Re: 'pop' music is dead

2003-03-02 Thread William T Goodall
On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 05:51 am, Robert Seeberger wrote: Right now my favorite song is Sun King by a band called The Naming. They are based in London and I am friends with the keyboard player John Goodall (I wonder if there is a relationship with William). Not that I know of... I

Re: 'pop' music is dead

2003-03-01 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: But where will this good music be produced? (it's not even being produced now). This system will be a computer telling people what they will like. It will also feedback upon itself. Record companies will only fund 'hits' designated by this computer. There will be even

Re: 'pop' music is dead

2003-02-28 Thread Richard Baker
Rob said: HA! It is currently being created and produced on thousands of personal computers in peoples living rooms all over the world. Independant artists are everywhere if you even barely care to look. In the UK, at least, there are still lots of independent labels, and I'm pretty sure

Re: 'pop' music is dead

2003-02-28 Thread Reggie Bautista
Alberto wrote: Maybe the system discovers that _more_ variety increases the selling - heck, any decently programmed AI program could find it quite easily: people _like_ new musical styles. Yes and no. People typically like new musical styles that are different *but not too different* from what

Re: 'pop' music is dead

2003-02-28 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=48160 snip Polyphonic HMI, based in Barcelona, Spain has developed an artificial intelligence application that helps music labels determine the hit potential of music prior to its release. The new application is to

'pop' music is dead

2003-02-27 Thread The Fool
As if we didn't know that already, but: -- http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=48160 February 24, 2003 (Barcelona, Spain)— Have you ever wondered why some songs burn up and down the charts in record time while others have a slower climb, tend to linger and then slowly fall? Have you ever

Re: 'pop' music is dead

2003-02-27 Thread Richard Baker
The Fool said: Yup, more and more homogenized CRAP. But does that really matter as long as lots of good music is being produced too? I think that peer-to-peer filesharing provides an excellent facility for exploring new types of music, and there's lots of great songs still being produced (for

Re: 'pop' music is dead

2003-02-27 Thread The Fool
From: Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool said: Yup, more and more homogenized CRAP. But does that really matter as long as lots of good music is being produced too? I think that peer-to-peer filesharing provides an excellent facility for exploring new types of music, and there's

Re: 'pop' music is dead

2003-02-27 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 10:02 PM Subject: Re: 'pop' music is dead But where will this good music be produced? (it's not even being produced now). This system

Re: 'pop' music is dead

2003-02-27 Thread The Fool
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] But where will this good music be produced? (it's not even being produced now). This system will be a computer telling people what they will like. It will also feedback upon itself. Record companies will only