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The Most Descriptive Flowchart of The Transformer Architecture
A visual map of embeddings, self-attention, cross-attention, and next-token generation rendered directly from the diagram.
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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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The Most Descriptive Flowchart of The Transformer Architecture
A detailed visual walkthrough of token flow, attention blocks, encoder-decoder interaction, and next-token prediction.
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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.
Focus areas
- Revolutions in harmony and tonality
- Music theory in plain language
- Composition as craft and culture