HUMOUR: Fourier's Song

On Thu, 06 May 2004 10:09:38 +0200, Javier Fernandez Baldomero
<jfernand@no-sp_am.ugr.es> wrote:

>Jerry Avins wrote:
>> Rick Lyons wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sun, 02 May 2004 16:24:22 GMT, Paul Russell <prussell@sonic.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> <http://eceserv0.ece.wisc.edu/~sethares/mp3s/Fouriers_Song.mp3>
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>    Prof. Sethares' musical skills exceed 95% of all the 
>>> currently-popular singers/songwriters.
>>>
>>> I wish his vocals were a little louder relative to the instrumental 
>> 
>> 
>> I'm glad I'm not the only one who had trouble with the lyrics. It might
>> have been an age thing. As for periodic inputs to a DFT, that doesn't
>> really matter. What matters is what the DFT assumes, and that probably
>> depends on how you read the outputs. :-)
>> 
>> Jerry
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm also glad to learn it's not my poor english understanding,
>not this time, at least :-)
>
>Wrt 95%, it's a couple of days that I find myself mumbling
>"tiiiime... frrrrre-quen-cy, frrrrre-quen-cy, tiiiiiiime"
>
>That probably means the music is good, or, at least, that I
>like it :-)
>
>-javier

Hi,

  I sent the following E-mail to Prof. Sethares:

----------
    Hello Prof. Sethares (Bill),

      Pardon me for interrupting your day, but I just 
    thought I'd tell you that a recent  
    post was made on the DSP NewsGroup <comp.dsp>
    that gave the website address to hear 
    your "Fourier transform" song.

    After hearing your music, I thought I'd say one 
    of two things to you: 1) have you ever considered 
    seeking psychiatric help, or 2) keep up the good 
    work.

    I choose: "Keep up the good work."

    I've never heard the lyrics "complex exponential" 
    in a song before.  That was great!

    Best Regards,
    [-Rick Lyons-]
------------------------

Bill Sethares was tickled by my E-mail.
He said he actually sings his song to 
his students.  A professor with a 
personality!  How about that(!)?

[-Rick-]

> Wrt 95%, it's a couple of days that I find myself mumbling
> "tiiiime... frrrrre-quen-cy, frrrrre-quen-cy, tiiiiiiime"

A few days ago I made a crack about it being catchy, and damnit, the chorus
is _still_ sorta stuck in my head!

Rick Armstrong
(note: reply address is bogus)