DR RICHARD HEMMINGS

activities: research

UNPREDICTABLE POPULAR MUSIC:
HISTORY, PRAXIS, PERCEPTION:
Cryptography, Serialism,
Pseudorandom Generation, Chance,
Improvisation and Infinite Monkeys

by Richard Hemmings

PhD Thesis
De Montfort University 2005
Polemic Music 2005

Abstract
Contents
My thesis on some scales
My manifesto weighs nearly 5 lbs! It documents everything from composition techniques to the realities of forming an experimental group aimed at a pub/venue audience. It combines hardcore theory with practical examples. It's the reason Evil Dick and the Banned Members sounded the way they did...