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> I'm curious: would the same sequence of pitches be more or less meaningful ... For me, Yes. The core of the issue is that the sequence of pitches is not mea
by jared314 12y ago
> I'm curious: would the same sequence of pitches be more or less meaningful ...
For me, Yes. The core of the issue is that the sequence of pitches is not meaningful on its own, like all communication. When I am listening to music, assuming a human made it, I explore and project meaning, emotion, and thought on to it as if expecting it to communicate something that would complete my mental model of the artist or environment. All in an effort to feel what the music was conveying.
If I find out it was just auto generated, I feel like a fool looking for meaning in tea leaves.
- therealdrag0 12y agoTo me, it's not at all about communication. It's just experience, just like a mountain or a sunset. My enjoyment of it isn't contingent on how it was made.
- mlvljr 12y agoYou are heartless :)
- anigbrowl 12y agoThat's strange to me. I like to set up synthesizers/sequencers with elaborate feedback structures to create 'interesting' musical output, which I often enjoy listening to for extended periods, especially when it goes in directions I didn't originally anticipate. A self-sustaining structure is its own musical reward for me; I don't feel any less of an emotional relationship to it for not having written out individual notes (though I enjoy doing that too). Rather, it's fascinating to me in the same manner as a growing plant or or other self-directed natural process.