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Music Based on Fibonacci Sequence and Stock Market

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the research-into-art dept.

Gary Franczyk writes "A band named Emerald Suspension has made an album named Playing the Market that is, as they put it: "structured based on patterns created by the stock market, economic indicators, algorithms". They have some songs based off of the Fibonacci sequence, the misery and consumer confidence indices, and the national debt. "

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  1. My ears hurt! by LinuxGeek · · Score: 5, Funny
    They have some songs based off of the Fibonacci sequence, the misery and consumer confidence indices, and the national debt.

    But only dogs can hear the song based upon the national debt...
    --

    Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. - Mark Twain
  2. Nice idea, but... by original_nickname · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The first one sounds kind of like Pyramid Song by radiohead, but really this data doesn't make great music. You can make disjointed noise easily enough, and I'd guess no-one has any pressing need to listen to the stock market.

    Maybe Philip Glass could make a symphony out of this stuff, but these guys unfortunately can't (from the samples). It isn't musical enough to not be background noise.

    Experimental: yes, music: no.

    Interesting idea, though. I think this could make a great backing noise to a Godspeed You Black Emperor! song or something.

  3. Good Music by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    the song Lateralus by Tool is based on the Fibonacci Sequence

    there's even been discoveries of the whole album Lateralus having some type of relationship with the sequence

  4. Re:Tool has some fibonaaci stuff by Aaryn · · Score: 5, Informative

    Black (1)
    then (1)
    white are (2)
    all I see (3)
    in my infancy (5)
    red and yellow then came to be (8)
    reaching out to me (5)
    makes me see (3)
    there is (2)

    The syllables = fibonnaci :)

  5. Yet another Douglas Adams inspiration by Mailleman · · Score: 5, Interesting

    But the silliest feature of all was that if you wanted your company accounts represented as a piece of music, it could do that as well. Well, I thought it was silly. The corporate world went bananas over it." Reg regarded him solemnly from over a piece of carrot poised delicately on his fork in front of him, but did not interrupt. "You see, any aspect of a piece of music can be expressed as a sequence or pattern of numbers," enthused Richard. "Numbers can express the pitch of notes, the length of notes, patterns of pitches and lengths. . " "You mean tunes," said Reg. The carrot had not moved yet. Richard grinned. "Tunes would be a very good word for it. I must remember that." Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective agency. :-D