Comments on: #1 Chart Hit - Top Of The Algorithms http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/03/11/1-chart-hit-top-of-the-algorithms/ Digital Media Engineering Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:47:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: BoboL http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/03/11/1-chart-hit-top-of-the-algorithms/#comment-21232 BoboL Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:04:09 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/03/11/1-chart-hit-top-of-the-algorithms/#comment-21232 If the so-called "nice music" does not come from human beings, the human being becomes superfluous to the creation and production of music. Music is now, already a highly industrialized process. If the human "artist" can be eliminated from the equation, do you think for one second the music publishing and marketing industry would hire "expensive" "unpredictable" and as far as making money is concerned "useless" human beings. Human "Art" would die-back due to pressure from the market place. If the so-called “nice music” does not come from human beings, the human being becomes superfluous to the creation and production of music. Music is now, already a highly industrialized process. If the human “artist” can be eliminated from the equation, do you think for one second the music publishing and marketing industry would hire “expensive” “unpredictable” and as far as making money is concerned “useless” human beings. Human “Art” would die-back due to pressure from the market place.

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]]> By: Rowan Nairn http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/03/11/1-chart-hit-top-of-the-algorithms/#comment-11375 Rowan Nairn Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:43:17 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/03/11/1-chart-hit-top-of-the-algorithms/#comment-11375 Dude, we have limitless nice music now! What would be the difference? Anyway, your enjoyment of music is not purely based on the overt properties of a song. As you said, you form an emotional connection with a piece of music and that makes it more than the sum of it's parts. If I had the choice to keep listening to new "nice" tracks or to get to know certain tracks intimately, I would always go for the latter. Wouldn't everybody? Dude, we have limitless nice music now! What would be the difference?

Anyway, your enjoyment of music is not purely based on the overt properties of a song. As you said, you form an emotional connection with a piece of music and that makes it more than the sum of it’s parts. If I had the choice to keep listening to new “nice” tracks or to get to know certain tracks intimately, I would always go for the latter. Wouldn’t everybody?

]]> By: Robin Blandford http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/03/11/1-chart-hit-top-of-the-algorithms/#comment-11374 Robin Blandford Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:31:15 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/03/11/1-chart-hit-top-of-the-algorithms/#comment-11374 Spore looks great. "The Day The Music Died" is what they call it in the musical. It's an interesting concept though - if we can create limitless nice music on processors - what will happen. Spore looks great.

“The Day The Music Died” is what they call it in the musical. It’s an interesting concept though - if we can create limitless nice music on processors - what will happen.

]]> By: Rowan Nairn http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/03/11/1-chart-hit-top-of-the-algorithms/#comment-11373 Rowan Nairn Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:22:57 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2007/03/11/1-chart-hit-top-of-the-algorithms/#comment-11373 Why does music die just because a machine can do it too? If you are an artist whose only goal is to get high in the charts then I think your music is dead already. As far as computer generated music goes, I'm not familiar with research results, but I know Brian Eno has been experimenting for a while. He's working on the generative soundtrack to Spore right now (http://www.spore.com/) with Will Wright. Here's their presentation from the Long Now seminar: http://media.longnow.org/seminars/salt-0200606-wright-and-eno/salt-0200606-wright-and-eno.mp3 Why does music die just because a machine can do it too? If you are an artist whose only goal is to get high in the charts then I think your music is dead already.

As far as computer generated music goes, I’m not familiar with research results, but I know Brian Eno has been experimenting for a while. He’s working on the generative soundtrack to Spore right now (http://www.spore.com/) with Will Wright. Here’s their presentation from the Long Now seminar: http://media.longnow.org/seminars/salt-0200606-wright-and-eno/salt-0200606-wright-and-eno.mp3

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