Generative / algorithmic music is its own world. I'm a musician too and I can't imagine being very expressive (and musical) with this compared to my shakuhachi or doumbek. I have a hard time imagining how this could be used in live improvisation vs something like Ableton. But this type of music is really its own thing, and I don't presume to understand it.

Something that I found interesting, a video game approach to music: http://kotaku.com/5847212/compose-your-own-musical-villages-...