Haye! > I am presently working on some psych-socio theory on repetition in music and > why its an attractor to some, and an utter bore to others. I was wondering > if there is already some theory, be it music theory and/or psycho-social > theory, in which asks and solves this question... > > What I am avoiding is the usual answer of "its in your heart...", ect. I > feel that there is a more concrete explination to this appeal, we as > arttists tend to be dramatic and vague, i wish to define... > > I wont get into it now, but I am working on a approach that deals with > personality typing (introversion/extroversion, ect.)... > > this is research for possible academic publication...
I once talked to friend of mine and the subject of repetition surfaced. I can't remember what was the actual conversation, but I can recal the general lines. I think a colleague of his was doing some socioligical academical research about hip-hop, and wanted to study the repetition of the beats - vocal hip hop tends to be very repetitive on the beats, they program a phrase a work from there. His teacher told her that there was nothing there to see, so she should direct her effords towards something else. She insisted, and after a lot of work she ended up doing a comparison to african tribes where they play the drums for a long time before the battle, thus inducing a sense of transe and nervousness, raising their adrenalin levels and preparing them for the battle to come. That is true in a lot of cultures close to the drum (see Intertellar Fugitives' notes) the repetition of the drum to induce altered states. That's true too in the Japanese culture, where they spend the whole night playing the Taiko Drums. Lay "Unconditional Empowerment" http://barkingcat.org/counterforce
