This presentation was recorded at YOW! Australia 2025. #GOTOcon #YOW https://yowcon.com Sam Aaron - Live Coding Musician and Creator of Sonic Pi @SamAaron RESOURCES https://www.patreon.com/samaaron https://bsky.app/profile/samaaron.bsky.social https://twitter.com/samaaron https://github.com/samaaron https://linkedin.com/in/samaaron Links https://sonic-pi.net https://sonic-pi.net/supersonic/demo.html ABSTRACT For over a decade, Sonic Pi has been used in classrooms around the world to teach programming through music. Students learn sequencing, loops, data structures, and algorithms while coding beats, basslines, and shimmering synths. At the same time, professional musicians have taken Sonic Pi to stages and concert halls, using programming itself as an instrument of musical expression. Now the story continues with Tau5, a new live coding system focused on collaboration. In music, concurrency, distribution, and fault tolerance aren’t just safety nets - they are uncompromising demands. When harnessed, they can be transformed into powerful creative possibilities for human expression and connection. Collaboration isn’t limited to humans. Tau5 also experiments with AI as a creative partner, asking not what machines can replace, but how they might improvise with us. This keynote reflects on the lessons these explorations in music and code can teach us about collaboration, creativity, and education in the age of AI. Along the way, we’ll explore concurrency, rhythm, and the subtle but critical difference between working at the same time and working truly in time. Don't just pattern match - rhythm catch! [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 00:12 DJ set with Sam Aaron feat. Sonic Pi 09:29 Intro No. 2 13:18 Teaching kids to code 18:27 Sonic Pi demo 41:14 The Black Dog 44:11 Tau5 & Visuals 58:26 Collaborative jamming with SuperSonic 01:00:42 Outro Read the full abstract here: https://yowcon.com/brisbane-2025/sessions/3907 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Sam Aaron & Russell Barnes • Code Music with Sonic Pi • https://amzn.to/4hBRYtC Hans Gruendel • Making Music with Sonic Pi • https://amzn.to/3oVxGV7 Hans Gruendel • Learn to Program with Sonic PI • https://amzn.to/3qCrLEO Simon Monk • Raspberry Pi Cookbook • https://amzn.to/43AGPRX https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #SonicPi #LiveCodingMusic #CodingMusic #EducatingKids #SonicPiTutorial #SamAaron #SoundOfCode #CodeBasedMusic #SCSynth #Ruby #Erlang #Cpp #TodayInTech #Tau5 #Hydra #Erlang #Elixir #BEAM #YOWcon CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1