Science says: pop music is simplistic

[LMNO]

Or Ornette Coleman?

[Kai]

Alright, my bad.  But please refrain from calling me "son", unless you happen to be at least twice my age.

So what's the point of studying entropy levels in music?  Is it going to make better music, or is it just an exercise in measuring entropy?

It extends knowledge of psychology from reasons for visible aesthetic (the most pleasing form/number of shapes in a painting etc) to auditory aesthetic. There was a TED Talk about the former at some point.

[Jasper]

Oh cool.  Thanks for addressing that, I was a bit lost.

[Kai]

Yeah. Theres a certain amount of sensory complexity that a person will consider ideal; too little, and it's boring, too much and its noisy or overwhelming. This changes from person to person of course, but there are still trends over the general population.

[Triple Zero]

Yeah. Theres a certain amount of sensory complexity that a person will consider ideal; too little, and it's boring, too much and its noisy or overwhelming. This changes from person to person of course, but there are still trends over the general population.

And--I know, I am repeating myself--this is IMO extremely relevant to (my) Discordia, because it shows a Creative sweet spot of Novelty somewhere in the middle between Order and Disorder.

[Kai]

Yeah. Theres a certain amount of sensory complexity that a person will consider ideal; too little, and it's boring, too much and its noisy or overwhelming. This changes from person to person of course, but there are still trends over the general population.

And--I know, I am repeating myself--this is IMO extremely relevant to (my) Discordia, because it shows a Creative sweet spot of Novelty somewhere in the middle between Order and Disorder.

Indeed.