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| years_active = 1989–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = }} Brian Wayne Transeau (born October 4, 1970), better known by his stage name BT, is an American music producer, composer, technologist, audio technician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. An artist in the electronica music genre, he is credited as a pioneer of the trance and intelligent dance music styles that paved the way for EDM,〔Tyler Gray, (“Would You Want to Hear This New Circa News Sound Whenever News Breaks?” ) ''Fast Company'', October 3, 2013.〕 and for "stretching electronic music to its technical breaking point."〔Curtis Silver, (“BT Talks These Hopeful Machines, Math and Inspiration,” ) ''Wired'', February 2, 2010.〕 He also creates music within many other styles, such as classical, film composition and bass music. BT is also known for pioneering the stutter edit.〔Clayton Perry, (“Interview: Brian Transeau – Singer, Songwriter and Producer,” ) ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', April 26, 2011.〕 This production technique consists of taking a small fragment of sound and repeating it rhythmically.〔Cosmin Lukacs, (“Interview With BT aka Brian Transeau,” ) Trance Sound, September 10, 2010.〕 BT was entered into the ''Guinness Book of World Records'' for his song "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)", recognized as using the largest number of vocal edits in a song (6,178 edits).〔〔〔DJ Ron Slomowicz, (“21 Records That Made Me Happy to Be a DJ,” ) About.com. Accessed August 3, 2014.〕 BT's work with stutter edit techniques led to the formation of software development company Sonik Architects, developer of the sound-processing software plug-ins Stutter Edit and BreakTweaker, and the live audio and visual remix app called Sonifi.〔 In 2010, BT was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album for ''These Hopeful Machines''.〔BT, (“First-Time Nominee: BT (Part One),” ) Grammy.com, January 18, 2011.〕 He has produced, remixed, written for and collaborated with a variety of artists, including Paul van Dyk, Peter Gabriel, Tori Amos, Depeche Mode, NSYNC, Sting, Blake Lewis, The Roots, Guru, Madonna, Britney Spears and Tiësto, and composed original scores for films such as ''Go'', ''The Fast and the Furious'' and ''Monster''.〔〔David Battino, Kelli Richards, ''The Art Of Digital Music'', Backbeat Books, 2005, p. 10〕〔Damon Fonooni, (“Embracing BT,” ) ''Lunar'', 2002.〕〔Steph Evans, (“Earmilk Interview: BT,” ) Earmilk, August 20, 2013.〕 ==Early life and education== BT was born in Rockville, Maryland〔 on October 4, 1970. His father was an FBI and DEA agent, and his mother a psychiatrist.〔 BT started listening to classical music at the age of 4〔Tim Bomba, (“Home is where the art is,” ) ''The Hollywood Reporter'', November 14, 2006.〕 and started playing classical piano at an early age, utilizing the Suzuki method.〔〔Richard Buskin, (“Brian Transeau: Emotional Experience,” ) Sound on Sound, December 2001.〕 By the age of 8 he was studying composition and theory at the Washington Conservatory of Music.〔〔(“BT Wears His Lab Coat for These Hopeful Machines,” ) ''Keyboard'', February 26, 2010.〕〔Mark Small, (“Berklee Today,” ) Berklee.edu. Retrieved August 3, 2014.〕 He was introduced to electronic music through the breakdancing culture and the Vangelis score for the film ''Blade Runner'', which led him to discover influential electronic music artists such as Afrika Bambaataa, Kraftwerk, New Order and Depeche Mode.〔〔〔 In high school, he played drums in one band, bass in a ska band and guitar in a punk group.〔 At 15, he was accepted to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied jazz and enjoyed experimenting, such as running keyboards through old guitar pedals.〔〔〔 BT is a multi-instrumentalist, playing piano, guitar, bass, keyboards, synths, sequencers, the glockenspiel, drum machines and instruments he has modified himself.〔〔 His process for creating songs typically starts with composition on basic instruments, like the piano or an acoustic guitar.〔Brittany Gaston, (“Hot on the heels of controversy, dance music legend BT releases his ninth studio LP,” ) Beatport, August 14, 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BT (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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