On Jul 05 08:30 96, Rick Massey of 1:124/5015 wrote:
RM> Music is communication, first and foremost. How do you communicate, and 
RM> with whom?
RM> Comments? Observations?
I'm from the "other school" and for me music is artistic expression, first 
and foremost. While it is nice when in also communicates, the chief thing 
when I do art is that there is something inside of me seeking to get out, 
music is the medium for this expression. And the curious thing is that I 
never can truely "hear it" until it has gotten out. Music speaks first and 
foremost to me, and if others recieve some communication from it, well and 
good, but then I do not compose commercially.
You see, if as you argue, that music is communication, and that communication 
is a science, then one should be able to "compose" music by following the 
scientific principals deduced from analysis. That being the case it should be 
possible to teach a computer these rules, and to apply them objectively and 
the results should be as satisfying as the greatest masterpiece of whichever 
style you prefer.
[OK, perhaps I'm playing a bit as Devil's Advocate, for I will admit that 
there is a "scientific component" -- I will also argue that the chief thing 
is "art"]
Regards,
Richard.
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