[NewMusic] What David Cope is up to

[George Cremaschi]

> You were making sweeping dismissals of technology that can be useful

Looking carefully at the website reveals that it's most hoped-for use will be to 
bring it's makers a large profit.


> What world are you living in? In mine, thats all we talk about.

The larger world, not six tech geeks in a chat room.


> The same time we stop throwing the word "crap" around we will probably 
> stop using visionary.

I'm not using the word 'crap' to sell product, and congratulate myself on how 'useful' 
the latest tech widget is, and how wonderful the world will be when everyone has
version 10.4.7.
 

> This could have dramatic impact on the interactive audio front. With the length of an 
> interactive media work approaching the hundred hour mark easily it is more important 
> than ever for the composer to have some artificial intelligence-like tools that would allow 
> them to create variations on their works.  The music also has to be intimately tied to user control  
> to support and effectively mirror the emotional state of the environment. With some ties to engine 
> movements, technology like this can create very important

Are you for real? I can't tell whether you're an actual human, or something created by a 
marketing department.


> For analysis, we have a definite problem in creating revenue for content creators right now, 
> and unless you have the magic formula to fix this problem then it looks like analysis tools could 
> be an important part of it.

How?

> No one that thought about technology in a serious way for half a  
> second was under the impression that it was a nirvana, ever.

You're sure of this? Really, really certain?


> It is a useful service for me to be able to only be presented with advertising that is 
> relevant to my interests.

How about less advertising? Or is that too utopian?


-George












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