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Re: Looping genres




Greg Meredith wrote:

> ...It would provide utilitarian queries which might lead to interesting
> surprises for people navigating databases of musical offerings. Imagine
> walking up to a Tower Record service person and saying: "i'm throwing a
> party. i need some music that's got about 200 bpm with 4 beats per 
>cycle. i
> want some electric bass and trap set in the instrumentation. i want the
> music to evolve around a single tonal center." She might point you to a 
>lot
> more music than the latest techno or jungle releases...

sounds good on paper, but at the tower store near me, a far more likely
response would be: "...say wha?"

;-)

lance g.