quoted 6 lines I've heard the adjective "repetitious" applied to hip-hop, electronic> I've heard the adjective "repetitious" applied to hip-hop, electronic
> (house, techno, and trance variants), jazz, classical (Steve Reich and
> Phil Glass, in particular) as the reason why somebody didn't like it.
> I'm curious about how the process works whereby we (as you put it) go
> "inside" a particular genre and start hearing the differences instead
> of the sameness.
Awesome topic. I think its one that can be applied to any music
or idea really, but it works really well for certain styles that have that
repetitious noteriety. I think actually stuff like jazz/noise/metal are
more
slated with the "difficult" categorization, which i think is a different
reason people are turned off, but you can probably apply some of the
same thoughts.
I don't really know the answer to these questions, but I'd definitely
like to hear people's theories. There's definitely a jump people have to
make
(probably unconscious) at a certain point to break through and accept
repetitive music. In the end it breaks down into being willing to break
away from the standard kind of attentionspan/consciousness that we
are used to where we'd get bored with just "listening" to something
repetitive. One way is through dance. Another is through drugs.
I think people with naturally very active imaginations can break through
also, because it can be effective background music, and it isn't trying
to tell your brain a particular story like lyrics-based music is.
- cutups
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