Friday, May 6, 2011

Lyric Engineering..

It might be too early for most of you to be aware of this term. But it has arrived. And i must say with a bang!!!

What is this lyric engineering?
It is a product that results when a successful poet and lyricist's son ends up becoming a computer science professor. So, the product combines the best of both the fields. OK, to be less confusing, Lyric Engineering is the process finding the suitable words for the song based on its tune. An ideal lyric engineering system should be able to give lyrics as output when given a tune input. The output is based on the following conditions
"1. The words form meaningful sentences that suits the situation provided.
2. The phonemes in the words to suit the mood of the tune and situation.
3. Maximize edhugai monai and iyaibu properties of lyrics without compromising conditions 1 & 2.
4. Find words and phrases that are simple, not been used before and semantically related to each other."

For more details, visit http://madhankarky.blogspot.com/2009/11/lyrics-lyric-engineering.html

So, although I was AWESTRUCK when I heard that "Irumbile" song was lyric engineered, I have started wondering if this is the right path for the future. I am not at all denying the powerfulness or the efficiency of the software. Its the concept behind that I am skeptical about. Can these systems be fully developed to automise the process, removing the need for a lyricist?
Of course, with the lyrics being penned down these days such as
"En toothpaste nee than, en shower gel nee than..","Evan peathan, avan sethan bla bla",
I would rather pray for the fast development of such systems. However, I doubt the sheer imaginative capacity of such a software. Would it be able to meet the standards set by its own source(I trace it back to Mr.Vairamuthu{father(father("Lyric Engg"))) ?

So, Its NEW. It might create one of those classic debates. "Lyric Engg - Augurs or Hinders Creativity?". No one knows the answer. AS of now,"Google kanatha thedalgalil ithuvum ondru :)"

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