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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:	* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
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Created:	Thu Feb 20 1986
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2365.0. "Rap music generator program." by DNEAST::COMBAR_CURT (Ayuh! I'm from Maine...) Fri Jun 08 1990 20:33

The following is a humorous entry from Usenet.  The C source code at the end
really works!  Enjoy....

Curt

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From: brendan@otc.otca.oz.au
Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
Subject: How to write a Rap/House/Disco song
Keywords: computer, chuckle, offense=rapsingers
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Date: 7 Jun 90 23:30:06 GMT
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How To Write a Rap / House(glorified disco) / Disco Song
--------------------------------------------------------
 
LYRICS:
Simply take one word or phrase from each of the three columns below, in order
to make one line.  Repeat randomly four times.  Repeat process again twice
to make chorus.  Repeat last line 17 times.  Don't worry if they don't make
sense.
 
Column 1		Column 2		Column 3
 
Move it			Triple Beat		The City Streets
Get Up			Body Heat		You'll be Humpin
Pump It Up		Feel the Beat		Before the Night is Over
Get Down		Get Around		Shake your Meat
Shake it		The Joint Is Jumpin	Bustin Loose
Pump the Jam		Feet are Stompin	Disco Heat
 
BACKBEAT:
Program a drum machine in neverending 4/4 time.  Add occasional snare.
 
BODY:
Add monotonous bass in one key.  Overlay with puncy sounding synth.  Get
previously unknown singer to talk the lyrics so as not to test the range
of the vocal chords.
 
PRODUCTION:
Put above ingredients together on master tape.  Press discs.  Give the label
a suitably techno-funk sounding name, like "Mixmastermeatbeaters".  Sell 5
million copies to unsuspecting public.  Win MTV Award.
 
 
The sad thing is the public will *think* you've been creative...  
 
Better still, this process can be automated via a lyric C program, a random 
synth base and music generator, and the discs mastered directly by computer
control.
 
This relieves the composer of decisions regarding which phrases and notes
to use in production.  By pressing the <RET> key, more than 100 CD's a week
can be generated.
 
This I have done, below is a sample composition guaranteed to make megabucks:
 
-----
"Get down" by Mixmastermeatbeaters
 
Get down the joint is jumpin' you'll be humpin'
Shake it feet are stompin' in the city streets
Pump the jam feel the beat with disco heat
Move it get around 'til the night is over
 
(chorus)
Get down to triple beat shake your meat
Pump it up get around in the city streets
 
Pump the jam to triple beat you'll be humpin'
Shake it get body heat 'til the night is over
Get up the joint is jumpin' you'll be humpin'
Pump it up feet are stompin' I'm bustin loose
 
(chorus)
Get down to triple beat shake your meat
Pump it up get around in the city streets
 
Pump it up get around in the city streets
Pump it up get around in the city streets
Pump it up get around in the city streets
etc..
-----
 
Note that this is indistinguishable from the human generated version.
 
For those who wish to compose themselves, the program appears in the next
posting.  I hope for a cut in the royalties :-)
 
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <ctype.h>
 
static char     col1[6][30] = {
	"Move it",
	"Get up",
	"Pump it up",
	"Get down",
	"Shake it",
	"Pump the jam"
};
 
static char     col2[6][30] = {
	" to triple beat ",
	" get body heat ",
	" feel the beat ",
	" get around ",
	" the joint is jumpin' ",
	" feet are stompin' "
};
 
static char     col3[6][30] = {
	"in the city streets\n",
	"you'll be humpin'\n",
	"'til the night is over\n",
	"shake your meat\n",
	"I'm bustin loose\n",
	"with disco heat\n"
};
 
main()
{
	int	chor[2][3];
        int     i,j,getpid();
        long   	now;
 
/* Generate random seed */
 
        now = time(&now) / rand();
        srand(getpid() + (int)((now >> 16) + now + time(&now)));
 
/* Generate chorus and title */
 
	for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
		for (j = 0; j < 3; j++)
			chor[i][j] = rand() % 6;
	printf ("\n\"%s\" by Mixmastermeatbeaters\n\n",col1[(chor[0][0])]);
 
/* Print out song */
 
	verse();
	chorus(chor);
	verse();
	chorus(chor);
	lastline(chor);
	printf("-----\n");
}
 
chorus(chor)
int	chor[2][3];
{
	int	i;
 
	printf("\n(chorus)\n");
	for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
		printf("%s",col1[(chor[i][0])]);
		printf("%s",col2[(chor[i][1])]);
		printf("%s",col3[(chor[i][2])]);
        }
	printf("\n");
}
 
verse()
{
	int	i;
 
	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
		printf("%s",col1[rand()%6]);
		printf("%s",col2[rand()%6]);
		printf("%s",col3[rand()%6]);
        }
}
 
lastline(chor)
int	chor[2][3];
{
	int	i;
 
	for (i = 0; i < 17; i++) {
		printf("%s",col1[chor[1][0]]);
		printf("%s",col2[chor[1][1]]);
		printf("%s",col3[chor[1][2]]);
        }
	printf("\n");
}
 
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T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2365.1	I am digging this very much, thank you...	CANYON::XEROX	on the horns of an enema	`Sat Jun 09 1990 05:15`	13
	I think I've just found a new use for my speech synthesizer.
2365.2	Give me your money.	QUIVER::PICKETT	David - $ cat > \| cc	`Mon Jun 11 1990 13:42`	4
	Finally, someone has captured the essence of rap. dp
2365.3		SALSA::MOELLER		`Mon Jun 11 1990 18:37`	6
	I extracted it, cc'd and linked it. My only issue is the 'shake your meat' phrase.. I substitued 'feet'.. looks a lot better. karl p.s. I agree it Captures the essence of RAP
2365.4	The essence of Nonsense - Maybe	NWACES::PHILLIPS		`Tue Jun 12 1990 15:20`	14
	Well, I certainly hope people and kidding when they say "it captures the essence of rap". Because I am NOT a fan of rap, but the little I am exposed to, is a lot clever that than that program suggest. It is real easy to make fun and belittle art forms, the same have be done to jazz, blues, rock, newage.......that kind of thinking/feeling seems to approach bigotry. I don't mean to be a heavy, but I don't believe in making fun of art forms, cultures.... that I don't understand or don't particularly find interesting. Errol
2365.5	nobody's making fun of a culture, are they?	HUNEY::MACHIN		`Tue Jun 12 1990 16:05`	5
	I thought rap was pop music, not an art form. Even so, what's wrong with making fun of an art form? Richard.
2365.6	ex	VFOVAX::BELL		`Tue Jun 12 1990 16:18`	3
	Who ever makes fun of rock and roll, anyway? Mike
2365.7	FZ	HUNEY::MACHIN		`Tue Jun 12 1990 16:23`	7
	RE .6 Frank Zappa for one, and look what happened to him. That man has NO respect. Richard.
2365.8	a lot of rock and roll is boring	NORGE::CHAD		`Tue Jun 12 1990 16:25`	3
	I do, but then again I am already a nobody :-) Chad
2365.9	change of target	MILKWY::JANZEN	Tom 228-5421 FXO/28	`Tue Jun 12 1990 16:44`	1
	I used to make fun of rock. now I make fun of performance art. -Tom
2365.10		SALSA::MOELLER		`Tue Jun 12 1990 17:33`	1
	I make fun of former performance artists
2365.11	For Some Real Fun	NWACES::PHILLIPS		`Tue Jun 12 1990 17:41`	2
	When I want to laugh I play the latest Commusic tape. :>) Just kidding guys, that reminds me I still have a review to do
2365.12	Y B 2 serious?	PAULJ::HARRIMAN	It's a dog eat dog food world	`Tue Jun 12 1990 19:03`	20
	I dunno, lots of people make fun of lots of things. Who took disco seriously? I was gonna hack the rap generator to do reggae instead. I suppose PDQ Bach isn't funny either to some. Or the Tubes, who poked fun at all sorts of people, including themselves. I suppose a lot of people who wore pajamas were upset when Zappa made fun of them. Or Jim and Tammy, for that matter. I'd bet Ronald Reagan and George Bush don't laugh at Doonesbury. IMHO, ridiculing art is as natural as appreciating art. Something about freedom of expression comes to mind. If you don't like it, don't look at it. Or laugh at it. I think it's funny, and I have listened to quite a bit of rap music. Whatever. /pjh
2365.13	I beg to rephrase	NWACES::PHILLIPS		`Tue Jun 12 1990 20:59`	9
	Re: 12 I agree with what you have said. I love satire, but not to point where it is a 'put down'. I think PDQ Bach is funny but it sure ain't the essence of Bach. If it's one thing I have never been accused of is being serious. Errol
2365.15	Satire is lost on the ignorant	MILKWY::JANZEN	Tom 228-5421 FXO/28	`Wed Jun 13 1990 13:01`	3
	Many PDQ Bach parodies are parodies of modern music since 1960, but you have to know that music to know it. Tom
2365.16	Get it straight!	MUDDIN::DEBARROS		`Wed Jun 13 1990 15:01`	7
	For your information... the lyrics suggested to be used were not from a Rap song, but from a House music recording! Don't make fun music you cant even catagorize. Besides, the ESSENCE of RAP is making a hell of a lot more money than you guys! Eric
2365.17	if quality == $$ then hand me a McDoughnut NOW	HUNEY::MACHIN		`Wed Jun 13 1990 15:28`	7
	Rap, House, Thrash, Metal, rinky-dinky-doo -- it's all junk, isn't it? Makes me laugh, anyroadup. Richard.
2365.18	Money, nothing else.	QUIVER::PICKETT	David - $ cat > \| cc	`Wed Jun 13 1990 15:29`	10
	re -.1 ...Which is the essence of rap. Artless material compiled for the sole purpose of the monetary gratification of the producer. Creating a seemingly inflexible demand for such sonic tripe is an irrefutable marketing triumph. Rap artists have managed to get money for less than nothing. On that basis alone, they deserve to be commended. Big business? Yes. Art? Not really. dp
2365.19		ACESMK::KUHN	Jay Kuhn MKO2	`Tue Jun 19 1990 19:24`	5
	This is all gosh darned fine , but don't even think of bashing Barry Mantilow or Jim Neighbors or Burl Ives. America loves them and needs them, darn it. Everyone knows Burl Ives started Rap and house music.
2365.20	Modern day Zingspeil	QUIVER::PICKETT	David - $ cat > \| cc	`Wed Jun 20 1990 13:30`	3
	Hmmm. I thought rap could trace its roots back to operatic recitative. dp
2365.21		DEALIN::OMALLEY	That's great tasting bass!	`Wed Jun 20 1990 14:20`	5
	re: -.1 Don't fall off that high horsey! Peter O
2365.22	...	QUIVER::PICKETT	David - $ cat > \| cc	`Wed Jun 20 1990 14:49`	7
	re -.1 thud Ouch! ;^) dp
2365.23	Should I start a `How to write a Rock song' note?	IGETIT::BROWNM	En-ger-land!	`Wed Jun 20 1990 17:25`	14
	A question for some of you out there; Those of you who don't get on well with Rap. Do you like House music? if YES, why? There's hardly a difference. if NO, What's wrong with a record being good to dance to in a club, but not elsewhere. I know some of you aim your production at the listener, and that it takes a long time to get things to sounds right on, for instance, the radio. Surely it's just as difficult to direct the production at someones feet. matty
2365.24		OTIGER::R_CURTIS	There is madness to my method..	`Thu Jun 21 1990 20:41`	5
	Just a quick question....exactly what is the definition of 'house music' ??? Sorry I'm not better informed, but I gotta ask... Also, I am going to try out a few 'raps' of my own from the 'Rap Generatuh'. I got a kick out of it.
2365.25	This'll confuse ya!	IGETIT::BROWNM	En-ger-land!	`Mon Jun 25 1990 11:20`	41
	...definition of `house music'. Got me there! There are lots of types of house music, but the main ingredient is a repetative bassline, thumping bassdrum (machine of course) and a load snare all in 4/4 at about 120-135 BPM. Ambient house; this is mellow dance music with more atmospherics that anything else. Deep house ; this is really modern soul music (except for the 98 BPM/Soul II Soul stuff). It's just soulful lyrics over the top of the drums asn bass. This was the original house music that came from Chicago, 1984-86. Acid house ; supposedly acid house is the stripped down variety, but really it's just more monotanous (generally), but the distinction come from the acid `squelch' sound. ie usually the bass sound, where the parameters change as the beat goes on. This stuff really took over the UK last year, and changed the face of pop music in the process. Hip house ; basically a cross between Hip Hop and house. It's so difficult to say what house music is, because it's been grabbed by the music industry (in the UK and most of Europe only) and commercialised. This means that anyone and everyone can by the gear and make a record. It take so little skill to make a bad house record, which many of those that chart are, therefore bringing down the reputation of House music in the eyes of those who weren't into it from the start. You might consider Madonna's `Vogue' and Janet Jacksons `Escapade' as house records. I'm sure there's about to be an explosion of house records in the US. Black artists are gaining more play, and will start charting more and more, then whites will make house music too, and everyone will jump on the band wagon. BTW I thought .0 was funny, but you nicked all the words from Technotronic's LP!!! matty
2365.26		OTIGER::R_CURTIS	There is madness to my method..	`Wed Jun 27 1990 14:11`	3
	re .25 Thanks for the reply . .
2365.27	I forgot Techno House - the sound of Detroit!	IGETIT::BROWNM	En-ger-land!	`Wed Jun 27 1990 16:35`	5
	I didn't know if you were serious about not knowing what House music was. I suppose things are different werever you are. matty
2365.28	House is Musician-Dj style	GVA05::BOULMIER		`Tue Jul 24 1990 08:50`	10
	Just a little word about it. Do not forget that House music began in the beginning of '80s and where initiated by Dj's that were pissed of by disco music style. Chicago is home of house music but I think this style has no origin, it is everybody' style. I know that you think it is poor in art with a big 'A' but do not forget that a lot of real house music artist are very good and some of them are better musician than we are..! Pat a musician-Dj-Rapper