Author: notroshnibhatia
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Mute the robot
Thoughts during this exercise — What is the role of AI here? Is it learning the musical preferences of the general population? Does it have enough data of the ‘general’ population? Is it fixing and filling the gaps to create something pleasing? Who decides what is pleasing? Has it learned based on the available data […]
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Cage has nothing to say
“Having nothing to say” encouraged Cage as a composer but he was more a philosopher when he began working on chance controlled music. His piece 4:33 consisted, no notes. The performer, performs an “empty” piece. But is it really empty? The audience sits in silence watching nothing, which gets difficult, as it is not something […]