Developing Classical Music Amitai Schlair @schmonz - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Developing 
 Classical Music Amitai Schlair @schmonz

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“Composing is like programming” • Maybe true in some ways • Not necessarily interesting • Most things are a little bit like other things • (Look up “Schmonz’s Theorem” sometime) • For me, nothing actionable

“Programming helps with composing” • Probably true in some ways • Electronic music: certainly • Rules of harmony and counterpoint: maybe • Other rules I haven’t consciously identified: nope • Also glowing rectangles eat (some of) my brain • For me, nothing actionable

Minimum Viable Piece • My first serious composition • Old school • Development: 75 hours • Staging: a few hours • Deployment: 3.5 minutes