The toneshifting you're talking about is definitely interesting. Do you maybe think that's what Stacey Pullen means by "Silent Phase"? I notice this a lot when listening to my music loop indefinitely in the process of creation.
Tristan ========================================== PHONOPSIA<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/5102 "FrogboyMCI" on AOL Instant Messenger New Album, "Québécois", online now. -----Original Message----- From: jesse henning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [313] the appeals of repetition... > >OK, I am going to very breifly explain the theory(in laymens terms) and I >will do so with very broad generalizations to compact this down to a page... > >An introverted (quiet, withdrawn, anxious) person is such due to a >physiological filter system being cranked all the way down, in otherwords, >they recieve way too much info sometimes, leading to anxiety, withdrawn >behaviors, so forth (sound familiar yet?) The more common defense from this >is to either withdraw or to create (artists, ect.). An extroverted type is >one whos filtering system is alittle too tight, they need more info to feel >satisfied with their senses. These people tend to do exciting things like >bungy jump in groups, be very outgoing, bubbly, listen to Ricky Martin, >stuff like that. > >Well, I am proposing that repetition is highly appealing to introverts >because it is a perfect balance of incoming info, anything more, such as >trance, would create anxiety, often resulting in hostility towards extreme >info activity (notice the tendency for tech heads to repel against rave >orientated stuff? introvert v. extrovert). I have coined a term, >"toneshift". Toneshifting is where ultra-repetitive music takes on melody >even though this apparant melody isnt really there, but yet some people hear >it, some can even hear it in a 4/4 count of untuned highhats after awhile. >The Swedes and Beyer have a perfect techno for this. Introverts hear this >toneshift due to the fact that they feel no anxiety that s caused by >unnecessary info such as words, breakdowns, drumrolls, and they tend to >project the "natural music in their head" if you will, repetition allows >them to not feel tension and allows them to feel in a sort of mental comfort >zone. Its why an addition of one simple high hat can make some cry >(introverts) while the extroverted ones look on in sheer boredom, >toneshifting is a personality factored experience... > >repetition and toneshifting to the introverted personality type appears to >be the ultimate way of expression... > >There are other angles I am researching, such as drug use between the two, >intellect, stuff like that... > >all in all, its very romantic to say it's a undefinable world, and perhaps >it is with electronica. But I feel that with the structure and technology >we are creating, we will become less and less unique as individuals in the >sense we are used to, we may become, or perhaps already are, categorizable >(i dont think this is bad BTW, despite my ludite sounding words)... > >anyways, sorry if I clogged bandwidth, but ths list seems to be the best for >dropping out ideas such as toneshifting and views of repetition... > >thanks again for any further input... > >darw_n > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >www.sphereproductions.com >www.mannequinodd.com > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
