, Derek Thompson of The Atlantic talked about how record executives make decisions about who to sign and what to play, based on data about what music people like online.
Thompson鈥檚 conclusion is that the process is making music much more bland because people like to hear music that sounds familiar.
So, what will the music of the future sound like? New Hampshire composer Greg Wilder doesn鈥檛 know yet, but he鈥檚 hoping to build the machine that writes it.
From the s Contributors Network, Sean Hurley of New Hampshire Public Radio reports on Wilder鈥檚 Beethoven machine.
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