Sonic Diversity

            
Boring!

That's how I feel when the same sound set is used throughout a song. I like to hear varied tones and frequencies that support the emotion and forward flow of a piece of music. I believe humans are made to respond to variety (whether it's sound, color, emotion, smell, or ideas).

I am a big fan of synthesizers. I love to hear an instrument that I can't identify and that isn't a standard part of an orchestra or band.

There are many possibilities these days for an expanded sonic pallet and unique arranging. I like songs where as much creativity has been put into the underlying music as into the lyrics.

JS

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An Orchestration of Sound

 

Sound is a non-sentient physical thing. It doesn't care whether or not it's mixed with other sounds, how loud or soft it is, what you call it, or how you've used it. It is wonderfully neutral and pliable ( given the right software, instrument, and brain).

Freeing it from the usual emotional responses (I like it/I don't like it, that's noise/that's music) gives us a broad range of possibilities. We are not chained to "musical" sounds and can interweave the natural sounds of the universe with our own sonic agenda and then (with the artist in us) create a cohesive whole.
This gives listeners a chance to bring their experiences and emotions to the music unfettered by "genre" sterotypes.



JS

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