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− | <noinclude>:''The correct title of this page is '''1482: #NowPlaying'''. It appears incorrectly here because of {{w|mw:Manual:Page title|technical restrictions}}.''</noinclude> | + | <noinclude>:<small>''The correct title of this page is '''1482: #NowPlaying'''. It appears incorrectly here because of {{w|mw:Manual:Page title|technical restrictions}}.''</small></noinclude> |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | There are | + | There are a variety of applications that post a user's music-listening habits on their preferred social network. In this comic, Randall takes that notion to its extreme, envisioning a program that does this note-by-note, rather than just song-by-song. As notes are much shorter than songs, this would lead to the flooding of friends' notification streams. In the example, the software is sharing the notes Brian is listening to; and his friends Mike and Caitlin are getting annoyed with the amount of posts they are receiving. |
− | + | There are typically many hundreds of notes in any song, and any song with more than a single line of music contains multiple different notes at the same time (see articles on {{w|Harmony|harmony}} or {{w|Chord_(music)|chords}}). It's not clear how the service would describe such notes, or if it only reports notes from the primary {{w|melody}} line. Even if only the primary melody is reported by the service, all but the slowest songs will still require reporting dozens to hundreds of notes every minute (a single {{w|Glissando|glissando}} may cover a dozen or more notes in less than a second), meaning that anyone who can see your stream of posts will be [[Literally|literally]] inundated by posts from the service. Even if you could keep up with the speed of the posted notes that someone is listening to, the similarity in {{w|Phrase_(music)|phrases}} in many songs (especially pop songs eg:[http://youtu.be/JdxkVQy7QLM Pachelbel's Rant]) means that many different songs may include the same sequence of notes, though possibly in different {{w|Octave|octaves}} or at different speeds. | |
− | The title | + | The comic's title alludes to the fact that you can "play a song" but can also "play a note." It may also allude to the visual similarities between the hash/pound/number sign (#) and the sharp sign (♯). |
− | + | Of note: Some of the tweets are out of order. For instance, "Brian is now listening to A" is {{w|Timestamp|timestamped}} at 3:29, with Caitlin on the next line timestamped st 3:28, with the next note likewise at 3:28. | |
− | + | Also note: The first partially visible 'note' post, "E major", is actually not a note, but a {{w|Chord_(music)|chord}}, made up of at least three notes, E, G#, and B. (Further note: The "major" has since been removed from the comic and now reads simply "E") | |
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+ | Here are some synthesized versions of the notes in the order they appear in the comic. [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1079661/65467.ogg OGG] [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1079661/65467.mid MIDI] They appear to be the beginning of "I'll Be There For You" by {{w|The Rembrandts}}, the title music of the TV series "{{w|Friends}}". | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[A social network news feed with user images for each of the three different contributors. The top of the first post is partly obscured, and for the last post only half of the first line is visible.] | + | :[A social network news feed with user images for each of the three different contributors. The top of the first post is partly obscured, and for the last post only half of the first line is visible. ] |
− | : | + | :'''Brian''' is now listening to: E major |
− | :Today | + | :Today ● 3:28 PM |
:'''Brian''' is now listening to: A | :'''Brian''' is now listening to: A | ||
− | :Today | + | :Today ● 3:28 PM |
:'''Brian''' is now listening to: B | :'''Brian''' is now listening to: B | ||
− | :Today | + | :Today ● 3:28 PM |
:'''Brian''' is now listening to: D | :'''Brian''' is now listening to: D | ||
− | :Today | + | :Today ● 3:28 PM |
:'''Brian''' is now listening to: C sharp | :'''Brian''' is now listening to: C sharp | ||
− | :Today | + | :Today ● 3:28 PM |
:'''Mike''' What the hell | :'''Mike''' What the hell | ||
− | :Today | + | :Today ● 3:28 PM |
:'''Brian''' is now listening to: B | :'''Brian''' is now listening to: B | ||
− | :Today | + | :Today ● 3:28 PM |
:'''Brian''' is now listening to: A | :'''Brian''' is now listening to: A | ||
− | :Today | + | :Today ● 3:29 PM |
:'''Caitlin''' Can someone call him? | :'''Caitlin''' Can someone call him? | ||
− | :Today | + | :Today ● 3:28 PM |
:'''Brian''' is now listening to: A | :'''Brian''' is now listening to: A | ||
− | :Today | + | :Today ● 3:28 PM |
:'''Brian''' is now listening to: E | :'''Brian''' is now listening to: E | ||
− | :Today | + | :Today ● 3:29 PM |
− | : | + | :'''Brian''' is now listening to: A |
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− | + | :[Caption below the frame:] | |
− | + | :My new social music service notifies your | |
− | + | :friends about what notes you're listening to. | |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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