comedy robots still need to be programmed to tell the jokes the way the user intends them to be heard, so essentially the user is making the jokes through the computer.. making computer music is not as easy as pressing the play button, it can actually be a very complex process with infinite possibilities for manipulating sound..
"Human beings have dreams. Even dogs have dreams, but not you, you are just a machine. An imitation of life. Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot turn a... canvas into a beautiful masterpiece?"
The music is good, it should analyzed to see how original it is. I wouldn't be surprised if large parts are just copy-pasted (with minor changes) from human-made works.
@RaoPaoer The music that Emily started with was from the EMI (Experiments in Musical Intelligence) database. Since EMI had been originally used to emulate previous classical composers, it's likely that the music does contain portions of earlier composition, but as the program develops and refines it's techniques, while this might still be arguably true for some time (until mutation truly divests the composition of any stolen notes), much sooner, it will be easy to say it merely took inspiration.
As cool as this is and as much a triumph in programming it may be, a robot or computer will never be a David Bowie or a Bob Dylan. Voices, subject matter, lyrics and style of playing are also important in music. Yes, this is indistinguishable from human-composed music...if the human in question wanted everything picture-perfect. But we won't hear the cracks of emotion in the singer's voice, we won't hear any abrasive pounding on the piano and we definitely won't hear any new ideas.
@jgilgorri Well, good luck on programming a unique voice that attempts to stretch its own limits...I dunno about the experimentation algorithm...yes it means randomization, aka "creativity", but it doesn't at all draw from the computer's personal experiences mainly because it has none. This whole "music by computers" idea is interesting and has its use (my friend suggested maybe composing ambient music in room to match the mood), but art is still a human field. And I hope it stays that way.
Its pretty good for a computer but its lacking something. Maybe another dimension? I know when it plays, the momentum of the song leads me to vocalize some tunes that would make the song better.
The beginning sounds a bit like Mozart's Fantasia in D minor... it is nice, and some of the other music is nice too. I think that the assumed model that humans create all music by (subconsciously) combining bits of their favourite pieces together is a bit unfair though. We know what kind of sounds we like, but it's at a more granular level than Emily makes, I think.
When writing music, I add a little bit at a time and play around on the piano with semi-random chords until it sounds nice :/
Many great pieces have huge amounts of repetition. The second movement of Beethoven's 7th symphony has very little variation in theme; the only thing that really changes is the orchestration (save one or two passages.) Nevertheless, it is considered one of his most beautiful works. More exaggerated examples can be found by listening to the works of Phillip Glass.
I have more lenghty pieces on my computer and I can tell you there is definitely more in it. And the ancestor of Emily, Emmy, already made music indistinguishable from human-composed music. You will only pretend to tell it apart if you know it already... There are a lot of worse composers than this piece of brilliance in programming.
THIS is what all the fuss was about? After reading the glowing article in Miller-McCune, I expected to be blown away, but had to dig for a bit just to find this piece of music. Its just simplistic arpeggios and brash, noisy accompaniment.
@gliderman19 Of course I'm being biased- when I read a magazine article that says this thing writes better music than most human composers I get a little perturbed when I hear music that could easily be written by first semester counterpoint students.
More or less what you'd expect classical music written by a computer to sound like - musical patterns from dead composers arranged in new ways. Kudos to the programmer, but I don't think Beethoven need roll over just yet.
Ah, the lovely Emily Howell. Such a talented composer! Especially given that she is less than a year old. And cute as a button too. Or a switch. Seriously, though, for an amateur like myself, and based on this tiny sample, little Emily's music is far from bad.
EMILYS MY FRIEND!!!! :3
evokinevo 4 weeks ago
they stole my name! :D why emily howell? i feel famous :)
wellyhead1 2 months ago
may I also add that this computer software took almost 40 years to be created. Not quite that simple, is it now.
Lustrum0005 3 months ago
comedy robots still need to be programmed to tell the jokes the way the user intends them to be heard, so essentially the user is making the jokes through the computer.. making computer music is not as easy as pressing the play button, it can actually be a very complex process with infinite possibilities for manipulating sound..
Lustrum0005 3 months ago
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kreatheruthles27 4 months ago
@kreatheruthles27 OMG SAME XD as in i know a girl named that to :3
evokinevo 3 weeks ago
A computer that writes poetry told me to go here
Chucktanium 6 months ago
Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit! What next, comedy robots?
stpastabeard 6 months ago
@stpastabeard the robots will take over the world O___o
evokinevo 3 weeks ago
Sounds a lot like the 3rd movement of Beethoven's Moonlight sonata.
jehfrey 6 months ago
"Human beings have dreams. Even dogs have dreams, but not you, you are just a machine. An imitation of life. Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot turn a... canvas into a beautiful masterpiece?"
"Can you?"
LostRed33 8 months ago 11
@LostRed33
*After seeing this*
"Aww HELL NO!"
TheLOLAcademy136 8 months ago 3
Bieb-[censored] will cry in shame after hearing this.
AncientAeon 8 months ago
I need this album
Soundboy6 8 months ago
There was already a "robot" that composed much better and more timeless pieces than this one, his name was Bach.
ThriftyWalrus 8 months ago
This Cracked my day!
Watchernator 8 months ago 2
The music is good, it should analyzed to see how original it is. I wouldn't be surprised if large parts are just copy-pasted (with minor changes) from human-made works.
RaoPaoer 8 months ago
@RaoPaoer
well, of course. it's not like human composers weren't influenced by other composers ever so slightly.
unless you play some crazy atonal stuff, alot of music has similarities
blkbeltmage 8 months ago 5
@RaoPaoer The music that Emily started with was from the EMI (Experiments in Musical Intelligence) database. Since EMI had been originally used to emulate previous classical composers, it's likely that the music does contain portions of earlier composition, but as the program develops and refines it's techniques, while this might still be arguably true for some time (until mutation truly divests the composition of any stolen notes), much sooner, it will be easy to say it merely took inspiration.
rngwrldngnr 7 months ago
we are so doomed :(
aNdReSkKkK 8 months ago
@aNdReSkKkK
Hold me ;_;
Chizniz 8 months ago
well I for one welcome our newly creative computer overlords.
solidkingcobra 8 months ago 6
@Complexgeometry Will the robots become human, or will we become robots?
LostRed33 8 months ago
I remember being mesmerized by disklaviers, but this brought me to tears.
crowbarblue 8 months ago
Dude robots r so ganna take over the world.they're already telling us what to do..Turn Right.Turn Left.Turn Left in 1.3 Miles.
twilightsaga1121 8 months ago 3
I listened to one of the songs.it not only gave me goosebumps because it was soo beautiful bt I'm pretty sure I was on the verge of tears
twilightsaga1121 8 months ago
I for one welcome our new robot overlords.
Ektherion00 8 months ago 11
As cool as this is and as much a triumph in programming it may be, a robot or computer will never be a David Bowie or a Bob Dylan. Voices, subject matter, lyrics and style of playing are also important in music. Yes, this is indistinguishable from human-composed music...if the human in question wanted everything picture-perfect. But we won't hear the cracks of emotion in the singer's voice, we won't hear any abrasive pounding on the piano and we definitely won't hear any new ideas.
Rottenostalgia 8 months ago
@Rottenostalgia Well, we can probably program all of that. Besides, we just have to add an experimentation algorithm, abd she'll have "creativity."
jgilgorri 8 months ago
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@jgilgorri Well, good luck on programming a unique voice that attempts to stretch its own limits...I dunno about the experimentation algorithm...yes it means randomization, aka "creativity", but it doesn't at all draw from the computer's personal experiences mainly because it has none. This whole "music by computers" idea is interesting and has its use (my friend suggested maybe composing ambient music in room to match the mood), but art is still a human field. And I hope it stays that way.
Rottenostalgia 8 months ago
Must be eliminated (oh shit we're probably making her angry) From now on people communicate in emotes.
xxonebludxx 8 months ago
I find this robot's creativity and musical prowess... disturbing. It must be destroyed, for the sake of humanity.
borderlander800 8 months ago
i for one welcome our new musical overlords.
HyBr1dGaMeRX 8 months ago 12
@HyBr1dGaMeRX humans are DOOMED
Approachable1 8 months ago
Way cooler than Vocaloid.
Zenabrillatol 8 months ago
Wow, and people say modern music sucks! Fools!
xxpeniskingxx 8 months ago
@xxpeniskingxx this is derived from classical music... she wasn't listening to lupefiasco and jawdropper
busessuck1 8 months ago
I like it, but can Emily compose some more...avant-garde stuff? Something like Stravinsky, Wagner, Penderecki, Zappa, etc.?
progrockcoffee 8 months ago 2
@progrockcoffee She isn't done analyzing, but yes. And she has
jgilgorri 8 months ago
Is it OK for me to be a little frightened by the fact that a robot composed this? Like frightened for our future, is that OK?
zillajratomicray 8 months ago 10
This is amazing, it sounds like a robot wrote this ;)
LiDaTV 8 months ago
The link is down
152czar 11 months ago
David Cope is a horrible monster. He is a genius, I admire him, but he is a monster because his beautiful daughters are not open source.
ProfessorMorphineand 1 year ago 15
@ProfessorMorphineand You pig!
WhiteDragon103 1 year ago
Amazing! :D
filipefmelo 1 year ago
Its pretty good for a computer but its lacking something. Maybe another dimension? I know when it plays, the momentum of the song leads me to vocalize some tunes that would make the song better.
NebunLaCap 1 year ago
The beginning sounds a bit like Mozart's Fantasia in D minor... it is nice, and some of the other music is nice too. I think that the assumed model that humans create all music by (subconsciously) combining bits of their favourite pieces together is a bit unfair though. We know what kind of sounds we like, but it's at a more granular level than Emily makes, I think.
When writing music, I add a little bit at a time and play around on the piano with semi-random chords until it sounds nice :/
batlin 1 year ago
Incredible! I follow this ever since my stay @ the conservatory. Simply amazing work that David did!!!
ArnoldVeeman 1 year ago
Definitely sounds much better than Taylor Swift.
GawdMachine 2 years ago
While I'd like to believe travel2165 is right, my ears and heart feel very differently.
It is disconcerting that this is beautiful music, but it is true that this is beautiful music.
Music has less to do with the soul of the composer than the soul of the listener.
ManFromSaturn 2 years ago 3
Many great pieces have huge amounts of repetition. The second movement of Beethoven's 7th symphony has very little variation in theme; the only thing that really changes is the orchestration (save one or two passages.) Nevertheless, it is considered one of his most beautiful works. More exaggerated examples can be found by listening to the works of Phillip Glass.
deadeaded 2 years ago 4
I have more lenghty pieces on my computer and I can tell you there is definitely more in it. And the ancestor of Emily, Emmy, already made music indistinguishable from human-composed music. You will only pretend to tell it apart if you know it already... There are a lot of worse composers than this piece of brilliance in programming.
LaPingvino 2 years ago 39
Hi Lapingvino, can you upload more of this music..i find it superb...in a nearby future computers will generate music master pieces..
dirakx 2 years ago
THIS is what all the fuss was about? After reading the glowing article in Miller-McCune, I expected to be blown away, but had to dig for a bit just to find this piece of music. Its just simplistic arpeggios and brash, noisy accompaniment.
jordanowen42 2 years ago
@jordanowen42 Considering that this dates from Oct 09 we can assume that there's more to be heard.
RollioPolleaous 2 years ago
I certainly hope so.
jordanowen42 2 years ago
You are being biased because you know what wrote the music.
gliderman19 2 years ago
@gliderman19 Of course I'm being biased- when I read a magazine article that says this thing writes better music than most human composers I get a little perturbed when I hear music that could easily be written by first semester counterpoint students.
jordanowen42 2 years ago 2
Who claimed Emily Howell to be able to write better music than most human composers? That claim sounds absurd to say the least.
gJonii 2 years ago
@gJonii the magazine Miller-Mcune.
jordanowen42 2 years ago
Wow, i'm impressed. I was wondering about if it is possible to have computer generated music, and if such a program could exist.
marshallzzz 2 years ago
I know plenty of music students whose work doesn't sound as good as this... I'm looking forward to hearing the whole thing.
gypsyjiver83 2 years ago 7
More or less what you'd expect classical music written by a computer to sound like - musical patterns from dead composers arranged in new ways. Kudos to the programmer, but I don't think Beethoven need roll over just yet.
wilus1969 2 years ago 4
Ah, the lovely Emily Howell. Such a talented composer! Especially given that she is less than a year old. And cute as a button too. Or a switch. Seriously, though, for an amateur like myself, and based on this tiny sample, little Emily's music is far from bad.
eje211 2 years ago 53