Open Challenges in Musical Metacreation

TL;DR

This paper reviews the evolution of musical metacreation, highlighting challenges in achieving computer-generated creativity and proposing hybrid algorithms as a promising research direction.

Contribution

It analyzes the development of musical metacreation and suggests hybridization of algorithms as a new approach to address existing challenges.

Findings

Field evolved from algorithmic composition to creativity search

Identifies key issues in pursuing computational creativity in music

Proposes hybrid algorithms as a promising research direction

Abstract

Musical Metacreation tries to obtain creative behaviors from computers algorithms composing music. In this paper I briefly analyze how this field evolved from algorithmic composition to be focused on the search for creativity, and I point out some issues in pursuing this goal. Finally, I argue that hybridization of algorithms can be a useful direction for research.