{"72558":{"#nid":"72558","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Composing Music For the Next Generation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech professor and composer Jason Freeman is bringing his musical passion to the Internet and letting his audiences shape the music they\u0027ll hear in performance.  The Graph Theory Project is an online interface that enables users to choose their own path through a solo violin piece composed by  Freeman.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Basically, what people are doing is choosing their own adventure; they are finding their own path through this piece of music,\u0022 said Freeman. \u0022There are a lot of different fragments of music and different ways you can connect them together. I composed the piece intuitively. I decided what all the fragments were going to be and all the different ways they could connect together.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe online user is then able to choose among two or three options in between each fragment of music.  Their choice directly impacts the direction of the composition.  At the end of each night, the software produces a new version of the musical score that reflects the audience\u0027s choices made online.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFreeman says the solo violin piece will then be played in live concerts to give the audiences a more interactive experience.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Graph Theory Project forces the audience to make choices and engage in the process of making music,\u0022 said Freeman.  \u0022Some of the greatest musical experiences that I\u0027ve had were creating music, not just listening to it.  I can\u0027t write a piece that expresses that joy unless it shares it.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFreeman says that he was inspired to create a piece that would allow people to engage in music even if they didn\u0027t have a traditional music background.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is hard for people to talk about music in abstract terms using layman\u0027s language,\u0022 Freeman said.  \u0022I had an idea of a virtual composer residency.  Instead of sitting everyone down in a room and saying that I want a piece that is loud, fast, slow, soft. There is a visual interface on the Web that structures people\u0027s input.  It gives them choices that are defined. They are not defined in language, they are defined through things they can click on and move around.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFreeman suggests that technology and a good graphic design make this a successful project.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Technology is an interface through which we can connect people,\u0022 said Freeman.  \u0022It allows people to be musically creative without needing to know how to play a traditional instrument.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Graph Theory Project, which was commissioned by the Turbulence Internet art group and supported with a grant from the Greenwall Foundation, is available via the Web at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/turbulence.org\/Works\/graphtheory\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/turbulence.org\/Works\/graphtheory\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/turbulence.org\/Works\/graphtheory\/\u003C\/a\u003E .  Freeman is already planning several concert performances, including two in Atlanta this winter. For an updated list of concerts, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.jasonfreeman.net\u0022 title=\u0022www.jasonfreeman.net\u0022\u003Ewww.jasonfreeman.net\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Jason Freeman creates a unique interface for audiences to shape the music they\u0027ll hear in performance"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech professor and composer Jason Freeman is bringing his musical passion to the Internet and letting his audiences shape the music they\u0027ll hear in performance.  The Graph Theory Project is an online interface that enables users to choose their own path through a solo violin piece composed by  Freeman.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Creating a new kind of music through technology"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2006-11-01 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:42","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-11-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-11-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72559":{"id":"72559","type":"image","title":"Jason Freeman","body":null,"created":"1449177934","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:34","changed":"1475894661","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:21"},"72560":{"id":"72560","type":"image","title":"Screne Shot of Graph Theory","body":null,"created":"1449177934","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:34","changed":"1475894661","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:21"}},"media_ids":["72559","72560"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Architecture"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/music\/","title":"Georgia Tech Music Department"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.jasonfreeman.net\/","title":"Jason Freeman"},{"url":"http:\/\/turbulence.org\/Works\/graphtheory\/","title":"Graph Theory"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"2612","name":"Graph Theory"},{"id":"1346","name":"Jason Freeman"},{"id":"1180","name":"Music"},{"id":"1309","name":"music technology"},{"id":"623","name":"Technology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}