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Meditative Live Coding and Musicological Hindrances
Matthew Tift
In certain situations, music live coding obtains a meditative quality. Meditative live coding can offer benefits beyond the sounds produced, but not in all performances. This paper explores live coding as a method to cultivate mindfulness. It argues that three conventional ideas about musical practice exert a strong regulative force in live coding performance: the notion of the “musical work,” the idea of music as a “thing,” and the conviction that music requires interpretation. Drawing on the work of music scholars such as Lydia Goehr, Carolyn Abbate, and Christopher Small, and deploying a pragmatic approach influenced by William James, this study offers an historically-informed theory of live coding that highlights its usefulness in cultivating an awareness of the present moment.
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- Publication date:
- July 15, 2020
- DOI:
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- ISBN:
- 978-84-18299-08-7
- Published in:
- Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Live Coding, Medialab Prado / Madrid Destino, Madrid, Spain, pp. 353 (978-84-18299-08-7).
- Meeting:
- International Conference on Live Coding 2019 (ICLC 2019), Madrid, 16-18 January 2019
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- License (for files):
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International