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Originally Posted by HarukaKamiya
It IS a psychological thing because you're talking about your PERCEPTION of music, and perception VS reality is a really interesting thing when it comes to psychology, because every human perceives things differently.
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My comment regarding the psychological aspect was a direct response to the following comment:
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Originally Posted by freedreamer
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i think thats because she no longer singles of such. I feel its the idea of releasing SINGLES that gives the song its own moment. Though tbh, I felt Last minute had its fair spotlight and so would Zutto... have if she actually promoted them.
i think it's just a psychological thing.
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I was denying the assertion that the aforementioned songs are only perceived as "BIG" due to having received heavier promotion and the the advantage of being classified as a single.
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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi
You know that everytime you talk about the Zeke's Seal for Epic Awesomeness by Zeke, you always describe the material you love and the material you hate on a very subjective way, right? It's not like you are talking about technical aspects of the songs, but about how you feel about them, something that is very personal and that only you can trully understand. Most of the songs you point that you love are well crafted innofensive pop songs, most of them very easy on the ears, to the point that most of them being released on key moments were every big jpop star releases their safer works... and that's not wrong with that.
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Is "catchy" a relative term? Maybe so, but generally, people agree on whether or not a certain tune, melody, or jingle can be described as "catchy." I have gone into heavier details and referenced various layers in specific songs as to why that song stands out amongst the rest - but those are the posts that get overlooked.
It cannot be denied that there is a system to music. It is something I am not completely educated by-the-books on, but it is something I am working to grasp. There are certain notes, certain chord progressions, etc, that sound "GOOD" together - that sound in "HARMONY." That's the feeling I get from the more standout tracks, the tracks I coin as being "big" and "powerful" - they have a great sense of "harmony" - from the melody, to the chord progression, to the way the verses are constructed making you anticipate and try to piece together what everything is leading up to and imagine how that release will be. Musically, they are predictable, but in a way that evokes a clear vision and that everything "makes sense." It doesn't take a genius to know when certain notes are complimentary toward each other, you can instinctively tell whether or not it "feels good" when they are played together. That is the feeling I get when listening to her "bigger" tracks. Like, in reference to theory and mathematics, the way they were constructed just "makes sense."
I am trying to draw a distinction between those tracks, which are often referred to as "safe," and the most recent releases, like the cookie-cutters on LOVE again and A ONE, that are also being referred to as "safe" - because, the latter lack the feeling of being "big." Although not displeasing to the ears, they don't sound as "complete" or as heightened harmoniously as they could possibly be.
I'm trying to say, she's lacking songs that evoke similar feelings. "Like" and "dislike" are subjective, but for the most part, I fail to see how perceiving the power of a song, the harmony and the size, ie. "BIG"ness, is subjective.