The Depths
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Corpsey
bandz ahoy
But it's also synonymous with reverb. The more echo there is, the more likely it is to be "deep". Because it gives the illusion of actual spatial depth in the music. A chord with no reverb will sound flat. Perhaps filtration also adds depth, because again it emphasizes sound as something physical.
Re: emotional sophistication, it can also mean not just emotions complicated, but also emotions that are relatively uncomplicated but are assigned a higher place on the "depth" totem. Melancholy is somewhere near the top. Joyfulness is somewhere near the bottom.
Re: emotional sophistication, it can also mean not just emotions complicated, but also emotions that are relatively uncomplicated but are assigned a higher place on the "depth" totem. Melancholy is somewhere near the top. Joyfulness is somewhere near the bottom.
Corpsey
bandz ahoy
The standard assignment of certain emotions and states to "high" and others to "low" - perhaps this is where one notion of "depth" comes from - because being happy is considered somehow frivolous, naive, empty headed?
Emotions that are considered - have been produced by consideration, and produce consideration - nostalgia, wistfulness, cosmic awe... are deep emotions. Anger in response to stubbing your toe, or happy because you got a handjob, are powerful but so to speak shallow emotions.
Corpsey
bandz ahoy
'Deep' music will tend to be slower, too - slowness associated with weight, heft... But perhaps also with contemplativeness.
pattycakes_
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there's definitely a correlation between the sense of being underwater/underground and a sense of depth. just a guess but, i wonder if it has anything to do with us subconsciously associating it with being in the womb. the most immersive experience we ever lived. being totally covered by flesh and water. pressure from every angle. all the sounds we heard were muted and deep. the drone of the blood rushing around our mother's veins. the muffled beat of her heart. time was slow and we were probably feeling pretty good. maybe not happy. just secure (in a meditative way) in the squishy solidity of it all. keep meaning to look up what chemicals arebeing released when we're in there. wouldn't be surprised if there are some psychs involved.
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blissblogger
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if all Wagner was like that or 'Valkyries', then i would love Wagner
unfortunately there's some bird shrieking at the top of her lungs most of the time
unfortunately there's some bird shrieking at the top of her lungs most of the time
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blissblogger
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the Wagner made me think of two things that feel 'deep' to me, suggestive of unfathomable mystery and immeasurable majesty
blissblogger
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and the other one
Corpsey
bandz ahoy
Koningforst is the perfect soundtrack to sitting outside in nature and dropping acid. In my experience. Which makes sense, as he made it to commemorate dropping acid in the black forest in Germany as a yoot.
pattycakes_
Can turn naughty
gave this a proper listen today in an altered state. some virus has installed itself into my body and i'm a bit out of it. somehow this piece managed to work some soothing and i fell asleep half way through. can't tell if this is a victory? picked it up where i left off when i came back around. need to dig into more of these Pran Nath people's work. is it just me or do drones evoke some kind of sense of truth?
droid
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It's not just you.
pattycakes_
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i think what may be happening in your case is that the scales are tipped way toward your intellect vs your body/instincts. i think i remember you saying when you trip it's more about words and you don't get much in the way of visuals, right? it's possible to talk about 'deep', but it's another one of those subjective things where words end up falling short because it's a thing we instinctively feel in our bodies without any rationalisation. we just know it's happening. this is my own subjective viewpoint. deep can mean another thing to you, like joyce is incredibly deep and maybe you get a similar kind of buzz from getting lost in his wordplay. *shrug*
imo it's more in the realms of the mystic & magic than rational/science. certain deep musics take you into a trance like state. i wonder if there's any similarity between that state and the gurgling baby stuff you were talking about in the dematerialization thread?
It's wordless. A state of solemnitude. Pure being in the moment. Distracted from your own ego and it's need to project extra shit onto the screen. Womb-like. Connection to the infinite.
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