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I think Brian Eno was dead on the shape of the immediate future when somewhere a few years ago ... ( Methinks it was Wired Magazine ) he mentioned his concept of a having a little black box that would generate his musical ideas on its own with no input whatsoever coming from him. According to my sketchy memory of what Eno said, this box would play out possible scenarios based on a database and some type of algorhythms of his thought processes that would approximate stuff he would most likely come up with and could generate hybrids of other musicians possible output if desired. Imagine having a box that could output possibilities of say Hayden, Prince, Miles Davis, or Zap Mamma either individually or combined together all at once. I can also see recod labels loving the concept a little too much as I can certainly see a wide array of business avenues for such a thing ( Radio, Muzak, Movies, Record & Tape Clubs, TV, Theater, Home, Work, etc). My perspective is you can have software or some type of tool that has keys to unlock different artists mindscapes, ya know ??? Theres no question there would be a demand for a box like what Eno wuz thinkin. Thats something that would be both negative and positive used to either complement and or supplant recording musicians/music(s)/dj's. Though its a very logical next step if you look at the changing nature of how people value or rather listen to and internalize music. I don't know from a technical standpoint how reaalistic something of this sort would be but I really like the concept ( Its like having a clone ) and I would probably be engaged by a product that met the concept at least 65% of the way beyond say thr random genration of existing .wav files. Regards, JP Michael Pycraft Hughes wrote: > I'm applying for a lectureship in Music Technology at my university. > > What I'd like from you lot is suggestions for possible research themes. >I > have ideas of what I'd like to do, but I'm interested in what people out > there feel is where MT needs to go next. > > Also, you industry types, my case would be VASTLY strengthened by the > suggestion of industrial collaboration. I'm currently in negotiation on > behalf of the current MT course director to get some research by a major > company (I can't say who at this point, but they're a major group at > Harman). We have a wide research base here at Glasgow, and I'm sure we > could work towards something of mutual benefit. > > Closing date is a week today, so get in touch soon! > > Thanks, > > Michael > > Dr Michael Pycraft Hughes, University of Glasgow, Glasgow UK G12 8QQ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > "What can be done with fewer assumptions is done in vain > with more" - William of Occam (1285-1347) (now called Occam's Razor) > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > www.elec.gla.ac.uk/~pycraft pycraft@elec.gla.ac.uk