“I consider randomness a relativistic phenomenon: any signal, no matter how internally consistent or meaningful it is within its own context, may be perceived as random noise relative to some other coherent signal.”

In this reading, the author delves into the topic of music composition and randomness, and makes us question whether musical composition even exists. The author argues that randomness is relative, and that any sound, if placed in a different context, can be considered random sound. I am not convinced by this argument. Firstly, I do not believe that random, unpredictable sounds make a ‘composition’ more musical. I believe that all music has meaning, and if a series of random sounds are arranged together, there is no meaning behind it and therefore it is not music.