This document summarizes the history and development of electronic music from early pioneers like Ferruccio Busoni in the early 20th century to modern artists using generative and algorithmic composition techniques. It covers major genres and artists in electronic music like the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, Jean Michel Jarre, Depeche Mode, Bjork, and Ryoji Ikeda. It also discusses early computer-generated music by David Cope's EMI and Emily Howell systems and debates around whether machines can truly compose music that expresses emotion.
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first commercially sold Moog Modular Synthesizer, we look at the invigorating music technology scene in 2014 with innovations from Sonar + D, Music Tech Fest and beyond. Click images for video links.
For more music technology innovations visit: brightlightsandfancydreams.com
Follow me on twitter: @___aoife
Aoife McGuinness / Junior Innovator @HeyHumanAgency
Music information Retrieval (MIR) is a vastly growing field these days due to the exploding popularity of streaming services like Spotify, Pandora and SoundCloud. At such scale detailed knowledge about your content is necessity. In this lecture we're going to outline the major tasks in MIR as genre and mood detection, artist classification, music similarity, and fingerprinting. Our main focus will be on how Machine Learning and Deep Learning, as a recent trend, could be applied over the audio signal for tackling those problems.
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first commercially sold Moog Modular Synthesizer, we look at the invigorating music technology scene in 2014 with innovations from Sonar + D, Music Tech Fest and beyond. Click images for video links.
For more music technology innovations visit: brightlightsandfancydreams.com
Follow me on twitter: @___aoife
Aoife McGuinness / Junior Innovator @HeyHumanAgency
Music information Retrieval (MIR) is a vastly growing field these days due to the exploding popularity of streaming services like Spotify, Pandora and SoundCloud. At such scale detailed knowledge about your content is necessity. In this lecture we're going to outline the major tasks in MIR as genre and mood detection, artist classification, music similarity, and fingerprinting. Our main focus will be on how Machine Learning and Deep Learning, as a recent trend, could be applied over the audio signal for tackling those problems.
Technology for 21st century music educator - TULSAPhilip Copeland
This generation is called by many names, but one thing is undeniable: today’s student is quite different from those of the past.
When it comes to technology, the student knows more than the teacher. This backwards relationship causes frustration in many; they choose to “opt out” of technology instead of embracing it as a tool for becoming more effective.
The purpose of this presentation is to help today's music educator catch up to their students. By mastering these tools and strategies, today's music educator can become more proficient in critical aspects of their job:
● Communication with students, parents, and the local community
● organization and management of the choral program
● staying current in the profession
Adolfo Hernandez, a VFS Sound Design for Visual Media graduate, recently returned to his alma mater to share his experiences as a professional sound designer, with a special focus on the Latin American market.
Technology for 21st century music educator - TULSAPhilip Copeland
This generation is called by many names, but one thing is undeniable: today’s student is quite different from those of the past.
When it comes to technology, the student knows more than the teacher. This backwards relationship causes frustration in many; they choose to “opt out” of technology instead of embracing it as a tool for becoming more effective.
The purpose of this presentation is to help today's music educator catch up to their students. By mastering these tools and strategies, today's music educator can become more proficient in critical aspects of their job:
● Communication with students, parents, and the local community
● organization and management of the choral program
● staying current in the profession
Adolfo Hernandez, a VFS Sound Design for Visual Media graduate, recently returned to his alma mater to share his experiences as a professional sound designer, with a special focus on the Latin American market.
Alan Turing and the Programmable Universe (lite version)piero scaruffi
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Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilot™UiPathCommunity
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📕 Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
👨🏫👨💻 Speakers:
Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
Flavio Martinelli, UiPath MVP 2023, Technical Account Manager @UiPath
Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
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All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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Welocme to ViralQR, your best QR code generator.ViralQR
Welcome to ViralQR, your best QR code generator available on the market!
At ViralQR, we design static and dynamic QR codes. Our mission is to make business operations easier and customer engagement more powerful through the use of QR technology. Be it a small-scale business or a huge enterprise, our easy-to-use platform provides multiple choices that can be tailored according to your company's branding and marketing strategies.
Our Vision
We are here to make the process of creating QR codes easy and smooth, thus enhancing customer interaction and making business more fluid. We very strongly believe in the ability of QR codes to change the world for businesses in their interaction with customers and are set on making that technology accessible and usable far and wide.
Our Achievements
Ever since its inception, we have successfully served many clients by offering QR codes in their marketing, service delivery, and collection of feedback across various industries. Our platform has been recognized for its ease of use and amazing features, which helped a business to make QR codes.
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At ViralQR, here is a comprehensive suite of services that caters to your very needs:
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Pricing and Packages
Additionally, there is a 14-day free offer to ViralQR, which is an exceptional opportunity for new users to take a feel of this platform. One can easily subscribe from there and experience the full dynamic of using QR codes. The subscription plans are not only meant for business; they are priced very flexibly so that literally every business could afford to benefit from our service.
Why choose us?
ViralQR will provide services for marketing, advertising, catering, retail, and the like. The QR codes can be posted on fliers, packaging, merchandise, and banners, as well as to substitute for cash and cards in a restaurant or coffee shop. With QR codes integrated into your business, improve customer engagement and streamline operations.
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Subscribers of ViralQR receive detailed analytics and tracking tools in light of having a view of the core values of QR code performance. Our analytics dashboard shows aggregate views and unique views, as well as detailed information about each impression, including time, device, browser, and estimated location by city and country.
So, thank you for choosing ViralQR; we have an offer of nothing but the best in terms of QR code services to meet business diversity!
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
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A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
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After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
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The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
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1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
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Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
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- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
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We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdf
Music and The Machine
1. Music and the Machine
Technological Themes in Electronic Music
Andrew Dun: Science, Technology & The Future 2013
2. Ferruccio Busoni (Italy, 1866 - 1924): 'I almost think that in the new great music, machines
will also be necessary and will be assigned a share in it. Perhaps industry, too, will bring
forth her share in the artistic ascent.’ (Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music,1907)
3. Influences
Futurism, Dada, Musique concrète, Avante Garde, Electro-Acoustic, Minimalism
Duchamp, Stockhausen, Josef Tal, Alvin Lucier, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, John Cage, Robert Ashley, CSIRAC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XfeWp2y1Lk
5. Ron Grainer / Delia Derbyshire: Electronic Music circa 1963
Scitech: Lava Lamp, Mellotron, Arecibo Observatory, Final NASA Mercury Probe
Zeitgeist: Milgram’s Shock Experiment, ‘Butterfly Effect’, The Birds (film), Doctor No (film)
Tools: Acoustic Strings, Test Oscillators, White Noise, Analogue Tape
Themes: Abstraction, Experimentation, Atmospherics
Technology Attitudes: Exploratory
“Some sounds were created at all the required pitches direct from the oscillators, others had to be repitched later. This was
done by taking the piece of tape with the sound on and looping it. The loop was placed on a tape machine and its playback
speed varied until the pitch was correct, then the sound was rerecorded onto another machine. This process continued until
every sound was available at all the required pitches.” http://markayres.rwsprojects.co.uk/DWTheme.htm Dr Who Theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1AnTi1X2QM
10. Kraftwerk / Electro circa 1978
Scitech: First Bulletin Board System (Chicago), Discovery of Charon, Artificial Insulin
Zeitgeist: China lifts ban on Western Lit, Sydney G&L Solidarity March, USSR Stockpile > US
Contemps: ?
Tools: Vocoder, Votrax, Synthesizer, Prophet 5, Prophet 10, Yamaha CS-80, Minimoog
Themes: Futurism, Constructivism, Utopianism, Europe, Germany, Technology, Mass Production, Robots
Technology Attitudes: Inquisitive, Engaged, Provocative, Humorous, Irreverent
11. Kraftwerk / Man-Machine 1978
A1 The Robots http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okhQtoQFG5s
A2 Spacelab
A3 Metropolis
B1 The Model
B2 Neon Lights
B3 The Man-Machine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7sGtXkUqeo
Die Mensch Maschine, Halb Wesen und halb Ding
Die Mensch Maschine, Halb Wesen und halb Überding
Man Machine, semi human being
Man Machine, super human being
15. Throbbing Gristle / Industrial circa 1976
Players: Test Dept, Einsturzende Neubauten, Non, SPK, Cabaret Voltaire, Lou Reed
Tools: Tape Machine, Found Sounds, Synthesizers, Guitar, Bass, Sax, Contact Mics
Themes: Industrialisation, Transgression, Technocracy, Power, Control, War, Alienation,
Abstraction, Occultism, Extremism
Tech Attitudes: Experimental, Anarchic, Instrumental, Ironic, Punk
16. Throbbing Gristle / Music from the Death Factory (1976)
Untitled
Untitled
Discipline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8klW9trVTQ
Photophobia (Cabaret Voltaire) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d83KftUGIEI
Total State Machine (Test Department, 1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUxoughdYto
18. Depeche Mode / Synth Pop circa 1981
Scitech: IBM PC, Donkey Kong, First Heart-Lung transplant, First Space Shuttle flight
Zeitgeist: AIDS Pandemic, Reagan elected, Iran-Contra authorisation, Brixton riot, Pepsi in China
Contemps: New Order, Human League, Ultravox, OMD, Japan, Gary Numan
Tools: Korg KR-55, ARP 2600. Also: DX7 (1983), Fairlight CMI, Synclavier, Emulator
Themes: Love, Conflict, Personal vs Political, War, Sexuality, Capitalism, Cyber-pop
Tech Attitudes: Technology as culturally sophisticated; not alien
19. Depeche Mode / Speak and Spell 1981
New Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1AW4bV4Edk
Puppets
Dreaming Of Me
Boys Say Go!
Nodisco
What's Your Name?
Photographic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUP5W10wGEA
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Big Muff
Any Second Now (Voices)
Just Can't Get Enough
Ice Machine
Photographic (Some Bizarre) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61_E9zuwUU0
John Foxx - Underpass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=919UyzgW6ws
21. Laurie Anderson / Big Science 1982
From The Air
Big Science
Sweaters
Walking & Falling
Born, Never Asked
O Superman (For Massenet) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZogYdbBPVg (#2 UK)
Example #22
Let X=X
It Tango
O Superman: ”In this case it was the Contra affair and defeat as we were experiencing a series of techno disasters- helicopters
trying to rescue hostages and crashing in the desert. Oh, and as well as now, yet another war that is endless-or as the same war.
The same conflict with Islam.” (Mojo Magazine, June 2008)
“So hold me, Mom, in your long arms.
Your petrochemical arms. Your military arms.
In your electronic arms.”
Cf. Dot Allison - We Are Science (2002)
23. Clock DVA / Electronic Body Music circa 1992
Scitech: IBM Simon Smartphone, Carbon Nanotubes, WWW (browser), PGP Encryption, arXiv
Zeitgeist: Dunbar’s Number, Sonic the Hedgehog, Alien 3, Terminator 2, LA Riots, Nirvana
Contemps: Nitzer Ebb, Front 242, DAF, Severed Heads, Skinny Puppy, Cabaret Voltaire, FLA
Tools: DMX, Matrix, Akai S900, DX7, Emulator II, Korg MS-20, Kurzweil K2000, Commodore Amiga
Properties: Bass driven, 120bpm, Heavy percussion, Syncopation
Themes: Physicality, Machinery, Human Body, Facism, Corporatism, Repression, Identity, Fetishism
Attitudes: Technology both fetishised and critiqued. Transhumanism?
Voice Recognition Test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2e5Dd4NNCY
Axiomatic & Heuristic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_ffqOsFK2c
Warsaw Ghetto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcECgEY6MH4
24. Clock DVA / Man Amplified 1992
Man-Amplifiers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5qiWzHETK8
Techno Geist
Axiomatic And Heuristic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_ffqOsFK2c
NYC Overload http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSJ9oy4RKjI
Transitional Voices
Bitstream
Fractalize
Final Program
Dark Attractor
Memories Of Sound
Voice Recognition Test http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2e5Dd4NNCY
Hacker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENISCG2a15g
26. Jeff Mills / Detroit Techno circa 1993
Scitech: Intel Pentium, PDF Format 1.0, Sibelius Music Notation, Mosaic Browser 1.0, Hubble Telescope Optics Correction,
Windows 3.11
Zeitgeist: Jurassic Park (film), Detroit recession, START Treaty, IBM $5b Corporate Loss, Maastricht Treaty (European Union),
Turntablism
Others: Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson (Belleville Three), Cybotron
Tools: Roland 808, Roland 909, Delay, Reverb, Turntables, Samplers
Properties: Microsound, Microtonality, Polyrhythms, 4/4, Syncopation, Physicality, Full frequency
Themes: Urbanism, Futurism, ‘Soul in the machine’, Urban Decay, Robotics, Metropolis (2000)
Attitudes: Techno-progressive.
27. Jeff Mills / Waveform Transmission 1993
The Extremist
Solid Sleep
Life Cycle
Workers
Wrath Of The Punisher
DNA
Condor To Mallorca
Basic Human Design http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxItpoQhHEo
The Bells: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KevUFO2moZI
The Bells Orchestral (1:10, 2005): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STpOak4iAJY
DVS-1 Behind Lines (a): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl73jstIGmk
29. Björk / Electronica circa 1999
Scitech: First Blackberry, HTTP 1.1, Windows 98 SE, Power Macintosh G4, Napster
Zeitgeist: Kosovo Peace Treaty, Helen Clark NZ PM, WTO Protests, Loss of Mars Polar Lander, Matrix (film)
Others: Orbital, Underworld, Autechre, Aphex Twin, Leftfield, The Orb
Tools: Sampling Audio Workstations, DAWs (eg Protools), Software plugins
Themes: Grunge, Texture, Urban and global culture, Grassroots, Community, Networks
Attitudes: Technology as complementary, subtle, organic; hybridised
All Is Full Of Love (1998) (a?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0cS1FaKPWY
34. David Cope / Generative circa 2012
Scitech: Higgs-Boson evidence, Nevada allows autonomous vehicles, Sirtuins linked to longevity, Google Glass, Telomerase gene
therapy extends lifespans in mice, iPv6 launch, Implantation of bionic eye, Mars Curiosity rover
Zeitgeist: Alan Turing Year, Cameron reaches Challenger Deep, Arab Spring, London Olympics, Greek debt crisis
Others (Algorthmic): CSIRAC (1951), Hiller Isaacson (1957), Mathews / MUSIC 1 (1963), Kurzweil (1963), Ezaki (1970), Melomics
(Spain, 2012)
Others (Improvising): Various - work underway in France, USA, UK, Netherlands, Israel, Australia
Tools: Sampling and Algorithmic Analysis (EMI, EH), Machine Learning (Annie, 2012 onward) Others: Max MSP, Pure Data, fractal
geometry algorithms. Improvisational: Continuator (Markov Models), Omax, factor oracle algorithm
Themes: Various, Formalist
Attitudes: Exploratory, technical, positive, visionary.
35. EMI (Experiments in Musical Intelligence) /
Computer Composed Music 1997
In 1997, with much of the classical music world paying attention, Emmy went head-to-head against
two formidable opponents at the University of Oregon. Steve Larson, a professor of music theory at
the school, helped put the event together. He also was one of the combatants. An audience of a few
hundred people listened while three piano pieces, all meant to sound like Bach, were played, one
composed by Emmy, one by Larson, and one by Bach himself. The audience then voted on the
identity of each composition. Larson’s pride took a ding when his piece was fingered as that
belonging to the computer. When the crowd decided that Emmy’s piece was the true product of the
late musician, Larson winced.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2suk4Jq9kM
Automate This: How Algorithms Took Over Our Markets, Our Jobs, and the World by Christopher
Steiner (2012)
36. EMI (Experiments in Musical Intelligence) /
Computer Composed Music 1997
Daniel Dennett, a philosopher and cognitive scientist at Tufts University, appreciated the marvel of
Emmy, but still didn’t think a machine could compete. “As wonderful as Cope’s work is, there is
something thin about it,” he said.16 A composer built from software has no sense of the real world
and therefore no idea how to express true feelings through music, Dennett reasoned. (ibid)
The compositions that result can then also be fed back into it, over and over, along with whatever
other music comes along in MIDI format,* and the result is EMI’s own “personal” musical style… EMI
can now compose not just two-part inventions and art songs but whole symphonies—and has
composed over a thousand, when last I heard. They are good enough to fool experts (composers
and professors of music), and I can personally attest to the fact that an EMI-Puccini aria brought a
lump to my throat. (Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking, Daniel C Dennett, 2013)
37. Emily Howell / From Darkness, Light 2010
From Darkness, Light (20:57)
1
Erika Arul & Mary Jane Cope – I Prelude
2:34
2
Erika Arul & Mary Jane Cope – II Fugue 3:13
3
Erika Arul & Mary Jane Cope – III Prelude 4:06
4
Erika Arul & Mary Jane Cope – IV Fugue
6:02
5
Erika Arul & Mary Jane Cope – V Prelude
3:16
6
Erika Arul & Mary Jane Cope – VI Fugue
1:43
7
Emily Howell, Ensemble Paralléle* – Land Of Stone
Shadow Worlds (20:01)
8
Emily Howell –
9
Emily Howell –
10 Emily Howell –
11 Emily Howell –
17:14
I
6:23
II 5:39
III 5:02
IV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnBUxG-wSVg
Iamus - Nasciturus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq3iKbCNDCM
39. Currents
Technology, music, culture, humanity: movement through
experimentation, utopianism, dystopianism, assimilation,
subsumption, abstraction, critical reflection, pluralism, selfrepresentation, recursion, feedback
40. Also…
Metal - Gary Numan
The Becoming - NIN
A Machine Spiritual (In The People's Key) - Bright Eyes
A Billion Balconies Facing the Sun - Manic Street
Preachers
Radiohead - Kid A
Nothing But Flowers - Talking Heads
The Future Will Be Silent - OMD
Total Life Forever - Foals
Where The Birds Always Sing - The Cure
Virus - Deltron 3030
Blame The Machines - Duran Duran
Transmission - Joy Division
42. Noise
I believe that the use of noise to make music will continue and increase until we reach a music produced through the aid of electrical instruments which
will make available for musical purposes any and all sounds that can be heard.
—John Cage The Future of Music: Credo (1937)
Darrin Verhagen, Richard Grant 2005
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_jdGiBnHeU