What sonic qualities connects to you deeply and emotionally?
What type of sonics connect you deeply into an emotional level? Melody, lyrics, a specific instrument, a voice....?
For me, I love the sound of high pitch sounds like bells. I can easily get emotionally lost in violin playing in the uppermost registers. I also love the sound of oboes.
A sucker for a well-miked and played piano.... Ambiance that almost allows one to walk through it....precisely why I love my Walsh drivers, crude though you may think or consider them to be. Nailing the balance between mains and subs. 'Tuning the space' for flat...(works for me, yours' will vary...maybe...*G*) ...and Wayyy too many lyrics or snippets of that invoke many moods and responses to categorize...
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+1 for @asvjerry comment about Walsh drivers. High end or not they are still the thing that takes my listening experience to the highest level by bringing the music to life. |
Lyrics like those in "No Time To Cry" by Iris Dement. Just about my favorite musical technique is the bassist playing inversions (playing not the root note of the chord being played by the piano, but one of the other notes in the scale of the key the song is in, typically the 3rd). For a sterling example of that listen to the bass in "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted" (the original, sung by Jimmy Ruffin). Playing bass on that fantastic song is my favorite: James Jamerson. Another is modulation (key changes), one reason I like Baroque-era Classical music as much as I do. Bach’s chord sequences/progressions are insanely great! And of course vocal harmonies. 2-part is nice, 3-part even better. And 4-part? VERY hard to pull off, but Marty Stuart and the three guys in his great band The Fabulous Superlatives do it. |
