I wonder if Mr. Psychology here can realize his superiority complex. . .
I'm really not trying to put anyone down - just computers
And when I make these posts, it's really because I'm still learning all of this myself. There's a saying, "We all teach what we most need to learn."
Anyway, you're just making assumptions that, well, just plain aren't true. Music can evoke emotions from people for sure, but that really just, uh, proves nothing. It doesn't mean that Bach's music is more "emotional" and therefore superior to Mozart's, or vice versa. Bach's music is music, just as Gwen Stefani's is.
And frankly, I'm a bigger fan of Stefani. Take that.
You seem to miss the point completely. You also use the word 'superior' a lot. I wasn't trying to justify that some music is superior to others, superiority/inferiority is a pointless way to look at things IMO, it all just depends on what you want to listen to.
Speaking of flowers and computer-written music, this is an example of music composed by a computer, which shows what computers can produce when a good composer programs them: Orchidae Ordinariae by Clarence Barlow
I listened to a great deal of that music, I really tried to appreciate it. But, once again, right from the start I felt there was something missing. You really did not have to tell me that it was composed by a computer and not by an actual Human Being.
I even got my brother to give a second opinion, I asked him if he thought it was good - his reply:
"Hmmm, who is it? It's..., it sounds as if they're just hitting random notes."
I wonder why people began writing music in the first place. My guess is that it was to express something, and they didn't think much about it, it was something that they just did. I truly believe that music is something magical, it brings people closer on a Heart level, it communicates more deeply and more honestly than words will ever be able to. What does a computer have to express other than complete randomness and the intellectuality that it was programmed with?
The fact that the computer doesn't compose emotionally doesn't mean the effect such a piece can have on me isn't emotional. It's like looking at flowers, which also aren't emotional or "created with heart and soul", but still can make us happy.
"Soul" or "Spirit" are just other words for "Existence". To say that a flower does not have Existence is pretty ludicrous.
Also, emotion does not equal spirit/heart/soul. Emotion also arises from the mind. I'm not saying that the mind (logic and emotions) are bad, I just think there's more to it than that. I love the fact that I learned my pentatonic scales for example, it allows me to express myself when I play guitar solos, but I'm aware that there is something more, something that will never be able to be defined in theory (at least when I play there is something happening that is BEYOND the logic of musical theory). The mind is just a tool for the soul to use whenever it wants to.
Peace.
