Automatic, machine-generated music has been a small interest of mine for some time now. A few days ago, I tried out a deep learning approach for generating music… and failed miserably. Here’s the story about my efforts so far, and how computational complexity killed the post-rock. The spark of an idea When Photo Amaze was… Continue reading Generating music with deep learning
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A Learning Plateau
Anyone can play guitar and they won’t be a nothing anymore Radiohead So you want to learn how to play guitar? Awesome! Step one, get yourself a guitar. Great, you took the first step! Step two, start playing any pop song ever. Great, now you know chords! Step three, check out some cool and/or classic… Continue reading A Learning Plateau
Share your art
A few days ago, I talked to a guy that plays the piano. He uses YouTube tutorials to learn new songs and told me that he would like to record himself playing the piano. I asked him if he would put the recordings online somewhere, and his reply was one I have heard often before:… Continue reading Share your art
Copying is not stealing, period
Taylor Swift recently received a lot of media attention for pulling her music off Spotify. I am not going to comment specifically on Swift’s decision for pulling the music but I would like to take a look at the following quote from Swift in an interview with Yahoo: I felt like I was saying to… Continue reading Copying is not stealing, period
Spotify royalties
Spotify is a cool service but I do not agree with how they pay out royalties. In this post, I will propose a different way. The current royalty calculation is explained by Spotify like this: There is a big chunk of money (the revenue) and each artist is paid according to their global “market share”.… Continue reading Spotify royalties