Our conversation today is—if I may be immodest—an accurate display of David’s eclectic biography. We talk about neuroscience and music, artificial intelligence and the future role of the artist, and the creative logic of artists.

David has been fascinating to me since I met him at CalArts, where he was the Dean of the Herb Alpert School of Music and ushered in a particularly bright period at the institution whose graduates are important members of innovative music communities from Los Angeles to Cologne, New York, and Paris. My interest in David has a lot to do with his serendipitous presence and connection to many important musical moments of the Avant Garde of the 20th Century (as he mentions in our talk, he has a personal connection to the Rite of Spring, Cage’s 4’33, and Riley’s In C, and I hope all the listeners will look up Rosenboom’s appearance on Tv with John Lennon and Yoko Ono explaining biofeedback).

I want to thank David for his many years of service to education and his dedication to my alma mater, CalArts. I am also grateful for his involving me in projects performing his music at REDCAT, and helping me delve into his music with the Carillon Quartet. He will be missed and leaves large shoes to fill. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.