OK, Toneshifting is indeed like a wandering mind, but much better, and it is *not* an actual audio-wave process (unfortunately, the name suggests actual physics are involved, this is not so. The name caught on quicker than I anticipated however, so I'm not changing it). The shifting tones or melody one seems to hear during ultra-repetition (or with information/definition empty art, such as with black and white movies, more on that in a second) is within ones head...
This is like the experiment in psychology where they looked up someone in an all black room except one pin of light. After awhile, the pin of light began moving, up to 2 feet with some subjects (notably, they were the more introverted subjects;). The light of course wasn't really moving, but the viewer projected motion onto the light, especially when there was so little information to interpret... Why is that so important today? Because it makes the listener one of the *key* creators. We now live in a world where entertainment and mental laziness are king, people dished out every single bit of information we need, to the point where emotional outletting and creation are at times, severely hampered. But with toneshifting, the listener is almost completely returned his/her creative autonomy and liberated (with the exception of force and intensity, controlled by the artist). The art is no longer the a stand alone piece or message of the artist, trying to be interpreted and understood by the listener/viewer (like in a classical museum). Instead, the listener adds, or better yet, projects and defines, his or her own emotions onto the piece- the piece is now the audience's piece, unique and personal to each person in the audience... So in essence, the piece is both totally interactive between the person playing the repetitious beats, and the listener; allowing each person hear what *they want to hear*, and not what the artist is trying to tell you to hear. This is why one person will cry while the person next to them will laugh and another will be pissed. The art is in the control of the listener; the tones shift. Because of that, it is the deeply personal experiences and emotions of the listener that count, not the artists... With music, I personally feel that either richie hawtin or adam beyer are very good examples of this. I remember one well known techno recording artist told me, flat out, that "richie had no soul [when dealing with his DJing]", and indeed, I've heard that from many. And I'll say that this is true, or at least during his DJ sets. I will then further this by saying that this is the point of his DJing, and this is exactly why people consider him a god (aside from his unparalleled skills). The fact that richie has limited the expression, perhaps intentionally, of his soul to just ultra-minimal levels of either intensity, or calm, and nothing more, and that this has given the listener almost *full control of the emotional definition of the music*. Because of the toneshift, the listener can now project *anything* he or she wants *onto* the structured repetition that richie has doled out. The so often heard of is the "near religious experience" of listening to richie because the listener is allowed several hours of near total emotional liberation. This is very powerful, *especially* to the non-artist. How often in life does one (especially a non-artist) get to create and feel whatever they want, and do so with such intensity? It is rare, but when it does happen, as often with richie, it is nearly life changing. Not because richie commanded you to hear his message, or his feelings, but because you, for a few hours, *felt your own vibe, your own emotions*. You're the creator, and artistic creation is very spiritually cleansing (this theory flows into explaining raves to a degree, and it's emotionally based substances, but I'll spare you that for now;)... The more defined the message, the less one can toneshift it. Listening to oakenfold is like being a robot; he is using records to tell you exactly what to feel and when. This may be the reason why he, and ridiculous trance is hated by the techno community (aside from the fact that his skills are about nil), he, or other trance super-stars play, and it's like he's screaming at us his commands, not very liberating now is that? I brought up movies, and I'll keep this brief. Ever watch Schindler's List? If you did, you know that if it were color, it would be ruined, destroyed, and indeed, no longer realistic. Why? Because if it was color, it would be the director telling us exactly how he sees it, his interpretation of what reality looks like. Now, we all know that our visual interpretation of reality varies. So with Black and white film, we, the viewer, are allowed to project onto the film whatever interpretation of visual reality we want. Because there is little color info, our mind adds it, and because our mind is adding it, the film becomes *very* real, and very personal - you visual shift it, the film becomes partly your piece as much as it is the director (Spielberg in this case). And with that movie, that is crucial for you to truly feel for the situation presented, in order to truly understand, you need to be intimately involved... darw_n "create, demonstrate, toneshift..." search for "djdarwin" on napster www.sphereproductions.com www.mannequinodd.com www.mp3.com/darw_n ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [313] Tone Shfting In a message dated 1/8/01 10:36:34 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << i know there was a major thread about tone shifting not that long ago but could anyone please recommend some sites about this form of production so i can do some research on it thanks alot! >> I don't think that you'll find it anywhere because "tone shifting" was a term created by the author of the post. As described in the post, it's really closer to "mind wandering" while listening to music. To me, it's something like an aural Rorschach test or "what shapes do you see in the clowds?". Maybe the mind wanders and will fix on an inner voice or on some overtone, but this an individual experience unlike psychoacoustical effects such as the "doppler effect". mediadrome --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
