A collaborative interface for mining musical nuggets.

How it typically works: Nuggets of music (MP3 or MIDI) are uploaded to the 'Nuggets' area. Composers take those nuggets and create new music in any way they see fit. Composers upload their 'works-in-progress' (MP3 or MIDI) to a 'Trinkets' area to get comments, or to allow other composers to use what they've developed. Final pieces of music (MP3 or MIDI) are uploaded to the 'Gems' area.

You need to get a login name. in order to to upload new files or to add comments. There is a mailing list for discussions - send mail to quarrymusic-subscribe@nosuch.com to get added to it. Use quarrymusic-digest-subscribe@nosuch.com to get added to the "digested" version of the list. Send any questions/suggestions to tjt@nosuch.com.

Quarry	Contents	Last Update	Description
Rock_Garden_1	17 nuggets 3 trinkets 9 gems	1793 days ago	This is the first Composer's Quarry area with a schedule: September 26 - Start collecting Nuggets. October 15 - Nuggets area is closed. December 1 - Deadline for Gems. You can find more details here.
Algocomp_samples	16 nuggets 7 trinkets 10 gems	2525 days ago	An area for members of the algo-comp mailing list to share examples and things. Go to http://listen.to/algo-comp to find out about the algo-comp mailing list. Anyone can add nuggets, trinkets, and gems to this quarry.
DTF4	1 nugget 12 gems	2812 days ago	The results of the Dare To Fail #4 project were never posted to the net. Here is a place where the results can be posted.
Excavation	14 nuggets 2 trinkets 7 gems	2525 days ago	The first "real" use of Composer's Quarry. Take the nuggets and compose something!
Expresso_Music	9 nuggets 1 trinket 2 gems	1958 days ago	This area contains examples of output of the Expresso "tune toy".
Testing_1_2_3	12 nuggets	1749 days ago	An area for playing around. You should be able to upload as many files as you like, here. In other words, if you just want to try out the interface, and don't want to screw up any of the "real" areas, you can play with things here.