Aesthetics for Birds

Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art for Everyone

March 31, 2017
by Aesthetics for Birds
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Vaporwave and Music Theory

Are music recordings their own type of musical instrument? How does timbre (vs. pitch, harmony, etc.) affect musical experience? What, really, is the point of music theory? And is vaporwave really dead? (Do you, Dear Reader, not yet know what vaporwave is – or was?) All these questions and more are addressed in this excellent video (from 2016 that I just discovered…) by YouTuber and musician Adam Neely.