| “….Rhythm is based on expectations. Rather than reacting to beats, we anticipate them. We dance, clap or nod our heads along to well-placed, predictable notes. This entrainment is more than human nature. Scientists have found that cockatoos, parrots, sea lions and rats all dance to repetitive beats (dogs and most other animals apparently don’t). The shared experience of rhythm can, in some circumstances, be downright subversive. In 1994, the UK Criminal Justice and Public Order Act responded to a moral panic about young people attending raves by giving the police new powers to shut down gatherings involving music ‘predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats’.” |
What drum machines can teach us about artificial intelligence | Aeon Essays
As AI drum machines embrace humanising imperfections, what does this mean for ‘real’ drummers and the soul of music?
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