[extropy-chat] Atheist Hymn Book

[Emlyn]

>
> I keep thinking about "music" being generated in real time based on
> biofeedback.  "Artists" would be considered successful if their
> input-to-output algorithm was pleasing to a large group of listeners - or
> perhaps self-seek an optimal enjoyment level.
>
> Seriously, why buy an ipod to hear the same old stuff done over and over the
> same way if you can have a personal experience drivin by your own internal
> state at the moment you 'plug in' to it - and let the music evolve to your
> mood/response?  We would be discussing how quickly discord attenuates to
> harmony, or how soon the dynamicism is played out of a given algorithm.
> Good meta-composers will have longevity, bad will obviously not.  The
> good/bad measure of meta-composition will be even more subjective than
> 'static' composition.

I was exposed to a lot of this kind of thing this year at the local
conservatorium. It's a cool idea, the only trouble is that the result
is always utter shite. IMNSHO.

Emlyn