on the idea of replication in music theory as seen through the lens of some literary and art-historical thought experiments
doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
Ok the meme where you google a made up idiom and the AI overview confidently explains what it means is real and I love it
April 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Ok the meme where you google a made up idiom and the AI overview confidently explains what it means is real and I love it
UM is eliminating all DEI offices and programming but don’t worry, we’re giving everyone AI assistants
March 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
UM is eliminating all DEI offices and programming but don’t worry, we’re giving everyone AI assistants
Just watched Sicario, very good film, but failed to answer the question of whether the existence of Sicario implies the existence of Sicaluigi
February 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Just watched Sicario, very good film, but failed to answer the question of whether the existence of Sicario implies the existence of Sicaluigi
Beyond the ghoulish content, the straight up libidinal glee right on the surface of the language of these executive orders and policies and whatnot is so disturbing.
January 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Beyond the ghoulish content, the straight up libidinal glee right on the surface of the language of these executive orders and policies and whatnot is so disturbing.
Me after a day of grading chatgpt essays
January 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Me after a day of grading chatgpt essays
Lynch was one of the greatest of all time. Watching Eraserhead in college completely upended my understanding of what film was, and the ending of The Return is one of my favorite sequences in any work of art. What a loss
January 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Lynch was one of the greatest of all time. Watching Eraserhead in college completely upended my understanding of what film was, and the ending of The Return is one of my favorite sequences in any work of art. What a loss
Gotta give credit where it’s due, “The apokálypsis cannot resolve our fights over 1619, but it can resolve our fights over Covid-19” is one of the worst sentences I’ve ever read
January 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Gotta give credit where it’s due, “The apokálypsis cannot resolve our fights over 1619, but it can resolve our fights over Covid-19” is one of the worst sentences I’ve ever read
My program is hiring a lecturer, to begin in January! Initially to teach intro programming courses focused on creative coding, but we also offer classes on critical computing and intersections between computing and the arts and sciences.
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
PCAS LEO Lecturer I | U-M Careers
careers.umich.edu
September 28, 2024 at 5:02 PM
My program is hiring a lecturer, to begin in January! Initially to teach intro programming courses focused on creative coding, but we also offer classes on critical computing and intersections between computing and the arts and sciences.
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
I’m grateful to whoever’s Kroger order was accidentally delivered here because they have good taste in la croix, but wish they’d gotten regular cheez-its instead of white cheddar
February 16, 2024 at 10:48 PM
I’m grateful to whoever’s Kroger order was accidentally delivered here because they have good taste in la croix, but wish they’d gotten regular cheez-its instead of white cheddar
So squid game satirizes the way reality TV exploits desperate people by making them do demeaning things for massive stakes, and netflix’s next instinct was “this should be real”
November 29, 2023 at 2:04 AM
So squid game satirizes the way reality TV exploits desperate people by making them do demeaning things for massive stakes, and netflix’s next instinct was “this should be real”
Did I propose a talk, which I now have to write by next week, solely so I can go eat New Haven pizza? Yes
October 23, 2023 at 7:55 PM
Did I propose a talk, which I now have to write by next week, solely so I can go eat New Haven pizza? Yes
Stroganoff implies the existence of stroganon. Which collectively implies the existence of Qanoff
October 20, 2023 at 12:43 AM
Stroganoff implies the existence of stroganon. Which collectively implies the existence of Qanoff
Cereal implies the existence of ce-imaginary and ce-symbolic
October 8, 2023 at 3:43 PM
Cereal implies the existence of ce-imaginary and ce-symbolic
Currently trying to use ticketmaster for the first time in years and wow, this is deeply unpleasant and seems very unlikely to end in me getting tickets
October 5, 2023 at 3:07 PM
Currently trying to use ticketmaster for the first time in years and wow, this is deeply unpleasant and seems very unlikely to end in me getting tickets
Man that latest booster hits hard af
October 1, 2023 at 1:12 PM
Man that latest booster hits hard af
I love having an office suite right next to facilities because those guys just blast 90s alt rock most of the day and it’s exactly the right vibe for grading
September 13, 2023 at 7:02 PM
I love having an office suite right next to facilities because those guys just blast 90s alt rock most of the day and it’s exactly the right vibe for grading
It’s the first day of classes and UM internet is completely dead, including Canvas, Zoom, most email. I’m pretty sure they can’t even access listservs to send updates, they’re only posting on twitter. Amazing
August 28, 2023 at 12:04 PM
It’s the first day of classes and UM internet is completely dead, including Canvas, Zoom, most email. I’m pretty sure they can’t even access listservs to send updates, they’re only posting on twitter. Amazing
Technically still an animal-themed post:
July 13, 2023 at 7:32 AM
Technically still an animal-themed post:
Experimenting with posting non-dog animals
July 12, 2023 at 9:44 AM
Experimenting with posting non-dog animals
Maybe on this site I’ll just post dog pictures
July 7, 2023 at 2:14 AM
Maybe on this site I’ll just post dog pictures