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Interesting to think of this as an analog to refinement culture, where instead of endless elaboration and adding complexity, they are stripping away all unneces
by zachmu 3y ago
Interesting to think of this as an analog to refinement culture, where instead of endless elaboration and adding complexity, they are stripping away all unnecessary elements to discover the platonic ideal of marketable music.
- ErigmolCt 3y agoBut refinement culture is all about high quality...
- n4r9 3y agoI'd not heard of refinement culture until now. I Googled it and it appears to be to do with how sports strategies and advertisements are finely tuned to squeeze out the maximum probability of success. Which sounds like "heavily optimizing for a certain metric" is a better description than "high quality", and applies also to pop music.
- zachmu 3y agoAs I understand it, refinement culture has nothing to do with quality per se, rather it's about the elaboration of tropes and other recognizable patterns. Think ornamentation rather than architecture.