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Musician Releases Album of Music To Code By

Posted by samzenpus on from the brian-eno dept.

itwbennett writes Music and programming go hand-in-keyboard. And now programmer/musician Carl Franklin has released an album of music he wrote specifically for use as background music when writing software. "The biggest challenge was dialing back my instinct to make real music," Franklin told ITworld's Phil Johnson. "This had to fade into the background. It couldn't distract the listener, but it couldn't be boring either. That was a particular challenge that I think most musicians would have found maddening."

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  1. That's not exactly new by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Isn't that what ambient electronica for the last twenty years has basically been? Labels like Ultimae Records has been releasing that kind of music forever. Nothing terribly new here.

    1. Re:That's not exactly new by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Yep. This just screams publicity stunt and at $20 it's a fucking rip-off.

      So, no thanks Carl-boy, I already have my collection of ambient, downtempo, jazz noir and classical to do my work with.

  2. No lyrics. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Step 1: remove lyrics.

    Beyond that, it'd be pretty easy.