# Creating music on the go

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@State Street Boston
- Speaker: James Bickerton
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Business and management, Music
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/james_bickerton_creating_music_on_the_go)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The music synthesizers that are a DJ's stock in trade were once the size of entire rooms. Now the power to create your own music can be housed in a laptop. In a live demo, James Bickerton shows how music production is not just for pros but for everyday people who want to make the beat drop.

## Lectures

1. [Creating music on the go](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/james_bickerton_creating_music_on_the_go/e7aedba8bf5b), 7 min (TED's player)