In Friday’s (2/22) Independent (London), Adam Sherwin writes, “Scientists are developing an intelligent music computer which can analyse a person’s brain activity when they listen to sounds and then composes new music designed to make them happy. Researchers, who believe the mood-altering music-writing software can help combat stress and depression, will unveil the first composition created by the project at a music festival in Plymouth … The project is being led by Dr. Eduardo Miranda, a composer and professor at Plymouth University’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR), and Dr. Slawomir Nasuto, a professor in the Cybernetics Research Group at the University of Reading. … The project has been awarded a £880,000 grant by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The first public demonstration of the research will be a concert entitled ‘Symphony of Minds Listening’ on Saturday, in which the second movement of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony will be ‘remixed’ and reassembled to reflect the brain-scanned activity of three volunteers during listening.”
Posted February 25, 2013
