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Andrew Sorensen Keynote: "The Concert Programmer" - OSCON 2014

O'Reilly · talk · Watch on YouTube

Creative coding & generative artMusic theory, synthesis & production

What it is

Andrew Sorensen's OSCON 2014 keynote in which he live-codes generative music on stage using his Impromptu environment while narrating his computational and musical choices. It imagines concert programmers as a performing art.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters regard it as an inspiring, all-time favorite demonstration of live coding music.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “This video of one of his presentations on Impromptu is one of my all-time favorite programming talks”

    Sorensen's Impromptu presentation, an all-time favorite talk.

    epiccoleman, 2024-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Shadama: A particle simulation programming environment for everyone”

  2. “Maybe you also like this talk of Andrew Sorensen on live coding music for inspiration”

    Inspiring talk on live coding music.

    thdrdt, 2020-09 · Recommendation · in “Electronic music pioneer Simeon Coxe has died”

  3. “There's an incredibly cool talk by Andrew Sorensen using it”

    Incredibly cool talk on live coding with Impromptu.

    agentwiggles, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in ““Compiling” Music”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: live coding, andrew sorensen, generative music, impromptu, creative computing

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