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I'm both a musician and developer, and people usually look at me weird when I say that. But really, there's a great overlap if you just look.

agumonkey 10y ago
Programming can be very "artistic" too, but I bet not in your day to day job. Most people want war-like efficacy.
- aczerepinski 10y ago
  Same for music. There are a handful of famous composers who get paid to just do their thing, but for everyone else the gigs are "give me a 70 second song that sounds like X and has a big dramatic peak at the 55 second mark, due Friday".
  - agumonkey 10y ago
    Very good point. I tend to only think about music as timeless pieces of harmonic bliss :)
abhirag 10y ago
You should definitely try Overtone (http://overtone.github.io http://overtone.github.io) and Sonic Pi (http://sonic-pi.net http://sonic-pi.net), if you haven't already.
- funkaster 10y ago
  Sonic Pi looks great! Thanks for the suggestion! Overtone looks interesting, but Sonic Pi being ruby seems more approachable/easier to install and run.
  - abhirag 10y ago
    I see you are using emacs :) Setting up Overtone isn't that difficult and Overtone + Emacs Live(https://overtone.github.io/emacs-live/ https://overtone.github.io/emacs-live/) makes for a great live coding setup :) Both of them are by Sam Aaron, I find his work inspiring. Anyways, have fun with live coding!
psyc 10y ago
I have always said that when I'm deep into composing, the brain activity seems extremely similar to when I'm working out an algebra problem, or a big code refactor.
- agumonkey 10y ago
  fitting pieces together and not breaking the invariant and relationship between them ? #harmony
tchaffee 10y ago
I'm surprised people think that's unusual. https://teamgaslight.com/blog/why-are-so-many-software-developers-also-musicians https://teamgaslight.com/blog/why-are-so-many-software-devel...
- zengid 10y ago
  This fills me with joy; I was itching to write a similar blog post. Quoting article above: Music is an abstract medium — the printed note requires interpretation and execution. Like the written line of code, there is often much more than meets the eye.
  - agumonkey 10y ago
    That's why I dislike classical education, which put notation and theory first before intuition.

agumonkey 10y ago

Programming can be very "artistic" too, but I bet not in your day to day job. Most people want war-like efficacy.

aczerepinski 10y ago
Same for music. There are a handful of famous composers who get paid to just do their thing, but for everyone else the gigs are "give me a 70 second song that sounds like X and has a big dramatic peak at the 55 second mark, due Friday".
- agumonkey 10y ago
  Very good point. I tend to only think about music as timeless pieces of harmonic bliss :)

abhirag 10y ago

You should definitely try Overtone (http://overtone.github.io http://overtone.github.io) and Sonic Pi (http://sonic-pi.net http://sonic-pi.net), if you haven't already.

funkaster 10y ago
Sonic Pi looks great! Thanks for the suggestion! Overtone looks interesting, but Sonic Pi being ruby seems more approachable/easier to install and run.
- abhirag 10y ago
  I see you are using emacs :) Setting up Overtone isn't that difficult and Overtone + Emacs Live(https://overtone.github.io/emacs-live/ https://overtone.github.io/emacs-live/) makes for a great live coding setup :) Both of them are by Sam Aaron, I find his work inspiring. Anyways, have fun with live coding!

psyc 10y ago

I have always said that when I'm deep into composing, the brain activity seems extremely similar to when I'm working out an algebra problem, or a big code refactor.

agumonkey 10y ago
fitting pieces together and not breaking the invariant and relationship between them ? #harmony

tchaffee 10y ago

I'm surprised people think that's unusual. https://teamgaslight.com/blog/why-are-so-many-software-developers-also-musicians https://teamgaslight.com/blog/why-are-so-many-software-devel...

zengid 10y ago
This fills me with joy; I was itching to write a similar blog post. Quoting article above: Music is an abstract medium — the printed note requires interpretation and execution. Like the written line of code, there is often much more than meets the eye.
- agumonkey 10y ago
  That's why I dislike classical education, which put notation and theory first before intuition.