Re: Repetition

[Philip <philip.ojc@gmail.com>]

I think the concept of repetition = boring is mistaken. Repetition defines 
the human (and most other forms of life) existence. Heartbeats, breaths, 
days and nights, waking and sleeping, work, recreation, 
procreation...everything we do--even the fun stuff--is repetitive. 

People rarely complain that it is boring to breathe or that night and day 
is monotonous. Perhaps that is due to the fact that we perceive 
developments or a purpose or a desired end makes the repetition 
meaningful. 

I enjoy listening to repetitive loops because I can usually expect that 
the performer will be adding a bit here and there and/or is ultimately 
working toward some kind of goal or an ending. 

If a performer just looped the same bar over and over, it would be boring 
to me. Even a complex one--as soon as I got my head around it, I would be 
wanting and waiting for them to work with it or develop it in some way or 
another. 

...my $.02