<div><br></div>This thread was the extra push I needed to blog about this research.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://oldmixtapes.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-science-of-making-boring-pop-music.html">http://oldmixtapes.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-science-of-making-boring-pop-music.html</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 5:05 AM, Ralf Mardorf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net" target="_blank">ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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comic isn't based on words only, second mistake, for all popular arts,<br>
comics, music etc., there's more than just the mainstream.<br>
I wonder if they have their own semantics for "pop music".</div></blockquote></div><br>I talk about this at length--the meanings of "popular music" and "pop music" and their relation to "popular."  Like a lot of scholarly research, this study tells us something very specific, not something sweeping about music in general.<br clear="all">
<div><br></div><div>-Neil</div>-- <br>DJ Dual Core's Blog<br><a href="http://oldmixtapes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://oldmixtapes.blogspot.com/</a><br>Order without government; Peace without violence.<br>
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