Re: [microsound] maths science and electronic music

[Kevin Ponto <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I find this "musical wallpaper" attitude to be most associated with 
> pop and club music, where the sound is meant as a kind of background 
> environment, and often doesn't really reward a deeper listening.

That's interesting. I've actually found pop and club music to be the 
exact opposite of background music. They seems to hold people's 
attention far better than music that requires effort for appreciation. 
You go to a club and find an entire dance floor captivated by the 
music, or you hop in any number of cars and see people singing along 
with the latest Top 40. It has their complete attention. Probably 
because these classes are designed to produce the biggest payoff with 
the least amount of effort.

It seems to be the music that requires a stricter attention for true 
appreciation that ends up as background music, like classical and jazz. 
I've found that even the more heady electronic stuff is often employed 
as background music at parties and get-togethers.

Perhaps as the complexity of music grows, the ability to tune it out 
becomes easier. Much like when someone is talking to you on a subject 
that is completely foreign to you, it often becomes babble and your 
mind then tends to wander.

k:p


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