Abstract
![CDATA[We jointed designed and edited this volume because of our complementary, overlapping, yet highly contrasting backgrounds (we have performed together and met first in the context of music research). The contrast between us stems both from our differing time frames of involvement and from the fact that Alex McLean (AM) makes music primarily (usually solely) via a computer and in realtime whereas Roger T. Dean (RTD) is an acoustic instrumentalist (particularly keyboards, often with computers) and a composer (offline), as well as an improviser (realtime). While AM was using computer from an early age, and began serious programming around 1986 (aged eleven), RTD first used a (desktop) computer in around 1982 (already more than thirty). So in this final Perspective on Practice, we will discuss our own experiences and the development of our current enthusiasms. We hope that brief consideration of these trajectories will have some interest for readers seeing to engage with the breadth of our field of algorithmic music. We drafter our own sections, and then jointly edited the chapter, proving a brief conclusion; we also took advantage of helpful suggestions from external reviewers. See note below for information on CD and other sources of the music mentioned in the authors’ section that follow.]]
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Oxford Handbook of Algorithmic Music |
Editors | Alex McLean, Roger T. Dean |
Place of Publication | U.S. |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 647-658 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780190227012 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780190226992 |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- computer music
- computer composition (music)