2020 was a year like no other. No doubt about it. Nevertheless, there were also inspiring news and events, which triggered our curiosity and helped us forget some of societal challenges. One of them was the birth of AIMC, or the “AI Music Creativity Conference“. The conference was organized to combine two previously existing, and somewhat overlapping events: The...

The automation of the music composition process has come a long way since David Cope and EMI (Experimental Music Intelligence). The latest decade has witnesses the appearance of a series of start-ups focused on using artificial intelligence for music composition. These include, for example, companies such as AIVA, Jukedeck, Endel and many others (here is an extended list of...

One of the most interesting experiences I had in 2019 was to be part of a jury for a competition involving use of artificial intelligence during music composition. Organized by “Wissenschaft Im Dialog” (a German organization based in Berlin that promotes science), the competition addressed a timely topic: the perception towards artificially composed music. Which is a...

Automation has reached creative industries, including music. Algorithms are now capable of understanding musical patterns, and composing original songs. However, music has always been an important tool for human expression of ideas and feelings, contemplation and wonder. Thus, how will listeners feel when this  beautiful human process is automated? In this report I address the...

I have always enjoyed asking people philosophical questions. I do not remember ever having been asked “what made me happy”, or “what my main regrets are”. These are impressions we hardly ever make, but once we reflect on them, they are capable of eliciting deep and insightful conclusions. Melodic Ideas “Melodic Ideas” is a creative...