What's this creative delusion effect called?

youaresound · 2018-06-28T00:34:37.829Z

i agree with you. sometimes you need to step away from the painting… but sometimes you need to go deeper.

thechocofactry · 2018-06-28T00:50:36.618Z

yes absolutely! totally agree. but for me, at least, the way to (hopefully) dig deeper is to walk away and then return with fresh ears and a renewed perspective.

youaresound · 2018-06-28T01:43:15.023Z

they are both important parts of a process
all i was getting at is that it seems like with some kinds of music its almost as if it opens up over time as a language and a listener becomes more aware of the nuance articulation of that form

youaresound · 2018-07-01T13:02:56.140Z

nytimes.com

What It’s Like to Hear the Same Piece of Music for 19 Hours

Our reporter was left agitated, delirious and maybe even enlightened by a marathon performance of Satie’s “Vexations” at the Guggenheim Museum.

grey · 2018-09-28T01:15:04.802Z

Reminds me of ‘A Lot of Sorrow’ where The National played “Sorrow” for 6 hours straight.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-national-on-repeat

hamildad · 2018-09-28T10:56:00.664Z

I went to see a performance of Sympathy for the devil, stretched to take 69 minutes.

So each bar was repeated for the requisite time, then the next bar was played.

its a strong groove, that actually holds up for 69 mins…

youaresound · 2018-12-04T01:05:11.746Z

en.wikipedia.org

As Slow as Possible

Organ²/ASLSP (As Slow as Possible) is a musical piece by John Cage and the subject of one of the longest-lasting musical performances yet undertaken. It was originally written in 1987 for organ and is adapted from the earlier work ASLSP 1985; a typical performance of the piano version lasts 20 to 70 minutes. In 1985, Cage opted to omit the detail of exactly how slowly the piece should be played. The performance of the organ version at St. Burchardi church in Halberstadt, Germany began in 2001 an...