Superb.... On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 8:06 AM, ichord <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > When it comes to the psychology of music judgment, a lot of that is > indivdualistic/idiosyncratic, but some general observations can apply: > > 1) New musical ideas and directions are often met with resistance due to > auditory inertia and the brain having to accommodate rather than assimilate. > > 2) Stronger than usual emotional reactions in both negative and positive > directions may be seen with higher divergence of opinion. > > 3) Previous expectations play a bigger role in influencing judgment, esp. > during initial exposure stages. > > 4) Radical paradigm shifts come as a shock and evoke extreme reactions > > 5) Such extreme reactions usually temper with time as the concepts become > more mainstream and accepted along with exposure therapy. > > VTV, a path breaking album with new musical ideas, concepts, directions, > sounds, may be applicable to the above observations, hence the wide variety > of reactions I am seeing all over the internet in response to this music, > which is not at all unusual for a new ARR album. > > > -- regards, Vithur
