Is the world out of melodies? | Damien Riehl | TEDxMinneapolis

Damien Riehl explains the legal difficulties musicians face and the software that may protect them from unfair lawsuits. This talk was filmed at TEDxMinneapolis.
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[@dqzaigf]

I just came up with a melody for my song after a few minutes of brainstorming and now I'm worried whether i subconsciously copied it or came up with it on my own. I love this video !! I'm glad this issue is being recognised.

[@Godddd144]

Damnn same here I did the same One hour ago

[@Godddd144]

But no I have my own melody I guess

[@motivationeyes2852]

*Everyone who reads this, we don't know each other and probably never will but I wish you all the best in life and all the luck in the world* 😔😔😔

[@IM_ROZZ_YT.O1]

Let's talk a moment to appreciate how much effort he puts into his contact to entertain-

[@thatdogguy9838]

"There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard." ~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[@spectrumofreality]

Except that one thing, there's more than five notes...

[@thatdogguy9838]

@@spectrumofreality apparently they used a five Note System 2500 years ago in china

[@Ston3808]

Thank you Damien for deep diving something I’ve always wondered about. You are appreciated

[@joyofjourney3471]

Tedx Rocks

[@microdot4374]

I am wondering what is the Permutation of melodies is with the eight notes (Mathematically)????🤘🏼✍🏼

[@DamienRiehl]

The math is [number of pitches] ^ [number of notes]. So our diatonic dataset of 8 pitches with 12 notes is 8^12.

[@wh4theduckquaaquaa]

i’ve always wondered about this! i love this video!!

[@ctuhena]

This is like saying that since most short combinations of words have been used, no new novels or poems are possible. Not so, at least not yet.

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[@RosalieElnekave]

wow such an amazing, interesting and hot topic! especially for an amateur composer like myself 💜

[@avery-brown]

As a trained musician, I am pretty skeptical. This doesn’t really address rhythm at all. Or harmonizations. Melody is one thing, sure - but there’s a whole lot more to music than just that.

[@Dr_abeer11]

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[@magister343]

All copyrights should be ruled invalid.

[@fitfirst4468]

Wow Damien, real original Ted talk topic, everyone knows where this talk came from (Ed Sheeran)

[@lordkresnik2776]

Is the world running out of originality?

[@DamienRiehl]

Hey, fitfirst, I did my Talk in 2019, and the Ed Sheeran decision wasn't until 2022.

[@tombombaddie]

Dude talks over his own applause quite a bit

[@surajpandey6288]

Melody comes out by heart not with mind and today everyone is like heartless and selfish.

[@haziel4922]

Ask Beethoven.

[@saharan9907]

ACTUALLY TWELVE... everyone knows it... embarrassing

[@Yuusou.]

I guess he references a major scale.

[@DamienRiehl]

If you had watched my entire talk (rather than this snippet), you'd see that we've also mathematically exhausted the 12-tone scale. Also, our project addresses pop music lawsuits - how many chromatic pieces have been the subject of lawsuits? Can you name a single one?