Begin forwarded message: Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 09:46:39 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocket ... Oops, wrong address. To: linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Google Magenta project's first composition On Sat, 4 Jun 2016 20:46:01 -1000, david wrote: >Anyway, music and emotions aren't necessary connected. I'm sure you've >all heard musicians who have remarkable technical mastery, but whose >playing can only be described as emotionally cold. I think you've >probably heard compositions, too, that could be described best as >intellectual exercises in making complex patterns, and also lack >emotional feeling. "_Impetus_" without emotion? Not the message of the music makes the difference to a machine, the reason to make music makes the difference. On Sat, 4 Jun 2016 21:28:17 -1000, david wrote: >Why does music (and the unique and powerful parts of the brain >dedicated to music) exist? "courtship dance", "trance" ... Why does "courtship dance" exist? It's needed for reproduction. Why does "trance" exists? It#s required for self-preservation, healing, recovery. Why does "..." exist? Because it's a "function" of/for life. Regards, Ralf _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user