"You know your'e a (broke) raver when you go dance in contruction sites" LOL
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [313] Tone shifting > In a message dated 04/10/00 10:43:27 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > > I can't rememer with who it was that originally stated that tone shifting is > > a mechanism of the brain that *fills* in the gaps in highly repetitive > > music, but I agree with him and have to add that this fenomenon doesn't > > occur only while listening to music, whether it be minimal techno or tribal > > beats. It also occurs while on the train, in a room full of computers, or > > wherever there is a repetitive sound. Thats why I like riding > > trains....there so much music to be heard!! > > I once saw this list called "you know your a raver when..." and it then > listed 101 reasons you could tell your a raver. Well, some people might be > offended to be called ravers, I for one dont generally call myself one, but > for some of these reasons you could easily replace raver with "techno freak" > or something along those lines. Anyway, amongst others, there was one that > said "you know you're a raver/techno freak when you find yourself nodding > your head to the tribal sounds of a washing machine". Maybe this isn't > toneshifting as discussed on the list, but its definately a case of a bored > mind projecting music onto something which isn't necessarily musical, and I > find it to be quite true. Sort of like working in factory's, many times have > I considered taking my MD recorder to work with me to try and capture the > seemingly musical hum and machine noise that is the background noise of a > busy factory. > > Aaron >
