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Mathematics of Athletics Track Marking
From geometry to paint: how we computed lane offsets and delivered accurate start lines.
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Exploring the craft, history, and future of music.
Long-form essays that connect music theory with the stories behind it. Each piece focuses on a specific turning point in how we compose, listen, and remember sound.
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Mathematics of Athletics Track Marking
A practical story from the METU track: how we computed the staggered starts and marked the lanes by hand.
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The Death of Music
From Pythagoras to Wagner, an argument for why the next musical revolution might be the hardest yet.
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Why this journal exists
Murat Y. BASKIN is a personal archive of essays that sit between scholarship and storytelling. Each piece focuses on the ideas, debates, and creative constraints that shaped the way we hear music.
The goal is simple: make complex music history feel human, and give working composers and curious listeners a clearer map of the terrain.
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- Revolutions in harmony and tonality
- Music theory in plain language
- Composition as craft and culture