about PMusic:
PMusic or 'Parallel Music' is a compositional method I have
been working on since 1994. Influenced both by my involvement
in improvised music and an interest in the use of chance
as an artistic strategy, PMusic is a computer-based form
of indeterminate music that is 'always the same and never
the same', each playing giving a unique performance.
The example I use to illustrate the potential is the compact
disc: whereas conventional CDs give a reliable, linear musical
experience, imagine a CD that gave unpredictable, fresh
music every time you played it.
PMusic's
main compositional challenge is to provide an effective
'musical' experience every time a piece is played. If the
compass of a piece is too narrow, the point of the indeterminacy
is lost; if it is too wide, then the composition loses a
sense of identity and becomes a rather amorphous experience,
questioning its function as music.
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