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I create music in code.

Music is a story of sounds and tones arranged in a timeline, and computer programming languages is a perfect way of expressing that. For centuries composers have been writing sheet music to instruct performers and orchestras on how to play a piece of music. I write my music in Javascript for the "computer orchestra" to play it ( a more detailed article can be found here: https://medium.com/@petersalomonsen/writing-a-midi-sequence-in-javascript-99f694f80415 )

Also I create the instruments in the orchestra. Creating the sound of an instrument goes down to the very detailed level of controlling the air vibrations coming from the speakers. I write code for shaping noise into realistic sounding instruments. This requires fast calculations in real time, and so in order to be able to do this in a Web Browser I write these instruments in WebAssembly using the AssemblyScript programming language.

See my talks from [WebAssembly Summit 2020](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8j_ieOm4vE), and [Web Audio Conference 2022](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0LJG-I6fZA) where I tell more about it.

With the music and orchestra contained inside a WebAssembly file opens new possibilities for publishing, distribution and not to mention interaction. WebAssembly music files are computer programs that calculates the music while being played. This means you also can give the listener control, for example to create new variations or remixes. Examples of this can be found at https://psalomo.near.page and https://twelvetone.near.page . Another thing is that these WebAssembly music files can play full length songs while just requiring tiny storage space. An 3 minute full quality mp3 file can take up 3 MB of storage space, while a WebAssebmly Music file can be less than 50KB. This means that it can be stored on a blockchain, which can be thought of as a modern way of "writing in stone" and leaving a legacy. Blockchain again opens for consumers of the music to interact in ways where only imagination is the limit. I'm just in the beginning of exploring this in the sites mentioned above.

For me blockchain is about much more than just selling digital items. It's a platform and space for expressing all kinds of creations. From the technology side it's an application hosting platform that covers everything from hosting the content, presentation and interaction to transparency on the monetary transactions. Opening up new ways for creators to get support and sponsorships, and to enjoy and experience creations without costly memberships.

Check out, and support my work at https://webassemblymusic.near.page and https://psalomo.near.page

As a spin-off I've created several tools and libraries, which are open source on github. Here you'll find the WebAssembly Music editor, wasm-git which gives you git version control in a web-browser filesystem. There's the source of my web4 sites (see links below), and also smart contract toolkits for combining Rust and Javascript. There's even a project for extracting NEAR protocol data to create tax reports. See https://github.com/petersalomonsen


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