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agumonkey
on April 14, 2017
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John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mat...
Programming can be very "artistic" too, but I bet not in your day to day job. Most people want war-like efficacy.
aczerepinski
on April 14, 2017
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Same for music. There are a handful of famous composers who get paid to just do their thing, but for everyone else the gigs are "give me a 70 second song that sounds like X and has a big dramatic peak at the 55 second mark, due Friday".
agumonkey
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Very good point. I tend to only think about music as timeless pieces of harmonic bliss :)
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