A friend of mine, Tom swindell, just gave me a link to this fascinating video his friend made about the use of Biocomputers in music. I know tom through the Paraorchestra. He is now doing stuff with Plymouth Uni’s Interdisciplinary centre for Computer Music Research which is devoted to developing musical research at the crossroads of art and science. Our research expertise ranges from musicology and composition to biomedical applications of music and development of new music technologies.” That places it at the crossroads of art and science – a juncture I’ve always found fascinating. New ways of creating music are explored there. This video is especially cool as it is about an ensemble formed of people with severe disabilities making music by accessing their thoughts directly. Through such groups, as well as through organisations like the paraorchestra and musicians like Lyn music is opening up, pushing into new frontiers; that can only be a good thing. It makes you wonder what it could lead to, not just in terms of music but in terms of science too.