<div dir="ltr"><span id="inbox-inbox-docs-internal-guid-cc7e30d2-15bc-fb1e-1d7f-32fbdd09a07a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It is our pleasure to announce the double special issue on Musical Metacreation recently published the ACM journal Computer in Entertainment. The double issue begins with an introduction to Musical Metacreation that covers the basic for those who are not familiar with the use of generative systems to partially or completely automate musical tasks. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The publications are available in the ACM Digital Library:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">-- Special Issue on Musical Metacreation, Part I: </span><a href="http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3024062" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3024062</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">-- Special Issue on Musical Metacreation, Part II: </span><a href="http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3029374" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3029374</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Three further articles of the special issue are available for free on the following links: </span></p><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://cie.acm.org/articles/perceptual-and-affective-evaluation-affectively-driven-engine-video-game-soundtracking/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://cie.acm.org/articles/perceptual-and-affective-evaluation-affectively-driven-engine-video-game-soundtracking/</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://cie.acm.org/articles/use-interactive-genetic-algorithms-sound-design-comparison-study/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://cie.acm.org/articles/use-interactive-genetic-algorithms-sound-design-comparison-study/</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://cie.acm.org/articles/darwintunes-20-evolving-music-within-breeding-game/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://cie.acm.org/articles/darwintunes-20-evolving-music-within-breeding-game/</span></a></p></li></ol><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In addition, we would like to draw your attention to the International Workshop on Musical Metacreation and the MUME Concert series. This year, the workshop and concert will be held  in conjunction with </span><a href="http://computationalcreativity.net/iccc2017/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the Eighth International Conference on Computational Creativity, ICCC 2017</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">-- The call for participation to the MUME 2017 Workshop is available here: </span><a href="http://musicalmetacreation.org/workshops/mume-2017/call-for-participation/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://musicalmetacreation.org/workshops/mume-2017/call-for-participation/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">-- The call for works for the MUME 2017 Concert is available here: </span><a href="http://musicalmetacreation.org/mume-2017-concert-call-for-works/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://musicalmetacreation.org/mume-2017-concert-call-for-works/</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><br><br></span></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Kıvanç Tatar<br>----------------------------------<br></div>PhD Student<br></div><div>Interactive Arts and Technology<br></div><div>Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada<br></div></div>Email: <a href="mailto:kivanctatar@gmail.com">kivanctatar@gmail.com</a><br></div>Website: <a href="https://kivanctatar.wordpress.com/">https://kivanctatar.wordpress.com/</a><br></div></div>