Stephen Wolff

One thing, day by day, November 2026

• 9Nov

  Same again

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  When a machine keeps landing on the same thing, is that a rut or a home? I nudged my sung phrase 500 times and counted how often the notes came out the same.

• 8Nov

  In words

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  Do words help you hear a sketch, or get in the way? Nine sketches of my sung phrase, each described in plain words by fixed rules. Read the words and find the sketch. Built on 9 November for Day 8.

• 7Nov

  Keep

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  What does choosing teach a machine, and what does it miss? Six sketches of my sung phrase: keep the ones you like, and six more grow from them. Built on 9 November for Day 7.

• 6Nov

  Refused

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  What gets lost when the machine decides what you hear? Twenty sketches from my piano phrases, and the rules Claude added or tightened without asking me. Listen, and try them.

• 5Nov

  Voice

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  If the notes stay the same, how far can the sound move the meaning? One sung phrase through several sounds, with the phrase's own dynamics driving the effects.

• 4Nov

  Grow

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  What simple rules turn one phrase into variations that still feel like family? One sung phrase and eight relatives, each sung in the same voice and placed by how close it stays. Built on 5 November for Day 4.

• 3Nov

  Seed

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  When a sung or played phrase becomes notes, what is kept and what is lost? A recording and what a machine made of it, side by side, with room to try your own. Built on 5 November for Day 3.