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From: cmunday@gara.une.oz.au (Craig Munday)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Music and AI
Keywords: MUSIC, CONNECTIONISM, NEURALNETS
Message-ID: <6983@gara.une.oz.au>
Date: 13 Jun 91 01:57:15 GMT
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Organization: University of New England, Armidale, Australia
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ka2cs220@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Steve Berkley) writes:

>If anyone has any suggestions concerning applications of
>learning systems in a specialized domain of "automatic
>composition" of music, I would appreciate it.  I am researching
>the feasability of a real-time (NN?) automatic composition program
>in C, fed with MIDI data.

    Can any one fill me in on the definition of a real-time composition 
program?  Is the term suggesting that a computer is being used to actually 
compose and play music.  I myself can not accept the fact that computers can 
compose music.  Music is suppose to be an expression of ones inner feelings,
and because it comes from within it has a great power to move people into
different spheres.  The feeling that is present in music of the past has 
induced greated pride in ones country, I doubt that a machine can come close 
to providing this attribute of music.
    Convince me that a computer can provide the necessary feeling that music 
needs.  Somethings may better be left alone.