19-04-2012, 23:57
I'm not sure I'd use the word "quality." That suggests to me that it's a sort of competition.
A great example of something that made my toe shoot up in my boot: a few weeks ago I had the mp3s on shuffle and it played a part of a longer orchestral song cycle, long enough to be divided into seperate tracks. The music built up and right at the point it would have resolved, it suddenly switched to a drum & bass tune from the middle of another set. It magically stayed in key, and the tempo shifted but not unnaturally. It was like being in a room and suddenly the wallpaper radically changed design on its own. I don't remember what either piece was, but that moment was truly something else. Not remembering it adds to it. If I knew what it was and could replicate it, I might ruin it should it ever happen again because the wow factor wouldn't be there. Moments like that are the ones that make things most enjoyable.
A great example of something that made my toe shoot up in my boot: a few weeks ago I had the mp3s on shuffle and it played a part of a longer orchestral song cycle, long enough to be divided into seperate tracks. The music built up and right at the point it would have resolved, it suddenly switched to a drum & bass tune from the middle of another set. It magically stayed in key, and the tempo shifted but not unnaturally. It was like being in a room and suddenly the wallpaper radically changed design on its own. I don't remember what either piece was, but that moment was truly something else. Not remembering it adds to it. If I knew what it was and could replicate it, I might ruin it should it ever happen again because the wow factor wouldn't be there. Moments like that are the ones that make things most enjoyable.