Why people like certain kinds of music?

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Hi! Are there books out there explaining why people like Lil Jon, or certain types of melodies, or why people get uncomfortable listening to stuff they haven't heard and will want to put on what they're familiar with, or what people like about music in general, or how to make an artful song that's also commercially viable in an age of radio music getting dumbed down beyond our wildest dreams?

― letsjumpnow (lets jump now), Monday, 23 October 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)

There is popular "The Art of Appreciating Lil Jon" with foreward by Alistair Cooke

― J. Grizzle (trainsmoke), Monday, 23 October 2006 17:49 (twenty years ago)

I don't think so, no.

xpost

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 23 October 2006 17:50 (twenty years ago)

in general, people prefer memories over experience

― Dr. Alicia D. Titsovich (sexyDancer), Monday, 23 October 2006 17:50 (twenty years ago)

PEW HAS RETURNETH; THE PROPHECY IS FULFILLED.

― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Monday, 23 October 2006 17:51 (twenty years ago)

All hail.

― Rodney... (R. J. Greene), Monday, 23 October 2006 18:29 (twenty years ago)

actually, that post sounded a little bitter, when i didn't mean for it to be. i do HATE lil jon, though.

i guess, most importantly, that i want to learn about how to make an artful song when most people will only like very, very simple and repetitive stuff, and figure out why that happens.

― letsjumpnow (lets jump now), Monday, 23 October 2006 18:50 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0863162053.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://www.randyedelman.com/print/i%20can

― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Monday, 23 October 2006 18:54 (twenty years ago)

As for how to sell great art in huge amounts to the masses, go to B and look up The Beatles.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 23 October 2006 20:29 (twenty years ago)

Why people like ~~certain kinds of~~ music?

― The Redd 47 Ronin (Ken L), Monday, 23 October 2006 20:32 (twenty years ago)

xpost: aka "will never happen again"

― Dr. Alicia D. Titsovich (sexyDancer), Monday, 23 October 2006 20:36 (twenty years ago)

In general, boring people like Coldplay... except Geir.

― I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit (I say we take off and nuke the), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 04:28 (twenty years ago)

xpost: I think it may happen again, but it requires you aren't afraid of combining artful experimentation with the awareness that you should always have some catchy choruses and, generally, tunes.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 08:16 (twenty years ago)

So, that is, the experimentation has to be in other ways than getting rid of traditional tonality and songwriting form. There are so many other ways.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 08:16 (twenty years ago)

Geir, do you like Led Zeppelin?

― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 08:31 (twenty years ago)

Somewhat

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 08:45 (twenty years ago)

But not as much as Richard Strauss.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 08:48 (twenty years ago)

Was once told by one of the bosses of Warp that their most typical fan was an architecture student/architect. Not sure why...

http://www.electroshot.com/autechre/cichli.jpg

― Treblekicker (treblekicker), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 11:45 (twenty years ago)

the soundtrack to my clique

― PappaWheelie, don't fuck this up (PappaWheelie 2), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 17:53 (twenty years ago)

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