Comments on: The Future of Music in the Age of Spiritual Machines http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-future-of-music-in-the-age-of-spiritual-machines Accelerating Intelligence Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:16:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-future-of-music-in-the-age-of-spiritual-machines/comment-page-1#comment-99297 Bri Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:52:32 +0000 #comment-99297 Seeing how it's ten years after this article was written it's interesting to see how far off Ray's predictions were. One thing is for shure. The music industry is still on the ropes in terms of profitability. The protection of intellectual property is a major issue of concern. Seeing how it’s ten years after this article was written it’s interesting to see how far off Ray’s predictions were. One thing is for shure. The music industry is still on the ropes in terms of profitability. The protection of intellectual property is a major issue of concern.

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-future-of-music-in-the-age-of-spiritual-machines/comment-page-1#comment-99294 Bri Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:45:08 +0000 #comment-99294 When I was a child my hearing was very good in the upper ranges of human hearing. I could hear the burglar alarm at my fathers friends business. We were there together as he turned it on and I heard a very high pitched sound come on. They couldn't hear it by they said that's what I was hearing. Those frequencies don't relate well to what we produce in music. The same goes for lower frequencies. You feel them rather than hear them. Those frequencies are not applicable. When I was a child my hearing was very good in the upper ranges of human hearing. I could hear the burglar alarm at my fathers friends business. We were there together as he turned it on and I heard a very high pitched sound come on. They couldn’t hear it by they said that’s what I was hearing. Those frequencies don’t relate well to what we produce in music. The same goes for lower frequencies. You feel them rather than hear them. Those frequencies are not applicable.

]]> By: Alexander http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-future-of-music-in-the-age-of-spiritual-machines/comment-page-1#comment-99280 Alexander Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:11:50 +0000 #comment-99280 What about the innovations in music that will come from sensory upgrades? I imagine the nature of music would be quite transformed if the range of human hearing were extended beyond 20Hz-20kHz. And what kind of symphonies would a composer create if her thought processes ran at non-biological speeds? She would be able to develop musical patterns at microsecond and minute scales simultaneously. What about the innovations in music that will come from sensory upgrades? I imagine the nature of music would be quite transformed if the range of human hearing were extended beyond 20Hz-20kHz.

And what kind of symphonies would a composer create if her thought processes ran at non-biological speeds? She would be able to develop musical patterns at microsecond and minute scales simultaneously.

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