An album of new music created based on requirements generated by a python script.
What?
In grad school I studied film scoring, and my favorite part was getting new assignments with unusual instrumentation requirements, unusual style requirements, and other limitations. Like “Score this really uncomfortable love scene with one harp, three flutes, and sound effects.”
I eat that stuff up! That really gets my brain going. I always enjoy seeing how far I can get within the limitations. Sometimes I go beyond the artificial or prescribed limitations, but it’s a place to start.
I wrote a script* using the programming language Python that does the same thing: it generates a composition assignment for me with weird limitations, and it really gets my creativity going. I used 10 of these generated scores as the basis for this album.
credits
released December 13, 2018
Chris Beckstrom – synthesizers, samplers, hardware, mixers, production, coding (python, bash)
Tom Whitwell and his “compose” script, which was the basis for my own “cbcompose” script