A virtual composer
The Observer's Tim Adams profiles David Cope, the composer-turned-programmer of "Emily Howell," his compositional computer code. "People tell me they don't hear soul in the music. When they do that, I pull out a page of notes and ask them to show me where the soul is," Cope says:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jul/11/david-cope-computer-composer