Cut-up text is an aleatory literary technique in which a text is cut up at random and rearranged to create a new text. It was used notably by William S. Burroughs in the late 60’s and early 70’s, and influenced the work of David Bowie, Curt Cobain and others. More recently, cut-up text has been… Read More Cutup Generator Creates Aleatory Text
The Dipping Duck Orchestra: Music randomly generated by dipping ducks (AKA happy birds, drinking birds, dippy birds, happy ducks… etc) Using the basic parts of a keyboard, each duck is hooked up to a note of the octave. As their beak touches the water in the glass the circuit is completed and the sound is… Read More The Bizarre Musical Art Of Kitty Clark
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… Read More Use D&D Dice To Expand Your Musical Creativity
