00100									October 26, 1973
00200	
00300		Dear Mr. Sandelin,
00400	
00500			Over the past few years I have been allocated funds of about
00600	
00700		$3000 per year for musical research involving the IBM 360/67 computer.
00800	
00900		Because of the interactive and real-time nature of most of my research
01000	
01100		involving computers it became apparent very early that the facilities
01200	
01300		of the PDP10 at the Artificial Intelligence Project were much better
01400	
01500		adapted to this work.
01600	
01700			Great progress has been made by members of the music department
01800	
01900		working as "guests" of the Artificial Intelligence Project.  However when
02000	
02100		budgets get tight or unforeseen mechanical failures lead to mass frustration,
02200	
02300		mutterings begin on the subject of doing away with all "guests."  This usually
02400	
02500		means music as, to my knowledge, this is the only long-term, non-funded work
02600	
02700		being done at the Project.  Due to the curious position this research has held
02800	
02900		- drawing heavily upon both art and science - great difficulty has been
03000	
03100		experienced in getting financial support.
03200	
03300			In order to legalize the hitherto loose relation of musical research with the
03400	
03500		Artificial Intelligence Project I would like the current and future funds
03600	
03700		for research computation allocated to the PDP10 instead of the 360/67.
03800	
03900		In terms of the actual value received from the A.I.P. this amount of money
04000	
04100		will represent only a token payment, however I feel this should be done as a
04200	
04300		first step toward obtaining realistic funding.
04400	
04500			I have enclosed a brief document which describes some of the music work
04600	
04700		being done at the A.I.P. and also a copy of a recently submitted proposal which
04800	
04900		aims toward the eventual establishment of an independent music department
05000	
05100		computer.
05200	
05300	
05400								Very sincerely,
05500	
05600	
05700	
05800								Leland Smith
05900								Professor of Music