Random processes shape generative music. But generative music existed long before generative AI. And very interesting music was composed around this idea. It appeared as early as the 17th and 18th centuries. Generative music is also called indeterminate music. Or chance music. Or stochastic. Or aleatoric. Types of Generative Music In Bryan Simms words: Any part of [ ]
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the pioneers (OGs) of neural networks for music. But many of you rightly pointed out that I missed some key names 🙂 Previous post focused on early scientific papers. This one turns to artists: Who am I missing? Marcel Duchamp — Erratum Musical (1913) Like most of Duchamp’s work, is ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT. Against all stablished [ ]
Much has happened between the pioneering AI music of the 1980s and today s generative AI wave. Along that journey, the connectionists’ work was forgotten during the AI winter. They didn’t have fancy million-dollar compute clusters. They had VAX-11/780 workstations running at 0.1 MFLOPS. This is the story of the connectionists. The OGs (original gangsters) whose work quietly [ ]
It’s hard sometimes to tell if content is human- or AI-made. AI’s widespread use raises questions around misinformation, platform abuse, and authorship. By labeling AI content one may address these issues. But it is challenging to enforce labeling. And it may be unfair to label AI artworks the same way as deepfakes. Is labeling worth [ ]
The AI Song Contest, launched in 2020, is a competition that explores AI’s potential for music. Sometimes has been described as the Eurovision of music AI. Teams from various countries develop original songs with AI tools, supporting the artistic development of AI music. I listened to all 165 AI Song Contest entries, and identified 5 trends: Embrace the [ ]