How to compose music with a recipe

Using algorithms to generate music can seem a bit 'inhuman', but for many of us composers they're an essential part of the process. In this video I look at some of the ways composers use algorithms. Many thanks to Matthew Rose and Ben Levin!


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Videos
Ray Kurzweil on I've Got a Secret
youtube.com/watch?v=X4Neivqp2K4

AI Mozart
youtube.com/watch?v=o7zTLw7s2dc

Arvo Part Fur Alina
youtube.com/watch?v=05n91td5Q8I
Iannis Xenakis - ST/10-1,080262
youtube.com/watch?v=9XZjCy18qrA
Per Norgard Voyage into the Golden Screen
youtube.com/watch?v=wc8GvMkjGBc


Research
Algorithmic Composition
cacm.acm.org/magazines/2011/7/109891-algorithmi…
imacliche.com/how-computer-composers-changes-th…
David Cope Interview:
liveinnovation.org/david-cope-a-lifetime-contri…
Generate music out of words Guido-style
explodingart.com/jmusic/jmtutorial/GuidoWordMus…
Guido:
jstor.org/stable/25487523?read-now=1&seq=1
Xenakis
monoskop.org/images/7/74/Xenakis_Iannis_Formali…
Arvo Part
books.google.co.uk/books?id=7YsMZ6zeHSsC&pg…
Musical Algorithms overview
doc.gold.ac.uk/~mas02gw/papers/AISB99b.pdf
Euclidian Rhythms
beatlabacademy.com/euclidian-rhythms-polyrhythm…
(The plugin shown is Euclidian Sequencer for Max for Live)
gumroad.com/l/euclideanSequencer
Brief history of Algorithms
ccrma.stanford.edu/~blackrse/algorithm.html
John Clinton's Combinatorial Music Machine
ncm.ucpress.edu/content/ucpncm/43/2/86.full.pdf
Algorithms to Live By
amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B015DLA0LE/ref=ppx_yo_d…
Online Encyclopaedia of Integer Sequences
oeis.org/play.html
Per Norgard's Infinity Series
web.archive.org/web/20071010091644/http://www.p…
Recaman Sequence Numberphile
youtube.com/watch?v=FGC5TdIiT9U