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The difference is the space of time between experiences. I'm a "lover of serious music" and I do have some favorite albums that I come back to every now and th
by zhemao 10y ago
The difference is the space of time between experiences.
I'm a "lover of serious music" and I do have some favorite albums that I come back to every now and then. But I don't listen to the same song in a constant loop on repeat. That would be dreadfully boring.
Similarly, most people would not enjoy a song consisting solely of a single measure repeated verbatim over and over again. Even the most repetitive music has some variation.
- dspig 10y agoNot a single measure, but this one must be at the limit of how repetitive music can be while still being interesting (at least for a few minutes, for me): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RY26KNRhbOA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RY26KNRhbOA
- dspig 10y agoWhich makes me think - maybe algorithmic composition would work better the other way around - start with one or two short phrases and repeat them, adding more variation, and different types of variation over longer timescales.
- lloeki 10y agoReminds me of The Antikythera Mechanism by BT (This Binary Universe) [0]. Each "loop" sample isn't because it's subtly different from the previous one, and when a phrase loops back again, the context changed, creating progression all along the song. I seem to recall I read somewhere that (part of?) the album was painstakingly made using Supercollider [1], but can't find a proper reference. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKcAfkkipKU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKcAfkkipKU [1]: http://supercollider.github.io/ http://supercollider.github.io/
- tzmudzin 10y agoBeethoven would agree :-) On a more serious note -- yes, but even this would become boring quickly despite the variations. This problem has been solved by: - using different themes for different sections, or - intertwining two or more such themes for contrast within the same section. Prime examples of this approach are Beethoven piano sonatas.
- minikomi 10y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjnAE5go9dI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjnAE5go9dI Indeed, even subtle variation can be enough to turn something "musical".
- squeaky-clean 10y agoThe decaying of the audio is beautiful. I hadn't heard of this project before, and now I have 5 hours of ambient music to code to today, thanks so much for sharing!
- kazinator 10y agoDepends on the personality and relationship with music. In the past I had gone through periods of listening to the same two or three tracks over and over again, day in and day out while driving to and from work. I play music, which requires listening to yourself practice the same things over and over again. Sometimes just a couple of bars. I like it. Even if you get bored, that is not the same thing as the music suddenly sounding "bad". It sounds exactly the same.
- zhemao 10y agoI also play music and understand what you mean by practicing the same things over and over again. But when you are practicing, you rarely play it exactly the same each time. Otherwise, what's the point of practicing? Hopefully, it sounds a bit better every time you go through it.