A recommendation without a full reading (yet), but it's fresh and seems great:

Gabrielle Chou, Play Makes Perfect : An Exploration of Game and Play Elements in
Composition and Performance
#doctoralDissertation

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6458&context=gc_etds

Apart from rich general content, it has G4M profiled swiftly, including showcasing a few activities, and... spotting a grammar error with "[sic]" -- now corrected. ;)

#academicWriting #musicGames #gamePieces #GabrielleChou

Do you know about any events where you may play music games/game pieces/sound activities? 🎵 🎲

From all around the world? 🌐

Online or IRL? :) 💻 🪑

Right now G4M lists four events soon, Poland/U.K split (see our front page for details). Apart from these two most frequent areas for our info, we get some regular input from Japan, and other places rarely. :S There's got to be more! :)

#Zjava #OpenScoreClub #musicGames #gamePieces #soundActivities #impro @experimentalmusic #JamSession #workshop

History time! :)

#JohnZorn's #Cobra is an important piece in the history of #musicGames (called "#gamePieces" in #experimentalMusic).

Inspired by a #hexGrid #wargame, it's a complex mix of musical mechanics Zorn explored since the early 70s.

Alas, it didn't spawn a flurry of further experimentation. And the Golden Age is still ahead of us... ;)

Hex game, 1977:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4008/cobra-game-normandy-breakout

On the premiere event, 1984:
https://roulette.org/event/john-zorn-cobra-premiere/

Album, 2 takes diverge, 1987:
https://youtu.be/WQy-7E-GIFw

As a re-#introduction from another server:

Hi! :)

We're Games for Music, a wiki that collects free-to-play #tabletop #musicGames / #gamePieces / #openScores / "advanced concepts" for #improvisation.

Aiming at the ideal spot between #experimentalMusic and #boardGameDesign.

If you share openly your creations of this sort, please consider adding to our library (we can help!). If you play, have a look around too. We generally gather all knowledge on the topic, feel free to ask any questions! :)

Hi!

Games for Music wiki collects free-to-play #tabletop #musicGames / #gamePieces / #openScores / "advanced concepts" for #improvisation.

We try to stay at the ideal spot between #experimentalMusic and #gameDesign.

If you share openly your creations of this sort, please consider adding to our library (we can help!). If you play, have a look around too. We generally gather all knowledge on the topic, feel free to ask any questions! :)

#introduction