Big Data
Paranoid electronic music project from the Internet
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@bigdatabigdata · Big Data
Hey everyone, Big Data here. Big Data is a paranoid electronic music project from the Internet, formed out of a general distrust for technology and “the cloud" (despite a growing dependence on them both). The aim is to explore the relationship between man and machine, and how the internet has reshaped the human experience. Ask away!
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Matt Takas
@mattsternc · QA Engineer
How do you think our future will go if the public starts to pay more attention to the "Big Data" that all of us provide on a daily basis?
Alex Carter
@alexcartaz · Operations @ 60dB. Ex-PH Podcasts 😻
What do you distrust must about the cloud?
@alexcartaz there are a lot of things I don't trust about the cloud, but it really comes down to privacy and the protection of personal information. One tiny security flaw / hack results in millions of people's credit info, social security #'s, etc... getting out there.
Taylor Friedman
@tuesdaypie
@bigdatabigdata will you continue the pattern of 1.0, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0... et cetera? In other words, will 3.0 be the next LP?
@tuesdaypie Yes. My proper releases (albums, EPs, anything with new songs, etc...) are 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, etc... I think of each one as an upgraded operating system. New material equals new and improved Big Data. All of the remixes and bonus material have fall in between, numerically.
Matt Takas
@mattsternc · QA Engineer
Do you think that it's a bad thing that we are using technology as a substitute for face-to-face interactions a lot more now than in the past? How do you see this affecting the future of human relationship?
@mattsternc It's not entirely a bad thing, but there are lots of negative aspects to it. I touched on this earlier, but I think people are less likely to want to talk or call someone rather than email or text them. This is definitely on the rise with the youth.
Matt Takas
@mattsternc · QA Engineer
@bigdatabigdata @mattsternc I see the negative aspects too! Do you think it's possible to reverse the trend before our face-to-face social skills erode anymore? Is is possible to get people talking again?!?!
@mattsternc I don't think we need to reverse the trend, exactly. I think we just have to understand the importance of moderation. There are definitely situations where it makes SO much more sense to communicate digitally - usually for efficiency-related reasons... I think in some ways we have to look at face-to-face human interaction the same way we look at health and wellness... IE if we don't exercise those basic-human-interaction muscles, our brains will suffer.
Matt Takas
@mattsternc · QA Engineer
@bigdatabigdata @mattsternc Exactly!! Definitely something for use in moderation and for efficiency! :) It's the times I see ppl out and about but not interacting with each other and instead in their tech that bugs me! Do you think as time wears on and technology becomes more prevalent that real conversation might become a lost art?
Jesse Peay
@thedeathtower19
@bigdatabigdata love your music, just amazing. I believe I have the most important question of the day...where do we stand with the #dangerous shoes? Can you give us some hope we loyal fans will be able to truly headbut our way through life warring them? ^_^
@thedeathtower19 man, I've been trying for a long time! It's a very very long story, but I the shortest version is I made that video when I was still operating completely on my own, long before I had a record label or mgmt, etc... The kind folks at Steve Madden were able to produce a few pairs of custom shoes for us for the shoot, but there was no way at the time I could afford to mass-produce them. As the song and project gained more momentum, so much time passed since we first made the shoes, that it's been a challenge finding ways to mass-produce them. I will say that a FEW pairs exist, and maybe SOME day I'll do something with 'em :)
Emily Hodgins
@ems_hodge · Community and Marketing, Product Hunt
@bigdatabigdata hi! Thanks for joining us today. What was your inspiration for creating music in this way? Where did this all begin for you?
@ems_hodge Hi Emily! Big Data was really the culmination of a few different things for me - I had been working as a producer and remixer for a long time prior to the project, collaborating with different vocalists. Once I came up with the name "Big Data," that's where the conceptual elements began. I really look at Big Data as my conceptual production project (although the live show has really taken on a life of its own, too!)
Emily Hodgins
@ems_hodge · Community and Marketing, Product Hunt
How do you define the internet reshaping the human experience?
@ems_hodge The internet affects how we interact digitally, both with people we already know and with strangers. But it also affects how we interact with others in the physical world. I think we as a species are avoiding physical encounters and interaction increasingly.
Emily Hodgins
@ems_hodge · Community and Marketing, Product Hunt
Who are some of your favorite musicians at the moment? What's on your go-to playlist?
Matt Takas
@mattsternc · QA Engineer
@bigdatabigdata What drove you to create music about these particular subjects? Do you think the public at large is largely oblivious to what goes on around us everyday in our own lives as they relate to technology?
@mattsternc I have always been a technophile, but it wasn't until I came up with the band name that I really started to directly address tech in my music. I am continuously inspired by tech because of it's grey-area impacts on us. It improves our lives in myriad ways, but there are many consequences / trade-offs to those improvements. I would like to think the public is at least somewhat aware of them, but I hope to raise that awareness a bit with my music.