S'ok, was taken in the spirit you meant it
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I seem to recall Roger Waters responding to a similar allegation in 'Live at Pompeii'...which was 'The technology doesn't play itself'Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo
...or words to that effect anyway, and that was 39 years ago!
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Cheers, Will
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Actually think with a lot of modern technology it may well be possible for it play itselfI seem to recall Roger Waters responding to a similar allegation in 'Live at Pompeii'...which was 'The technology doesn't play itself'
...or words to that effect anyway, and that was 39 years ago!
Get a few computers, loaded, set them off on a random sequence of notes and at what point would they make meaningful music ? I'm sure the likes of Steve Reich has thought about stuff like that
Be quite easy to get something loaded on to a computer so it knows about notes and counterpoint, etc..
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It's an analogue computer, and it's called a pianola, been around for some time...still I suppose it upset the 'granddads' of the day then too...Actually think with a lot of modern technology it may well be possible for it play itself
Cheers, Will
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Very true. didn't a US composer actually do music specifically for the pianola (or am I making that up ?)It's an analogue computer, and it's called a pianola, been around for some time...still I suppose it upset the 'granddads' of the day then too...
I think Sorabji wrote piano music that couldn't be physically played by a human?
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Just googled it and it seems Nancarrow did music for the player piano. thought I knew it from somewhere
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Pat Metheny did an album recently that was supposed to have been played by automatons.
(Short documentary type thing)
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I have this Chris, can't say I'm overly impressed, only played it twice
"People will hear what you tell them to hear" - Thomas Edison
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From what bits of the album I've heard, the concept is far more thrilling than the execution.
The opposite to the theory I posited above could be demonstrated by FZ where he turned to technology because he couldn't find musicians who could play his most complex pieces.
Before he died, he found some who could play it
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