We’re all familiar with the probability argument which states that if you have an infinite number of monkeys typing at random they will eventually type the complete works of Shakespeare.
UK musician SPARO has collaborated with T9, the predictive text service, to spread awareness of the T9 service and to produce a song based on random words texted in to the site by the public. Using the words texted in, SPARO will create a song that will then be released.
The project will run till 11/12/16 when each musician will submit a song to be released on a CD with the writers of the chosen lyrics receiving royalties. The press release reads:
“Having trawled through Europe’s burgeoning new musical talent, T9 located a range of exciting artists, with musical expertise transcending a range of genres and influences. The artists will be representing the UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy and will be aiming to put the Infinite Monkey theory to the test (or should that be text) by enlisting the public as the monkeys to create the lyrics of a song.
“The project will be spearheaded by ultra talented UK musician / producer Sparo. Please see ‘Meet The Artists’ at the bottom of this document for further details of each artist involved.
“The concept is simple; get budding lyricists to text a word to the website, any word, one that you feel should be included into the lyrics of the song (don’t forget common words like: if, and, the – they’ll increase your chances of being included in the final song).
“These words will be collected as they arrive and when any grammatically correct (but not necessarily sensible) sentences are formed, they will be short-listed for the final song.
“When the artists have sufficient content they will produce the final song for download release. Any of the contributing lyricists will be contacted by their text number and they will automatically qualify for a ‘reward’. In each country, the contributors will receive a royalty from the song if it hits the [country] top 10 (it probably won’t be much – spread amongst all the artists, but hey, contributing lyricists will become published songwriters and have the cheque to prove it).
“A CD will then be put together for the contributing lyricists as a memento. CDs may be a thing of the past, but, they might be able to be put it on the wall as a piece of art!
“This random lyric generation could reveal a nation’s hidden consciousness (putting a lot of psychiatrists out of work) and give rise to what T9 believes is a new freedom of expression. “
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