Q: Where did you work on the Speech Songs?
A: Bell Labs... (628 Kb QuickTime Movie)
Q. Why did you record the piece on analog tape instead of directly on the computer?
A: The computers I was using...(980 Kb)
Q. Was the analysis process also limited to short duration files?
A: You could analyze longer...(1.6 Mb)
Q. Are these limitations reflected in the composition?
A. The interesting thing...(1.8 Mb)
Q. How did the technology change as you worked on the piece?
A. The first speech song...(1.8 Mb)
Q. What accounts for the occasionally violent sounds in the second song?
A. There was a graphic facility...(4 Mb)
Q. Did you know they were going to amusing as they turned out to be?