Musical Turing test

[Phillip Greenlief]

I'm a musician and composer, and i find it very difficult to write about music in a way that isn't analysis based. i have some sympathy for the journalists; it's not a job i would want.



On Jul 1, 2012, at 6:00 PM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:

Thew terms "music" and "journalist" should rarely be used together.


On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Phillip Greenlief <pgsaxo at pacbell.net> wrote:
On Jul 1, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

Sometimes?


more often than motherfucking not?


On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Phillip Greenlief <pgsaxo at pacbell.net>
wrote:

first music composed by computer "good enough" ????

the hub used networked computers to create music in the early 1980's ....
and it is FANTASTIC music!

i know turing is on the menu here, not computers, but sometimes music
journalists make the silliest statements.



On Jul 1, 2012, at 8:27 AM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
wrote:

Iamus, classical music's computer composer, live from Malaga

The first music composed by computer considered good enough for
top-class musicians to play is to be performed to mark the 100th
anniversary of Alan Turing's birth


http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jul/01/iamus-computer-composes-classical-music

Musical Turing test: which audio clip was composed by a computer?

Listen to these five audio clips and try to guess which piece of music
was dreamed up inside the brain of a computer. The result will appear
at the bottom of the page after you vote


http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/poll/2012/jul/01/musical-turing-test-audio-clip-computer




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