Comments on: Drums’n'Bass http://www.thelisteningblog.com/2010/01/drumsnbass/ “Listen all the time, and remind yourself when you’re not listening, or else the mike and the tape recorder will get the best of you.” – Pauline Oliveros Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:15:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Idhrendur http://www.thelisteningblog.com/2010/01/drumsnbass/comment-page-1/#comment-69030 Idhrendur Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:02:48 +0000 http://www.thelisteningblog.com/?p=434#comment-69030 As I rediscover music that I used to hear all the time while working retail, I kind of wish retail places would do something of the sort. I've had a beef with several amazing songs that I thought were terrible because a poor sound system itself stripped out all the nuances that made the songs good. Songs by Beyoncé or Lada Gaga can survive that kind of transition reasonably well. Songs by Sting or Toto cannot. As I rediscover music that I used to hear all the time while working retail, I kind of wish retail places would do something of the sort. I’ve had a beef with several amazing songs that I thought were terrible because a poor sound system itself stripped out all the nuances that made the songs good. Songs by Beyoncé or Lada Gaga can survive that kind of transition reasonably well. Songs by Sting or Toto cannot.

]]> By: ajharbison http://www.thelisteningblog.com/2010/01/drumsnbass/comment-page-1/#comment-69028 ajharbison Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:56:32 +0000 http://www.thelisteningblog.com/?p=434#comment-69028 Thanks for your comment Mark! I'm not sure that the music is muffled by the sounds of bowling--it was playing pretty loudly--but perhaps if it was a more nuanced arrangement the nuances would be lost. Thanks for your comment Mark! I’m not sure that the music is muffled by the sounds of bowling–it was playing pretty loudly–but perhaps if it was a more nuanced arrangement the nuances would be lost.

]]> By: Mark Harbison http://www.thelisteningblog.com/2010/01/drumsnbass/comment-page-1/#comment-68872 Mark Harbison Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:55:43 +0000 http://www.thelisteningblog.com/?p=434#comment-68872 Two things spring to my mind: 1) I think Eleanor's right, in a bowling alley the music is largely muffled by the sounds of bowling anyway, so if there's a beat going then that's all that most people are likely to hear, and therefore probably all that they're intended to hear. 2) Based on that, all they need is a beat ("something that is little more than what you could create with a sequencing program, a library of loops and 30 seconds of picking and choosing"), but in order to make it more fun for people they wanted to put some kind of catchy pop song to it so that people could recognize it. They're going purely for recognition and beat, there's no reason why it has to be more than that. Two things spring to my mind:
1) I think Eleanor’s right, in a bowling alley the music is largely muffled by the sounds of bowling anyway, so if there’s a beat going then that’s all that most people are likely to hear, and therefore probably all that they’re intended to hear.

2) Based on that, all they need is a beat (“something that is little more than what you could create with a sequencing program, a library of loops and 30 seconds of picking and choosing”), but in order to make it more fun for people they wanted to put some kind of catchy pop song to it so that people could recognize it. They’re going purely for recognition and beat, there’s no reason why it has to be more than that.

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