@autistics
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@d1 @autistics
I love music in general, but particularly music that keeps to a good beat and rhythm. It got me into dance and trance music at the turn of the century.I don't like it when there are skips, pauses, changes in timing, etc. it throws me and makes me fret.
I used to play bass guitar and programme the drum machine when I was in a band in the 80s.
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@d1 @autistics I love complex drum beats but they don't necessarily have to be orderly. Love #65daysofstatic and #femtanyl. Also love Tool
@micromot @autistics I listen to a lot of Mark Farina (famous for his "Mushroom Jazz" series, which I would describe as "HipHop Jazz", for its genre), where the Jazz beats sort of lackadaisically stray off track a little bit here and there, but then *bam* tighten back up again instantly, clearly demonstrating that they were just playing around, but make no mistake, they totally own that beat.
Mark Farina is a blinding genius of a DJ for his beat matching in the abstract - beats that only exist in the mind, and are only _implied_ in the music. That's an #autistic joy for me.
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@d1 I enjoy percussion so much I learned how to play drums (mostly afro-cuban hand drumming). And I think there are probably a lot of autistic drummers! I don't think it's about logic or predictability for me – it's more about the visceral feel of the rhythm. There's no better way to trance out than getting in a groove, which is very soothing and meditative.
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I completely 'get' the bit about 'love of logic and predictability', but then at the same time I have a weird thing for strange time signatures in music. One example might be Jethro Tull doing _Living In The Past_ which is in 5/8 time (or more properly according to some people 5/4 time). It's predictable, but 'odd', and tweaks something in my head. Other tunes with strange time signatures may do it as well.
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I completely 'get' the bit about 'love of logic and predictability', but then at the same time I have a weird thing for strange time signatures in music. One example might be Jethro Tull doing _Living In The Past_ which is in 5/8 time (or more properly according to some people 5/4 time). It's predictable, but 'odd', and tweaks something in my head. Other tunes with strange time signatures may do it as well.
@bytebro @autistics When the timing shifts like that - it really bugs me. It's an #autistic bugbear to me - makes me feel annoyed, like make up your mind, oh musician. It's a performance of musical skill, sure, but enjoyable? Not my cup of tea.
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@bytebro @autistics When the timing shifts like that - it really bugs me. It's an #autistic bugbear to me - makes me feel annoyed, like make up your mind, oh musician. It's a performance of musical skill, sure, but enjoyable? Not my cup of tea.
I can see how that might be a thing.
OTOH, my head sort of goes "Wait, WTF? That's strange, let's try and work out what they're doing here!"
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@d1 @autistics
I like a lead bass guitar. Which is a rhythm instrument but its not drums. I also play the Kalimba which counts as a percussion instrument… but its not like the drums at all. -
I can see how that might be a thing.
OTOH, my head sort of goes "Wait, WTF? That's strange, let's try and work out what they're doing here!"
One that drives my extrovert ex-salesman friend completely nuts is Genesis doing _The Firth Of Fifth_.
To me, the bonkers time signature swaps at the start are fascinating and make me think about what they're doing, whereas he's like "can't they just get the bloody riff down?!"
So basically, after some modest 'empirical research', I can report that not all autistic people are troubled by weird time signatures, and some of us get a tweak from them, in a good way!
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@d1 @autistics
I like a lead bass guitar. Which is a rhythm instrument but its not drums. I also play the Kalimba which counts as a percussion instrument… but its not like the drums at all.They call Kalimba a “thumb piano”. Which is accurate. But I cant play piano because my fingers are short. But my thumbs are long. I have always struggled to play instruments even though I wanted to. I think the struggle with Kalimba for me is not chewing my nails.
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@alexisbushnell I feel the same way. I love to use the graphic equalizer to "cheat" and lift up the bass so I get more of it. I tune down the higher tones I enjoy less. The neurotypical people around me think I'm a bit off for preferring my music this way.
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I once got dragged to a birthday party which initially had big band music playing and I found that PAINFUL, then they switched to more contemporary pop and even though it was played louder I was fine as long as I kept my headphones on... Except I specifically turned noise cancelling off to let more bass stim through! -
@d1 @alexisbushnell @autistics I’m more into guitar riffs. If a song has a particular riff that sounds good then I’m in. That’s why I’m usually listening to rock or a similar sub genre at work.
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@d1 @autistics I love interactions between instruments, and the shapes they make together, not just the beat/rhythm
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@d1 @autistics I like music with cool *patterns*. Whether that's with drums or some other instrument doesn't make much difference. (That said, I'm an occasional folk/early music drummer myself which enables me to *define* the pattern)
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@d1 @alexisbushnell @autistics I’m a big drum and bass head and especially love the stuff with complex beats, so I guess it’s an affirmative here but I’ve only recently started to think I might be autistic.
@ainmosni @d1 @autistics welcome! you can get peer reviewed here! lol!
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I once got dragged to a birthday party which initially had big band music playing and I found that PAINFUL, then they switched to more contemporary pop and even though it was played louder I was fine as long as I kept my headphones on... Except I specifically turned noise cancelling off to let more bass stim through! -
@ainmosni @alexisbushnell @autistics I too love drum and bass, but it has to be the more "soulful" kind. An example:
https://youtu.be/hNzuD3ONDCE?si=sHWcIVjaLhDrpEAZ&t=1007
Trigger warning: an ugly computer graphic zombie woman is occasionally shown in that video for some distasteful reason, please ignore! It's just the music I wish to share.What sort of Drum and Bass do you like?
#Music #DrumandBass@d1 @alexisbushnell @autistics Depends on my mood but I think Neurofunk is my main subgenre. The SF samples and interesting drum patterns are my thing.
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@d1 @autistics I'm all about cool rhythms, but my taste is usually toward music with more intricate, hard-to-predict beats (think IDM, glitch-hop, that sort of thing)
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@d1 @autistics no. i mean, i like a good rhythm, but not exclusively. i listen to a lot of ambient…
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One that drives my extrovert ex-salesman friend completely nuts is Genesis doing _The Firth Of Fifth_.
To me, the bonkers time signature swaps at the start are fascinating and make me think about what they're doing, whereas he's like "can't they just get the bloody riff down?!"
So basically, after some modest 'empirical research', I can report that not all autistic people are troubled by weird time signatures, and some of us get a tweak from them, in a good way!
I'm honestly a bit of both
But most often I just find 6/8 and 12/8 very stimmy for whatever reason... -
@d1 @autistics i get positively twitchy if i'm listening to music in which i can't pick out some kind of rhythmic aspect
