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What I’d actually like to see is more “dynamic” music. the format of a song used to be limited like a book is limited, but then we invented hypertext. Paintings

What I’d actually like to see is more “dynamic” music. the format of a song used to be limited like a book is limited, but then we invented hypertext. Paintings are limited, but then we invented video games. Why can’t music have various interactive parameters, or at least be able to loop to arbitrary lengths? I bet there’s a lot of untapped potential here.

trynewideas 4y ago
Vinyl records and tapes experimented with this, especially with the ability to have intricate groove paths that allowed songs to have alternate parts that the needle might "randomly" select or loop, or tapes designed to perpetually loop. Some of those practices are still in use today, on those formats: Jack White's label published his Lazaretto album with a number of vinyl tricks, including two different intro grooves for one of the songs,[1] and the recent milder resurgence in cassettes has gotten people experimenting with old tape-loop styles again.[2][3] 1: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/07/jack-white-ultra-lp-lazaretto https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/07/jack-white-ult... 2: https://www.guerrilladigital.cc/2021/03/10/i-spent-the-last-two-weeks-researching-and-making-endless-cassette-loop-tapes-and-this-is-what-i-learned/ https://www.guerrilladigital.cc/2021/03/10/i-spent-the-last-... 3: https://store.crypticcarousel.com/products/6-minute-endless-loop-cassette-w-soft-case https://store.crypticcarousel.com/products/6-minute-endless-... See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unusual_types_of_gramophone_records#Sound_recorded_in_locked_grooves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unusual_types_of_gramophone_re...
- eru 4y ago
  And, of course, there's always video game music which often shifts in reaction to player actions.
  - jareklupinski 4y ago
    now I want to work on a music app that changes your playlist based on heart rate
foenix 4y ago
If you haven't had the pleasure: https://www.incredibox.com/demo/ https://www.incredibox.com/demo/ may be the band/demo/dynamic music you are pursuing? But much agreed, I think we're at the forefront of exciting new mediums in the audio space.
eyelidlessness 4y ago
Björk isn’t the only artist who’s explored this space, but she did an album that’s highly interactive. Less interactive but more chaotic, the Flaming Lips did an album that famously was designed to play on four sound systems. There are other examples I’ve omitted because they’re either speculative or lightning rods for the wrong kind of conversation here, but there are definitely musical artists who’ve either explored this kind of interaction or embraced it as their audience explored it.

trynewideas 4y ago

Vinyl records and tapes experimented with this, especially with the ability to have intricate groove paths that allowed songs to have alternate parts that the needle might "randomly" select or loop, or tapes designed to perpetually loop. Some of those practices are still in use today, on those formats: Jack White's label published his Lazaretto album with a number of vinyl tricks, including two different intro grooves for one of the songs,[1] and the recent milder resurgence in cassettes has gotten people experimenting with old tape-loop styles again.[2][3] 1: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/07/jack-white-ultra-lp-lazaretto https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/07/jack-white-ult... 2: https://www.guerrilladigital.cc/2021/03/10/i-spent-the-last-two-weeks-researching-and-making-endless-cassette-loop-tapes-and-this-is-what-i-learned/ https://www.guerrilladigital.cc/2021/03/10/i-spent-the-last-... 3: https://store.crypticcarousel.com/products/6-minute-endless-loop-cassette-w-soft-case https://store.crypticcarousel.com/products/6-minute-endless-... See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unusual_types_of_gramophone_records#Sound_recorded_in_locked_grooves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unusual_types_of_gramophone_re...

eru 4y ago
And, of course, there's always video game music which often shifts in reaction to player actions.
- jareklupinski 4y ago
  now I want to work on a music app that changes your playlist based on heart rate

foenix 4y ago

If you haven't had the pleasure: https://www.incredibox.com/demo/ https://www.incredibox.com/demo/ may be the band/demo/dynamic music you are pursuing? But much agreed, I think we're at the forefront of exciting new mediums in the audio space.

eyelidlessness 4y ago

Björk isn’t the only artist who’s explored this space, but she did an album that’s highly interactive. Less interactive but more chaotic, the Flaming Lips did an album that famously was designed to play on four sound systems. There are other examples I’ve omitted because they’re either speculative or lightning rods for the wrong kind of conversation here, but there are definitely musical artists who’ve either explored this kind of interaction or embraced it as their audience explored it.