[microsound] Should musicians names appear on the anouncement? What about the name of the computer?

[Michael Palace]

Maybe this can be a new Turing Test.  Can you tell that it is a computer 
performing or a human?  If it is a algorithm to play music that the 
computer is using, I think it advisable to state the algorithm and the 
computer code writer. 

Mike

rfkorp at yahoo.com wrote:
> People actively PERFORM.  A computer just plays back sound.  A different person would perform the same piece in a different way.  A different computer would not.
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> Additionally, to ignore the work that the musicians have undertaken to develop their skill and then to learn to play the pieces at hand (something a computer knows nothing about) is somewhat insulting.
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> Feel free to list the computer as well, for humor's sake and completeness.  But only if the living musicians are prominently advertised first.
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> --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Samuel van ransbeeck <thinksamuel at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> From: Samuel van ransbeeck <thinksamuel at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [microsound] Should musicians names appear on the anouncement? What about the name of the computer?
>> To: microsound at or8.net
>> Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:58 AM
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>> Hello
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>> with the class of composition we are doing a recital where
>> we will have our pieces played. In the draft for the
>> anouncement we did not put the name of the ensemble. For me
>> this is not a problem , as I see it as a project of the
>> composition class, the instrument students just do their
>> chamber music. On the other hand, the other students (and
>> the professor) want to include the name of the ensemble on
>> the anouncement. However, there are two pure electronic
>> pieces. Shouldn't we ten write also the name of the
>> performing computer eg 'iMac core2duo'? After all, the
>> computer is a performer as well.
>> What are your thoughts about this?
>>
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