diff --git a/posts/infinite-songs-a-critique-critique.md b/posts/infinite-songs-a-critique-critique.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..43595d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/infinite-songs-a-critique-critique.md @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +--- +title: "Infinite Songs: A Critique, Critique" +published: 2018-12-19 +--- + +hey its ya boy tanthonyAntano here. now i spent a lot of time in the golden age of king gizzard and the lizard wizard fan club facebook page, back in its peak. + +one of the topics of debate that kept resurfacing was about the song "mr beat" from nonagon infinity. this song was a tonal shift from every other song on the album, and the fan base was split on whether they liked it or not. + +one argument was that in an infinite song album - when each song transitions into each other, and the last song transitions into the first, you need a "pivot point" to act as a time keeping mechanism so that it doesnt all merge into each other. + +im going to say my thoughts about how i agree with that argument. + +## loops + +loops, circles, wheels, looping elements revolve around some point of fixture. there are two possibilities; either the wheel is revolving itself, or the point of fixture is itself revolving. + +## point revolver + +in this scenario the song is a concrete wheel, attached to some point in space through its axle. + +the concrete is perfectly circle, so there is no change in form if it revolves, the final state is the same, theres no point to revolve. + +that means the point of fixture is revolving the wheel. + +in order for this there must be some sort of infastructure behind the point, which itself entails people to build and maintain it, and it just goes on and on. + +this distracts the listener from the music. + +## self independant + +in this scenario, the wheel itself is outputting some amount of force to revolve. the wheel is concrete and petal shaped, with the corner being heavy. + +if the corner is in the air, it will drop and the wheel will move. + +at the bottom it has enough force (in this world) to continue up the other side and start the process again. + +nothing else needs to exist, so you can focus on the music. + +## fin + +thats why its important that infinite song albums have one song thats a point of difference from everything else. + +it makes the album better. + +`peace out`