The Evolution of Music: Accident, or Adaptation?

Salami · 12-01-2011, 03:18 PM

I agree with Duga. I like this idea of "patterns" being the object of something human endeavour seems to be in search of: order. And with music, we can have organised sound, and hence we are fulfilling this desire we have to make sense of things.
You seem disappointed with avant garde music for it's lack of detectable order, and I feel the same for bands like the Mars Volta. I peronally think that as soon as they have an idea, they will play once and move on.

This is the good thing about having AABA forms of music, or even the old "verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/chorus", is that it fulfills this order in a simple yet satisfying way.

I'm probably saying only a simplistic and narrow minded version of what you've just said, but at least I tried!

12-01-2011, 03:18 PM	#11 (permalink)
Salami Get in ma belly Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 1,385	I agree with Duga. I like this idea of "patterns" being the object of something human endeavour seems to be in search of: order. And with music, we can have organised sound, and hence we are fulfilling this desire we have to make sense of things. You seem disappointed with avant garde music for it's lack of detectable order, and I feel the same for bands like the Mars Volta. I peronally think that as soon as they have an idea, they will play once and move on. This is the good thing about having AABA forms of music, or even the old "verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/chorus", is that it fulfills this order in a simple yet satisfying way. I'm probably saying only a simplistic and narrow minded version of what you've just said, but at least I tried!