# Algorithmic Music - Is it real music?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [June 12, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algorithmic-music-is-it-real-music/985391 "2023-06-12T23:23:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algorithmic-music-is-it-real-music/985391/32 "2023-06-13T19:22:37Z")

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> [@Music Creators Assemble!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-creators-assemble/979626/90):
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> But, as a working musician, I’m headed out to entertain people tonight, with live musicians playing actual instruments. None of us need a computer to determine what we should play and how we should play it. I feel sorry for those who will never share that joy, simply because it is easier to sit in a room with a computer and have it shit out something that sounds good to you.

Maybe you meant something else.

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