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Hummm . . . this looks like the output of (most likely) an IOS8 apple phone where the user types in the first word and then accepts the first suggestion of each subsequent word.  The words are mostly common followed by the words commonly use by the phones principal user. Repetition is obvious by the 20th word.

 

The output is pseudo random and decidedly consistent with Zipf's law but is slightly altered by the user’s common words (or non words).  Zipf's (George Kingsley Zipf) law posits that given some quantity of natural language speech, the frequency of any word is inversely proportional to its rank in the frequency table. Id est the most frequent word will occur approximately twice as often as the second most frequent word, three times as often as the third most frequent word, etc

 

This is usually done for trivial entertainment purposes; however, contemporary singing artists often use this method to compose their hit songs.

 

While this concept is new for the construction lyrics, the concept isn’t new for the construction of the music itself. For example heavy metal was first constructed using recordings from automobile junk and recycling yards; from there grunge music, based on the sounds of sewage treatment plants.

 

It is amazing how nearly any sound can be used to create music. Here’s a link to one.

 

https://vimeo.com/21644999

 

Because of the nature of the video, many will think the music is based on the sound of a motorcycle, that’s close but no chopper.  I bet CPhill will know what it is. 

 

--Sir Phil LaTeX -- on temporary assignment to NausCorp.

Nov 5, 2015
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Nov 5, 2015

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