You're describing two concepts that Brian Eno has written about:
1. Technology makes technique less important, and the act of selection
from 'found' alternatives becomes more important.
2. Eno has an idea of a black box with knobs on that continuously generates
music, that the listener tweaks until it makes the music he or she
wants to hear.
There's nothing wrong with this sort of generative music. It doesn't replace
human virtuosity; it's a different category
On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Ed Hall wrote:
quoted 15 lines Let me give you an example of what I'm talking about. Let's say>
> Let me give you an example of what I'm talking about. Let's say
> that Musician Bob uses the Woodmaker Fractalizer to generate a five-
> minute musical fractal (whatever that is). Using its intuitive GUI
> interface, he selected from dozen of parameters and in less than an
> hour came up with a product that virtually set his ears on fire.
>
> What's missing from this picture, if anything? I'm sure some folks
> would say that absolutely nothing is missing -- Bob's fans expect to
> be taken on a thrilling sonic ride by his CD's, and he delivered.
> But others might say that something vital is missing. Where's Bob?
> The most one can say is that Bob "discovered" the track somewhere
> inside the Woodmaker Fractalizer after an hour of exploring and
> listening.
>
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