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this suits me.
only good thing about the city?
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while they discuss I am silent
again as negative
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I permit to speak at every hazard,
sound as a bad thing?
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Insteadofacauseproducinganeffect,effectsattainautonomyintheprocessofthebecomingofcontinuity.
effects always exist
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hythmanahisisdescribesthosephilosophicalattemptstotakerhvthmasmorethananobjectofstudy,transforpiirigitintnanipjtinrlRhythmanalvsiii^wodpr-Stands both naturalandculturalprocessesintermsofrhythm.Itstandsasaninterestingexamplewherethehistoryofphilosophytakesonasonicinflection,becominginfectedbymusicalmetaphorsinanattempttoapproachsomethingthateludesit.Ehythmanalysisofteninstallsitselfontologicallypriortothedivisionofspaceandtime,occupidngihedomainofintensivematter
rhythm and patterns can be viewed in all aspects of life, not just sound
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theirvibrationalontology(rhythmanalysis
well, this is how he characterizes rhythmanalyisis
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Suchareductionistmaterialismthatmerelyreducesthesonictoaquantifiableobjectivityisinadequatein that itneglectsincorporealaffects.
vibrations mean different things to different people
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Anontologyofvibrational forceobjectstoanumber oftheoreticalorientations.First,thelinguisticimperialism thatsubordinatesthesonictosemioticregistersisrejectedforforcingsonicmediatomerelycommunicatemeaning,losingsightofthemorefundamentalexpressions oftheirmaterialpotentialasvibrational surfaces, oroscillators
vibrations do not equate meaning, sounds wouldnt without semiotic markers
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SoundismerelyathinsHce,thevibrationsaudibletohumansoranimals.Suchanorientationthereforeshouldbedifferentiatedfromaphehomenologyofsoniceffectscenteredontheperceptionsofahiunan subject,as aready-made,interiorizedhumancenterofbeingandfeeling
sound is at its core vibrations while we ascribe meaning to said vibrations based off of the personal and the social
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- Jan 2016
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Touchisthemostpersonalofthesenses.Hearingandtouchmeetwherethelowerfrequenciesofaudiblesoundpassovertotactilevibrations(atabout20hertz).Hearingisawayoftouchingatadistanceand theintimacyofthefirstsenseisfused withsociabilitywheneverpeoplegathertogethertohearsomethingspecial.
How deaf still enjoy "hearing" at EDM shows
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Thereforethemusicofawell-orderedageiscalm
music is a product of its environment
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There aretwobasicideasofwhatmusicisoroughttobe.Theymaybe seenmostclearlyin twoGreekmythsdealingwiththeoriginofmusic.Pindar’stwelfthPythian OdetellshowtheartofaulosplayingwasinventedbyAthenawhen,afterthebeheadingofMedusa,shewastouchedbytheheart-rendingcriesofMedusa’ssistersandcreatedaspecialnomosintheirhonor.InaHomerichymntoHermesanalternativeoriginismentioned.ThelyreissaidtohavebeeninventedbyHermeswhenhesurmisedthattheshelloftheturtle,ifusedasabodyofresonance,couldproducesound
music being produced by emotion vs music being produced by noise/convenience
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Itdevolvesonusnow to inventasubjectwhichwemightcallacousticdesign,anmterdisciplmeinwhichmusicians,acousticians,psychologists,sociologistsandotherswouldstudy^theworldsoundscapetogetherinordertomakeintelligentrecommendationsforitsimprovement.
is this particularly necessary? overkill?
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Thisisanegativeapproach.Wemustseekawaytomakeenvironmentalacousticsapositivestudy program
alludes to the fact noise is considered bad in most areas of sound studies
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nvariouspartsof theworldimportantresearchisbeingundertakeninmany independent areasofsonicstudies:acoustics,psychoacoustics,otology,internationalnoiseabatementpracticesandprocedures,communicationsandsoundrecordingengineering(electroacousticsandelectronicmusic),auralpatternperceptionandthestructuralanalysisoflanguageandmusic.
key methods of analysis
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thereareintimateconnectionsbetweenrehgiousthought anddevotionalsong andhstetiing;rhetoricand oratory; tropicsandhterature;lexiconsofconventionafizedsoundaestheticsandsounddesignforeverythingfrommoviestocarsandgames
inescapable
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oimdstudentsrecognizesoundasaproblem
key assumption
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ItIStemptingtocallsoundstudiesaresponsetoourchangingsonicworld__anditisthat.
it is both a response to and part of out changing sonic world, theoretically something that has always existed, not necessarily always literary
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yanalyzingbothsonicpracticesandthediscoursesandinstitutionsthatdescribethem,itredescribeswhatsoimddoesinthehumanworld,andwhathumansdointhesonicworld
basic definition of sound studies
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soniccultureischaracterizedbythetensionsheldwithinitsconfigurationofdifferenceandsameness
the difference between noticing vs. not noticing; what can be usual to someone is unusual to someone else
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