I found Spiegel’s writing on Information Theory’s implications on music to be quite interesting in the way it proposes a new framework to analyze the music we listen to and create. I think this idea of “noise” is quite liberating as we don’t confine ourselves to traditional scales, and can give us the tools to sculpt music in the way we find appealing rather than correct. By moving our minds away from traditional frameworks to analyze music, we can make music more of a sensory experience and enhance the relationship between creator and listener. When I read this article it reminded me of a friend of mine back home who makes music on the side. He talked a lot about how he wished certain songs sounded a little differently, and how he thought they could be more enjoyable if variations were added in a similar way Spiegel talks about noise. While I have little music-making experience, I believe that using this framework as a foundation for synthesizing ideas from different songs I like and adding my own twists to them will allow me to express myself through music throughout this class and beyond.