Interview: David Cope

Algorithmic composer David Cope explores the implications of Experiments in Musical Intelligence, his program that can produce music in the style of Bach, Prokofiev, or anyone. Is meaning created by the artist or the listener? Could it be that every plant, every human, and every sonata is part of one grand, algorithmically-evolving tree of life?

0:00 - introduction
1:43 - on semantic satiation
4:30 - on the retirement of EMI
7:43 - on Emily Howell's Shadow Worlds
20:20 - on Jonathan Berger's Experiments in Musical Listening
22:19 - on haiku
29:51 - on art's place in nature
38:40 - on the Emily Howell writing process
45:44 - on music as a science
46:53 - on what to do with strange, anomalous experiences

Discussed: 'Tinman,' 'Tinman Too,' 'Virtual Music,' and 'Comes the Fiery Night' by David Cope; semantic satiation; haiku; Jonathan Berger’s Experiments in Musical Listening; Daniel Dennett; Karl Sims’ Evolved Virtual Creatures; synchronicity; music as a science


From Quick to Listen, a podcast on how musicians make meaning, hosted by Grant Valdes.

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