before we go any futher i'd like to show you all a game i made up. this game is called ["ShuHaRi in music"] and it can be played with any record, including this one. you may be surprised. now, if you have a pair of headphones, you better get 'em out and get 'em cranked up, 'cause they're really gonna help you. -- via Hot Chip
The Idea (adapted from Martin Fowler's)
...is that a person [may pass] through three stages of [insight from a given 'electronica' album]...
In this beginning stage the student follows the [rhythms, melodies, beats] of one [album] precisely. She concentrates on how to [hear the music], without worrying too much about the underlying theory. If there are multiple variations on how to [interpet the music], she concentrates on just the one way [the musician intended].
Suggested Technique:
- Put on good headphones; preferably of the earbud and/or noise-cancelling type/
- Put the album on repeat.
- Walk around your city or neighborhood for long enough to hear the album a few times.
- Let the beat/tempo adjust your cadence.
At this point the student begins to branch out. With the [basics of the album understood] she now starts to [discover how] the underlying principles and theory behind the [music may have alternate meaning]. She also starts learning from other [albums] and integrates those into her [experience].
Suggested Technique:
- Listen for deeper meaning in the individual songs that may be applied to your
Now the student [is not only] learning from [the music as written], but from her own [interpretation of the album as a whole; it's application to the present]. She creates her own [interpretations] and adapts what she [has heard] to her own particular circumstances.
- Made in the Dark -- Hot Chip