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Rhythm is everything that has to do with organization of musical elements in time. Rhythm includes pace, tempo, meter and an almost infinite number of ways in which long or short durations of sound and silence make up patterns in time. These manipulations of meter to form patterns are important factors because they are the primary means of providing both tension and repose. There are many pattern devices in which tension can be created, such as meter alterations and ostinato. An examination of which specific actions taken with pace, tempo, and meter create either tension or repose is in order to define how rhythm itself creates these feelings in the listener.

A sense of repose results when some one element supplies unity by remaining unchanged while the other elements are changing dramatically. The stability of this rhythm provides a norm for the listener that suppresses the tension. However, when rhythm is subjected to considerable variation, the unpredictability of the variation and the increased amount of information the listener must process can generate a great deal of tension.

Why do we even care about Britney Spears anyway? The reason we care is because we know more about Britney Spears than most of us know about our best friends. We can’t wait for the media to bring us our next fix of stupidity that Britney has to offer. The main question is why do they do that?

They do that to create a vicious cycle. Here is how it starts, the media brings it up and we acknowledge it and it’s just outrageous enough that it sparks conversation between some people. Then we move in to expand the story and maybe embellish a little bit and more people start to talk and create there own opinions and add there own parts to the story. Pretty soon you’re so confused you don’t know what is going on. Now they have set you up to revisit the story at a later time to bring it all back into focus.

The media coverage of Britney that I remember started with her 55 hour marriage to her childhood friend Jason Alexander. Then everyone asks, “What was she thinking?” Why do we care? Marriages begin and end everyday. But we want to know what happened.

From an early age I recognized that music had a deeply emotional and spiritual effect on me. Growing up in a musical house hold, where both my parents performed and recorded in semi-professional church groups sessions at which I would fall asleep inside my Dad’s bass guitar or guitar case it was inevitable that I would develop a critical ear for good music and a passion for playing.

I picked up the guitar at the rather late age of 17 and there were several bands which influenced me and my guitar playing style and also seemed to be in tune with my soul. Where my lovely wife enjoys the quirky university garage band sounds in bands like Cake, I have always had a deep passion for richly layered music and highly melodic content. Part of this influence can only be attributed to my parents and in particular my Father’s guitar playing.