Haye! I can agree with this "toneshift" phenomenon. I think in fact the term is realy right for it, since I've felt it myself several times. However, I don't agree it has anything to do with introvertion/extrovertion of character. It has more to do with what you said about the volume of information and predesposition towards something you *WOULD* expect to hear in the music. Some kind of cognitive phenomenon, for sure.
Lay "Unconditional Empowerment" http://barkingcat.org/counterforce ----- Original Message ----- From: jesse henning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 5:16 AM 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 An introverted (quiet, withdrawn, anxious) person is such due to a 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 they recieve way too much info sometimes, leading to anxiety, withdrawn 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 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
