"Musical DNA" segment from NPR Radio Lab program
Loading...
Uploaded by Epogdous on Jun 5, 2010
"Musical DNA" segment from NPR Radio Lab program
Which came first: Language or Music? We're still not sure, but now we'll ponder what comes next. Producer Jonathan Mitchell brings us a piece about David Cope, the composer and professor at UC Santa Cruz, who cured his artist's block by writing a computer program to do the dirtywork for him. His program, named EMI (Experiments in Musical Intelligence), deconstructs the works of great composers, finding patterns within the voice leading of their compositions, and then creates brand new compositions based on the patterns she finds. But it's not just copy and paste. She brings something new to the pieces. Drift along to the eerily enchanting music of EMI Mahler and ask yourself this: What would Mahler think of an EMI Mahler score? Brillant music? A forgery? ~ WNYC RadioLab (http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/21)
If you'd like to hear any more compositions by David Cope's computer EMI (and there are hundreds!) visit you can visit his website http://artsites.ucsc.edu/faculty/cope/mp3page.htm and there you will find EMI Bach, EMI Chopin, EMI Scott Joplin, EMI Mahler and even EMI Navajo music!
- 20 likes, 2 dislikes
-
- 5:09
David Cope - Glasswork (1978) for two pianos and computer-generated tape [1/2]by Epogdous4,063 views
- 2:33
Radiolab: How Did Jad & Robert Meet?by SeniorQuack1,517 views
- 1:01
Algorithmic Musicby BladeRushX3,170 views
- 9:34
Leonard Bernstein - Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" for two pianos and percussion (2/2)by Epogdous18,418 views
- 14:07
WNYC Radiolab Podcast: Voices In Your Headby maysingr1012,017 views
- 6:38
Computer Composer (Digital Humanities Final)by fauxman3,129 views
- 26:24
DNA Musicby tuckeroo1128,953 views
- 2:49
David Cope Explains Sherlock Holmes Thought Process!by ComixNY1,230 views
- 9:50
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus 1 part1 CZby montypythoncz2,702 views
- 8:39
Douglas R. Hofstadter - Singularity Summit at Stanford - P3by WarOnYourMind2,489 views
- 1:34
Emergenceby michellemariec4,982 views
- 4:31
Radiolab Hosts 'Dress Up' As Science Journalistsby PBSNewsHour2,279 views
- 4:09
Very Sad Beautiful Piano Musicby mikaelsapin61,565 views
- 3:54
Generative Musicby efullmore689 views
- 9:10
David Cope Performs '08 Bumbershoot Music and Comedy Festivalby davidcope331,506 views
- 1:01
Emily Howell Musicby smillass28,292 views
- 8:01
Elizabeth Taylor - Father of the Bride -by Richard Bassettby richardbassett195625,540 views
- 2:35
RealComposer (MEDALmusic sys.) Billions Free Musics !by medal83,702 views
- 2:31
Bladekitten main theme musicby TheSoulScream133,894 views
I don't have a problem with the idea. Who cares where the music comes from? It's a compliment to the original composers.
rcguy69 8 months ago
this is so fucking awesome. How is this cheapening Bach? It's like giving Bach 10000x more time to compose music. It's just stealing Bach's ideas and rearranging them in ways that he simply didn't have enough time on earth to do. That said, some of the emi fugues I heard were pretty weak sauce.
MortiCarthago 9 months ago
interesting
NetteFraulein 1 year ago
denial of chance!
exfoen7 1 year ago