In a recent demo conducted over Zoom, I watched as the music composition app Dynascore transformed the entire emotional tenor of a short video multiple times in under a minute, all without altering a ...

Limitations placed on any creative process often paradoxically create an environment in which creativity flourishes. A simple overview of modern pop, rock, or country music illustrates this principle ...

I ’m just a soul trapped in this circuitry.” The voice singing those lyrics is raw and plaintive, dipping into blue notes. A lone acoustic guitar chugs behind it, punctuating the vocal phrases with ...

All week this week, we've been exploring the process of composing for film. It's a series we're calling Scoring the Screen. (SOUNDBITE OF MONTAGE OF FILM SCORES) SIEGEL: One question we are asking ...

We keep hearing that Artificial Intelligence is a threat to the creative arts. So we put ChatGPT to the test to see if it can write a decent song. When Pop Culture Happy Hour host Stephen Thompson ...

In composing a song to play for 1,000 years, the variables of technology, societal upheaval, and public understanding cannot be overlooked. “Longplayer Live” in 2009 (photo by Cormac Heron/Flickr) In ...