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EggyToast
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Thu, 07 Jun 2001 16:13:06 CDT
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Re: [idm] IDM - Intelligence vs Emotion
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On 7 Jun 2001, Ebola 3 wrote:
quoted 8 lines I> > > > >I > >think that leading from the brain will be a short lived approach to this > >music because emotions are infinity more interesting to us as humans. > > Are they?
Only because of our big brains, which have gotten us in more trouble by thinking too damn much.
quoted 7 lines It> > >It > >can be clever and groovy at the same time. What do you folks think? > > > > I think a synthesis of the two worlds would be ideal, yes? On the > otherhand, I don't think fulfillment of the heart and the brain should be
quoted 3 lines mutually exclusive. In fact, I don't find these two musical functions in> mutually exclusive. In fact, I don't find these two musical functions in > direct competition. The problem here is that the "emotion" of music is > highly subjective , varying both by culture and the individual. That
being
quoted 1 line said, I get a lot out of "recognizably" melodic work and sometimes wish> said, I get a lot out of "recognizably" melodic work and sometimes wish
AE
quoted 1 line would do stuff as "sing-songey" as LP5.> would do stuff as "sing-songey" as LP5.
'Course, ya gotta watch out and make sure you don't rely on your big brain too much, otherwise we'll just fool ourselves into liking things merely because they're beyond our brain's comprehension (thus tending to make our brains even bigger, which is obviously part of their evil plot) cheers, /derek p.s. we should start skimming down on emotions anyways. who's for picking out 3 or 4 good solid emotions and just applying them in different parts for songs? we could have, say, happy, sad, confused, and nostaligic, and say autechre is 1/2 parts happy, 3 parts sad, and 8 parts confused, whereas they used to be 2 parts happy, 4 parts sad, 1 part confused, and 3 parts nostalgic. it would make reviews a lot easier and maybe help to shrink our big brains a bit. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org