Interactive real time music composition by slicing and selecting audio from two recorders. Written in Pd.
By Katja Vetter
http://newblankets.org/katja_slice_jockey.html
download from here: http://www.katjaas.nl/slicejockey/slicejockey.html
Algorithmic composition in Max
Jii Lighter
Markov Chains in Max
from algorithmiccomposer.com
http://algorithmiccomposer.com/2010/05/algorithmic-composition-markov-chains-in-max-msp.html
Key Chords
Generate random chord progressions.
By Mike Gleson at Drumbot
I keep coming back to it and clicking on the dice thing to randomize the chords and there’s something spellbinding about it. The transitions between unrelated chords affect some primitive part of the brain.
http://www.drumbot.com/projects/key_chords/
playing piano without sound
An improvisation exercise: Easiest with keyboard Midi controllers. Two or more people play keyboards together, but with no sound output. The Midi is recorded for playback. Keep practicing until it sounds good.
You could also do this with acoustic instruments, or an entire band, if you had really good hearing protection to block the sounds for the players but not the recorder.
http://www.howardleight.com/ear-protection/noise-blocking/noise-blocking-earmuffs
Variation: Using closed cell headphones, all the musicians would be hearing the same soundtrack, for example, “Free Bird”, but unable to hear the instrument they are playing
I never said she stole my money
The importance of emphasis
at Reddit /r/AskReddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/x2hvx/the_sentence_i_never_said_she_stole_my_money_can/
Oblique strategies
By Brian Eno
- an online version: http://stoney.sb.org/eno/oblique.html
- Another one: http://www.joshharrison.net/oblique-strategies/
what makes music scary?
Non-linear sounds? Animal sounds?
By Daniel Blumstein. Article by Jessica Stoller-Conrad at NPR
