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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

#8,243
Spectrum said:
Same could be said for distortion. The whole idea of electric guitar amplification was to make a guitar loud enough to be heard over a jazz orchestra. Distortion was something to be avoided. Now there are thousands of models of distortion pedals and amps designed to distort.

Also, grain in black and white photography. Ansel Adams was the leader of a movement to make photography as perfect and high resolution as possible, but it turns out lots of photographers and viewers like seeing heavy grain depending on the subject matter, like gritty street photos etc.

And now in the current times there is a weird kind of nostalgia for 70s and 80s, often by people too young to remember that time. Hence the revival of 80s music, analog synths, and vinyl records with all their comforting imperfections.

Low fidelity turns out to have an appeal all its own.
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One of many great vids by Polyphonic...
 
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I tried to listen to disintegration loop kind of stuff, but I don't think I have the patience. Hainbach has done that sort of stuff, too, including live performances at art exhibits. It's interesting and I like the idea but I have trouble sticking with it. I think I'm programmed by growing up with vinyl to have a max limit of 22.5 minutes...
 
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#8,250
Spectrum said:
Good video. I found his statement about artificial wear and tear to be interesting; it also has implications for the "relic'd guitars" thing, a favorite TB can of worms.
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I was thinking about it in terms of reading books. You get words on the page that you focus on and think about, but aesthetically they are just letters on paper, so your mind is what fills in the gaps and generates the images in your head. You get distracted by marks on the page, the feel of the book, light in the room, and noises around you. Heck, even temperature and smells will distract you as you try to focus on turning those typed words into images and thoughts. The lo-fi glitches are those same distractions, pulling your brain aside, and briefly obscuring elements of the music. Your brain then works to fill in the gaps. The more crystal-clear the digital rendering is, the less work your brain needs to do. I'm sure there's a sweet spot between not enough and too much.

Similarly, one of the most distracting things for me can be a sound in the distance that is almost, but not quite clear. Maybe a distant TV show, or nearby conversation at a coffee shop. I get just enough information to be curious, but not enough to clearly know what is going on. Lo-fi glitches have a similar effect. I get focused on trying to understand the parts I can't clearly hear.
 
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monsterthompson said:
I was thinking about it in terms of reading books. You get words on the page that you focus on and think about, but aesthetically they are just letters on paper, so your mind is what fills in the gaps and generates the images in your head. You get distracted by marks on the page, the feel of the book, light in the room, and noises around you. Heck, even temperature and smells will distract you as you try to focus on turning those typed words into images and thoughts. The lo-fi glitches are those same distractions, pulling your brain aside, and briefly obscuring elements of the music. Your brain then works to fill in the gaps. The more crystal-clear the digital rendering is, the less work your brain needs to do. I'm sure there's a sweet spot between not enough and too much.

Similarly, one of the most distracting things for me can be a sound in the distance that is almost, but not quite clear. Maybe a distant TV show, or nearby conversation at a coffee shop. I get just enough information to be curious, but not enough to clearly know what is going on. Lo-fi glitches have a similar effect. I get focused on trying to understand the parts I can't clearly hear.
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Ok...now I want to fix my 4 track cassette tape recorder......
 
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ugly_bassplayer said:
Ok...now I want to fix my 4 track cassette tape recorder......
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