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Music classification scale
Lines:
thanks for the clarification! that makes it better.
though personally i don't think music is an easy thing to describe, so i'd prefer compare/contrast with other music, just so if i'm describing it to someone, they might understand that vs. a scale they don't know about.
Garcin:
--- Quote from: lbarbs ---Wo! Misunderstanding here. low numbers is not bad. My prefered style of music would be (6,3,5,5). Anything above ten on the style scale scares the hell out of me.
The scale is not about good/bad at all. Folk, arguably is the best style of music.
It is about being able to describe music in a very simple way. no faffing about with things like "It fusses Band A with Band B, but also sounds like Band-I've-never-heard-of".
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I think you might be confusing "style" with "volume". Joanna Newsom and Okkervil River are both often called "neo-folk", and yet I find them at least as "stylish" as, say, Blood Brothers.
If you were to, say, hear Ratatat for the first time, would you describe them to a friend as "stylish, moody, original, but unpopular"? I hope not. You might say, however: "It's post-rock duo with a guitarist, a bassist, and an occasional keyboardist that goes for hypnotic repeated riffs over a sample-heavy pregenerated soundscape. Their songs tend to shift tempo around midway and shift back to conclude fast and louder. They sound a bit like Explosions in the Sky, simpler and less bleak."
See what I did there? No numbers!
The Hammered:
--- Quote from: tommydski ---tim midgett, formerly of silkworm, has a theory called 'musical correctness' which he explains at some length here.
reminds me kind of this.
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It doesn't really remind me of this, but looking at that, what a load of crap.
Garcin:
Just a like any other music scale: a complicated way to reinforce your prejudices.
KharBevNor:
Again, I don't think style thing is supposed to imply bands have more or less style, but just to show opposites.
It's a nifty idea, but kinda impractical.
Also:
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Joanna Newsom and Okkervil River are both often called "neo-folk"
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Umn, no. They're 'New Wierd America' or whatever the press is calling it this week.
Neo-folk is a post-industrial/experimental and mostly dark take on folk that had its roots laid in the 70's by The Wicker Man soundtrack, Nico, Changes and a few others, and now describes bands generally claiming some sort of descent from the holy triptych of Death in June, Sol Invictus and Current 93 such as Of The Wand and the Moon, Gae Bolg, Sieben, Forseti, Darkwood, In Gowan Ring, The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud, etc. etc. These bands are bought together by a shared sense of imagery rooted in occultism, medieval themes and the shadow of the second world war.
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