| [14:00] | Me: | So, you're a musician. |
| [14:00] | Me: | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePyRrb2-fzs |
| [14:00] | Me: | do you think you could write a program which randomly generates (or exhaustively enumerates) every possible pleasing 10 note rock riff? |
| [14:01] | J: | I think you could write them all out by hand in about 8 minutes. |
| [14:01] | Me: | i see :) |
| [14:01] | J: | there's only so many notes, you know. |
| [14:01] | Me: | right. |
| [14:01] | Me: | but i can't explain how all these songs seem slightly different, and yet all the same |
| [14:02] | Me: | and, moreover, why i can't stop humming this one over and over and over and over and over and over. |
| [14:02] | J: | It's because there are two other variables besides the chord progression. Singer whininess, and piano reverb. |
| [14:03] | J: | So even though they all have exactly the same chord progression, there could be more or less reverb on the piano. |
| [14:03] | J: | And there is apparently no limit to how whiny a singer can be, allowing for infinite possible songs. |
| [14:03] | J: | Given the same notes. |
| [14:03] | Me: | i see. |