Monday, March 2, 2009

Notes from Meeting with Machover

Although I was unable to write down many exact quotes from Professor Machover (thoughts were rolling quite fast), I snatched the general idea of a few of his important thoughts:
  • "I think music is more than entertainment"
  • Music should be made to touch people
  • Melodies have order but they are diverse, probably the most important part of a piece (relatively speaking)
  • Nobody has figured out a way to design a composition system that can determine the difference between pretty good and really good
Tod also directed me to the following sources:

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