The challenge is to make our models good enough and easy to use so that even non-expert musicians can find them genuinely musically engaging, focusing on generating interesting sounds rather than just melodies.

The goal is to create tools that allow composers to offload interesting aspects of their work, like expressive timing and musical texture.

To make music interesting, we need to incorporate hierarchical patterning and conditional models that can generate variations, such as chord changes, to create more engaging compositions.

If the music is supposed to be prettier, I would probably use a tone that is captivating enough, but that depends on the musical content implying that it should be pretty.

We have a remarkable palette of expressive tools to convey emotions, feelings, moods, and even stories through music.

Creating a story to please someone else is more of a commercial endeavor than an artistic one.

I wanted to present 'Mysterious Habitats' in a way that reflects American minimalism, playing it more like percussion music rather than a flowing piece.

Treat the musical phrase as a path from point A to point B, which simplifies the playing process and allows for a more relaxed approach.

The process of creating music is like giving birth; once a piece is finished, it becomes its own entity.