Degrees of Interpretation in Computer Aided Algorithmic Composition
Paper presented at International Computer Music Conference, Athens 2014.
Abstract: In 2012 Michael Edwards introduced his open-source com- position system, Slippery Chicken (sc). Since then I have been working with the software, experimenting with the possibilities and limits of its output and identifying its con- stants and mutations. In this paper I will analyse some of the different compositional methodologies that sc offers, tracing its digital fingerprint and examining its persistent presence through degrees of composer and performer in- terpretation. I will include a discussion of the broad spec- trum of opportunities for the parallel generation of ideas and maintenance of each user’s compositional voice, not only through choice of input material but flexibility of out- put formats from the software.