quoted 8 lines ambient and dance in the same song.. example: song starts very ambient,> > > ambient and dance in the same song.. example: song starts very ambient,
> > > builds slowly, slowly, slowly, until it's built up into a driving very
> > > danceable song - over the time of about 20 minutes..
> > You just described "Gravitational Arch of 10" :) .
> well, in a sense it is similar to what i think might evolve, but i
> envision the possibility of something started much more slowly, building
> more slowly, but to an even higher peak, a process drawn out over 20
> minutes or so..
but not very creative. most musicians wouldn't be satisfied with something
that easy, unless you are talking about something more than just layering
multiple tracks. when you're composing something, you don't want people to
listen to it and say "anyone can do that." so doing what are suggesting
and maintaining originality and diversity withing the song at the same time
is no small task.
also consider that a song's danceability and "driving"ness are not entirely
dependent on the instrinsic qualities of the measure that is playing at the
moment, but are equally if not moreso dependent upon the arrangement of the
different types & sonic thickness of measures in relation to each other.
if you drag out a crescendo of layers building upon layers over a 20 minute
song, it's not going to have the same effect as dropping out some of the
sounds out at the last of a group of 8 or 16 measures (4/4 time) and then
bringing them back in on the first beat of the next measure, maybe with some
more stuff on top. that is to say, a song's energy can build through the
addition of layers, but it can build much faster through the careful
addition and subtraction of layers at the right moments.
but then you would just have a really long song... it wouldn't be the
simple idea you were proposing. i guess you should ask whether it is the
arrangement of the song you want to deal with, or the flow of the energy
between the song and the listener/dancer.
mike
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