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4 books on AI for Music [PDF]
March 06, 2025 | 16 |
These books tell about the applications of artificial intelligence in music composition, recommendation systems, audio analysis, and personalized music experiences.
1. GRASPED AI in Concert: Shaping the Future Soundscapes of Music
2024 by Steven Brough
"GRASPED AI in Concert: Shaping the Future Soundscapes of Music" is less of a book and more of a front-row ticket to the cosmic collision of artificial intelligence and the music industry—think of it as Beethoven meets the Hitchhiker’s Guide to AI. Steven Brough takes you on a whirlwind tour of the algorithmic playgrounds where symphonies are born and shows you how machines are not just playing instruments but playing with the very fabric of creativity itself. Packed with enough case studies, philosophical ponderings and practical tips to make even the most analog of musicians feel unreasonably digital, this book doesn’t just ask if AI can create music but whether the music AI creates will one day develop a fanbase of its own. From AI-generated operas to robo-jams that outshine your local open mic night, this is the ultimate survival guide for anyone who wants to jam, riff, or even headbang their way into the future of sound.
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2. Artificial Intelligence and Music Ecosystem
2022 by Martin Clancy
In a universe where guitars occasionally sulk in the corner and drum machines have existential crises, Artificial Intelligence and Music Ecosystem cheerfully pokes at the peculiar collision between the binary brilliance of AI and the chaotic muse of human creativity. With interviews featuring such luminaries as Jacques Attali (who probably knows more about the future than you do), Holly Herndon (whose music may or may not be whispering sweet nothings to your toaster) and Scott Cohen (part-time visionary, full-time music industry disruptor), this book doesn’t just explore the landscape—it builds an intergalactic roadmap through the ethical, philosophical and just plain weird dilemmas AI brings to the stage. Whether you're a student, a programmer, an artist, or just someone who’s ever wondered if a machine can have writer's block, this indispensable guide will leave you asking: What if the algorithms are just as confused as we are?
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3. The Artist in the Machine: The World of AI-Powered Creativity
2020 by Arthur I. Miller
"The Artist in the Machine: The World of AI-Powered Creativity" is Arthur I. Miller’s mind-bending tour of what happens when humans, with all their messy introspection and flair for dramatic gestures, meet machines that couldn’t care less about existential angst but paint, play chess and compose operas anyway. It’s a tale of neural networks dreaming up multi-eyed creatures that are either dogs, cats, or intergalactic art critics and of robotic poets who might finally understand why roses are red and violets are blue. Miller, like a friendly guide to a parallel universe, introduces us to a pantheon of AI artists, from algorithmic maestros to the synthetic playwright responsible for staging a musical that’s either genius or proof machines still can’t write decent musicals. While acknowledging that machines are nipping at our creative heels, Miller reassures us that the brave new world of AI might just make art, music and literature even more delightfully bizarre, leaving us to wonder: if creativity is the final frontier, who’s piloting the ship?
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4. Readings in Music and Artificial Intelligence
2013 by Eduardo Reck Miranda
"Imagine, if you will, a universe where Bach gets into a heated debate with a neural network, where Beethoven’s symphonies might just have been ghostwritten by a particularly eloquent AI and where the line between emotional crescendo and computational algorithm is blurred into a rather fascinating fuzz. Readings in Music and Artificial Intelligence, shepherded into existence by Eduardo Reck Miranda (a man who not only understands AI but might actually be one in disguise), is your trusty guide to this symphonic chaos. Featuring 57 musical examples—because what’s the point of theory without a bit of flair?—this tome dives headlong into the weird, wonderful and slightly improbable marriage of music and machine intelligence and emerges with all the aplomb of a computer improvising a jazz solo at a science fair."
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1. GRASPED AI in Concert: Shaping the Future Soundscapes of Music
2024 by Steven Brough
"GRASPED AI in Concert: Shaping the Future Soundscapes of Music" is less of a book and more of a front-row ticket to the cosmic collision of artificial intelligence and the music industry—think of it as Beethoven meets the Hitchhiker’s Guide to AI. Steven Brough takes you on a whirlwind tour of the algorithmic playgrounds where symphonies are born and shows you how machines are not just playing instruments but playing with the very fabric of creativity itself. Packed with enough case studies, philosophical ponderings and practical tips to make even the most analog of musicians feel unreasonably digital, this book doesn’t just ask if AI can create music but whether the music AI creates will one day develop a fanbase of its own. From AI-generated operas to robo-jams that outshine your local open mic night, this is the ultimate survival guide for anyone who wants to jam, riff, or even headbang their way into the future of sound.
Download PDF
2. Artificial Intelligence and Music Ecosystem
2022 by Martin Clancy
In a universe where guitars occasionally sulk in the corner and drum machines have existential crises, Artificial Intelligence and Music Ecosystem cheerfully pokes at the peculiar collision between the binary brilliance of AI and the chaotic muse of human creativity. With interviews featuring such luminaries as Jacques Attali (who probably knows more about the future than you do), Holly Herndon (whose music may or may not be whispering sweet nothings to your toaster) and Scott Cohen (part-time visionary, full-time music industry disruptor), this book doesn’t just explore the landscape—it builds an intergalactic roadmap through the ethical, philosophical and just plain weird dilemmas AI brings to the stage. Whether you're a student, a programmer, an artist, or just someone who’s ever wondered if a machine can have writer's block, this indispensable guide will leave you asking: What if the algorithms are just as confused as we are?
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3. The Artist in the Machine: The World of AI-Powered Creativity
2020 by Arthur I. Miller
"The Artist in the Machine: The World of AI-Powered Creativity" is Arthur I. Miller’s mind-bending tour of what happens when humans, with all their messy introspection and flair for dramatic gestures, meet machines that couldn’t care less about existential angst but paint, play chess and compose operas anyway. It’s a tale of neural networks dreaming up multi-eyed creatures that are either dogs, cats, or intergalactic art critics and of robotic poets who might finally understand why roses are red and violets are blue. Miller, like a friendly guide to a parallel universe, introduces us to a pantheon of AI artists, from algorithmic maestros to the synthetic playwright responsible for staging a musical that’s either genius or proof machines still can’t write decent musicals. While acknowledging that machines are nipping at our creative heels, Miller reassures us that the brave new world of AI might just make art, music and literature even more delightfully bizarre, leaving us to wonder: if creativity is the final frontier, who’s piloting the ship?
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4. Readings in Music and Artificial Intelligence
2013 by Eduardo Reck Miranda
"Imagine, if you will, a universe where Bach gets into a heated debate with a neural network, where Beethoven’s symphonies might just have been ghostwritten by a particularly eloquent AI and where the line between emotional crescendo and computational algorithm is blurred into a rather fascinating fuzz. Readings in Music and Artificial Intelligence, shepherded into existence by Eduardo Reck Miranda (a man who not only understands AI but might actually be one in disguise), is your trusty guide to this symphonic chaos. Featuring 57 musical examples—because what’s the point of theory without a bit of flair?—this tome dives headlong into the weird, wonderful and slightly improbable marriage of music and machine intelligence and emerges with all the aplomb of a computer improvising a jazz solo at a science fair."
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