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Last year, we brought you some great video of game creator Will Wright and Brian Eno on generative systems.
Here’s the whole enchilada - their Long Now discussion of Spore and generative music and gaming.
They touch on all sorts of topics, but it includes great discussions of generative processes and ambient music, fractals, compression [...]

 

GeeksDreamgirl has an interesting take on using Dungeons & Dragon dice to stimulate your musical creativity.
Here’s her take on two of the more important dice:
d8
The d8 is perfect for learning scale degrees and practicing sight-singing.
Your first step is to grab a piece of staff paper and write out the scale you’re going to sight-sing in, [...]