ance ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁He ▁is ▁working ▁with ▁Terry ▁R iley ▁on ▁a ▁collabor ative ▁opera ▁to ▁be ▁titled ▁Bast ard , ▁the ▁First . ▁ ▁Lan ier ▁has ▁also ▁pione ered ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁Virtual ▁Re ality ▁in ▁musical ▁stage ▁performance ▁with ▁his ▁band ▁Ch rom at op hor ia , ▁which ▁has ▁tou red ▁around ▁the ▁world ▁as ▁a ▁head line ▁act ▁in ▁ven ues ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Mont re ux ▁Jazz ▁Festival . ▁He ▁plays ▁virtual ▁instruments ▁and ▁uses ▁real ▁instruments ▁to ▁guide ▁events ▁in ▁virtual ▁world s . ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Lan ier ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁Roll ins ▁College ▁and ▁John ▁V . ▁S inc la ir ' s ▁Bach ▁Festival ▁Ch oir ▁and ▁Orchestra ▁for ▁his ▁World wide ▁Prem iere ▁of ▁" Sym phony ▁for ▁Am elia ". ▁ ▁Lan ier ▁contributed ▁the ▁after word ▁to ▁Sound ▁Un bound : ▁Sam pling ▁Digital ▁Music ▁and ▁Culture ▁( MIT ▁Press , ▁ 2 0 0 8 ) ▁edited ▁by ▁Paul ▁D . ▁Miller ▁a . k . a . ▁DJ ▁Spo ok y . ▁ ▁On ▁ 9 ▁May ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁Lan ier ▁author ed ▁a ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁opinion ▁piece ▁titled ▁" Pi racy ▁is ▁Your ▁Friend " ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁record ▁labels ▁were ▁a ▁much ▁bigger ▁threat ▁to ▁artists ▁than ▁pi racy . ▁The ▁original ▁article ▁is ▁no ▁longer ▁available , ▁but ▁an ▁ex cer pt ▁titled ▁" M aking ▁an ▁Al