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Following Tried And Truly Tested Formulas
By joseexist in Musings On Muses
July 29, 2010

Following tried and truly tested formulas is one way to produce something entertaining. Diving down a steep staircase, so to speak, is also another. Either technique can be employed on its own or in some hybrid mixture along with the other. Whatever you end up with should be something that has never existed before, or at least a portion of it should be.

Audiences have needed to be entertained throughout the ages. From the first vocalizations of early humans beneath the stars, to the hallowed spaces of sold out arenas filled with musical thunder, the human race has a knack for taking things ‘to the next level’.

Our minds are programmed for music. Music is a part of the hard wiring that completes our brains. Even though not all of us are musically inclined, most can hum a bar or two. Nowadays we have many, many cool tools at our disposal with which to entertain ourselves.

With all forms of artistic expression there is the mystique of the performance. Be it a gallery showing, on-site erection, daredevil stunt, or any number of public or private displays, if there is enough uniqueness to the act people are willing to be the audience.

So, what might the next level be in the world of music? For that matter, what might it be for film, art, or any other form of entertainment? We get bored with things being ‘just so’ for too long. We begin to crave more. We want more volume. We want brighter colors. We want more chapters, episodes, bigger and bigger productions. We don’t want those who bring us these things in every way shape or form to get comfortable with what they are doing. We force them to go beyond what they have ever done in the past. In all of this cacophonous and symphonic attack on our senses it seems few purveyors can actually keep up, save for advertising agencies.

The human voice has come from a series of grunts in the wilderness to beautifully songbird-like styling that crosses multiple octaves. Audience’s preferences run the gamut from silky smooth soft emotional to guttural low register screaming. None of the range of the human voice has been left untouched by the artists of today. Likewise, no form of artistic expression has been left to languish in its form for too long. Once the crowd gets bored it’s well past the time to go out on a limb and try something different, new, and fresh.

Look for unique parings in the future of things which would seem ‘un-mixable’. Different forms of art will soon merge together in far more expressive ways than ever before. The psychedelic backdrop projections of the sixties and seventies will pale beside walls of hi-def screens and realistic graphics. Holograms and other smoke and mirrors will become deeper integrations. You may find yourself interacting with the artists themselves thru digital proxy, or mechanical tele-presence. Technology has the lead and has kicked up a rooster-tail between the constellations. It’s up to the artists to throttle-up and thread the right pylons.