Music has always played an important role in the story of video games and with the recent interest in game controller interfaces (2:27) and distribution channels like the Rock Band Network, video games are playing an increasingly important role in the story of music. Does the emergence of Reactive Music create opportunities for artists to learn from game composers?
Reactive music adapts to a listener’s environment by using the cameras, microphones, accelerometers, touch-screens and GPS features in media players to affect reactive musical Scenes. The field is being pioneered by RjDj who produce Reactive Music apps for the iPhone. Several artists including Air have made scenes available through the RjDj network.
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