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31-08-01, 03:15 PM

It's also true that good songs and music by different authors may be strung together to produce a synergistic compilation, just as a movie can be greater than the sum of it's scenes. The recording industry has never figured this out, and releases only 'greatest hit' style compilations. Mood music tends to fall short of this ideal as well, by virtue of aiming to elicit only relaxation, or 'tranquility', not that there's anything wrong with that.

The great classical composers understood this synergy well, and most major works have several distinct sections, each with it's own rhythm and tempo and theme. These tended to be related to and supportive of each other, but were so well developed that they were capable of standing alone. The principal failing of modern culture is the reduction to absurdity of the attention span, via the 'short song/fast cut/no time to absorb' style designed to show us products before we can switch channels. Ironically, time has become so precious that it is being cut into pieces so small that they are worthless. Extreme moments spliced together whirling by in a meaningless blur.

31-08-01, 03:15 PM	#2
ah-pook Posts: n/a	Instantaneous and Disposable Entertainment It's also true that good songs and music by different authors may be strung together to produce a synergistic compilation, just as a movie can be greater than the sum of it's scenes. The recording industry has never figured this out, and releases only 'greatest hit' style compilations. Mood music tends to fall short of this ideal as well, by virtue of aiming to elicit only relaxation, or 'tranquility', not that there's anything wrong with that. The great classical composers understood this synergy well, and most major works have several distinct sections, each with it's own rhythm and tempo and theme. These tended to be related to and supportive of each other, but were so well developed that they were capable of standing alone. The principal failing of modern culture is the reduction to absurdity of the attention span, via the 'short song/fast cut/no time to absorb' style designed to show us products before we can switch channels. Ironically, time has become so precious that it is being cut into pieces so small that they are worthless. Extreme moments spliced together whirling by in a meaningless blur.