Nase Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) http://aeon.co/magazine/altered-states/why-we-love-repetition-in-music/ Could've also posted it in gen disc or even philosophy, but the content instantly inspired some thoughts about music making so in here it goes. If tldr, at least be sure to listen to the two soundcloud examples (in correct order), they illustrate the gist of it very effectively. Edited March 17, 2014 by Nase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorax Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 This is definitely interesting. Makes you look at music - and the way we make and listen to it - in a different light. Thanks for sharing this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nase Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 It expands on this "everything is music" cliche doesn't it. In a meaningful way. Rock, Metal, Electro, it all used to be noise at some point. Until human perception started to embrace its patterns. Gives me that nice image of an infinity of other musical sounds and styles we can pull out of the noise over time. Being in the now, there's always this tendency to consider most of the map explored, and to view most of what's left unexplored as not worth exploring ("cuz it sounds shite!" ) That's why things like that article are very refreshing to me. As perception shifts, everything else follows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygecko Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 It also probably ties neatly into the subject of atonal music. To the uninitiated it will just sound like a cacophony of random notes, when in fact it adheres to some pretty strict principles. It's the knowledge of the structure and ability to discern and predict things that makes people appreciate the craftmanship of the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nase Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 Exactly. "Atonal" is a relative term to some degree. It's funny that it's called atonal music anyway, wouldn't "aharmonic" be a more accurate term? 12 tone music is as disharmonic as it gets, but it has plenty of tones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moseph Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Arnold Schoenberg, who was one of the early pioneers of atonal music, hated the term "atonal." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Everyone famous for something in music hates the term they're famous for - it's like the first lesson you learn when you try to convince people you're deep and serious instead of just pretentious and arrogant. My Chemical Romance hates being called "emo", minimalist composers hate being called "minimalist", Green Day hates being called "pop punk", Lady Gaga hates being called "pop", etc. etc. They all insist their music has no genre or labels to put on it. YOU'RE NOT FOOLING ANYONE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorax Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 (edited) Everyone famous for something in music hates the term they're famous for - it's like the first lesson you learn when you try to convince people you're deep and serious instead of just pretentious and arrogant. My Chemical Romance hates being called "emo", minimalist composers hate being called "minimalist", Green Day hates being called "pop punk", Lady Gaga hates being called "pop", etc. etc. They all insist their music has no genre or labels to put on it.YOU'RE NOT FOOLING ANYONE. That's it, I'm reclassifying my entire music library to having the genre of "serious".Onto a serious note: c wut aye did thur does this give anyone else ideas on how to incorporate unusual things into their music in a "musical" fashion (I use 'musical' loosely because, as this article shows, our brains creates the illusion of musicality in some instances)? Also, I have the voice loop from the article stuck in my head. At this point she's definitely singing, it's not spoken word anymore. Edited March 18, 2014 by Anorax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 That's it, I'm reclassifying my entire music library to having the genre of "serious". You owe me a new monitor, dude, this made me spit soda out all ove the one I have now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickomoo Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 This reminds me of Daniel Levitn's This is your brain on music: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Your_Brain_On_Music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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