Monday, January 25, 2016

The Future of Music (1987)

I came upon this article and I really like it. It's an insight into what computer musicians (in 1987) thought about what was to come for music as technology became more and more integrated into the composition and performance of music.

Here is the link: http://www.jstor.org.proxy.lib.umich.edu/stable/pdf/1578533.pdf 

Also...Larry Polansky lists "leaving the planet; becoming fully communicative inhabitants of the galaxy" as something essential in the future of music, which is something I never thought about before but will probably think about from now on. Do aliens make music?

1 comment:

  1. This is wonderful! I've never seen this article before. "Leaving the planet" is a particularly cool concept because there have been strong affinities with space, science fiction, and techno-optimism in every stage of computer music's development, from Bell Labs to Techno to today.

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