Algorithmic trajectories

Alex McLean, Roger T. Dean

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Oxford Handbook of Algorithmic Music
EditorsAlex McLean, Roger T. Dean
Place of PublicationU.S.
PublisherOxford University Press
Pages647-658
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9780190227012
ISBN (Print)9780190226992
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • computer music
  • computer composition (music)

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