Four others who did the mix'n'match Outkast: Stankonia (2000) Stankonia saw the Atlanta duo happily throwing together whatever sounds appealed, then fermenting the mix with studio trickery.
The idea of a symphony for vocal sounds appeals to him; so does the notion of working with Mr. Adamo on a musical theater piece for amplified voices and small ensemble.
Science may be able to tell us why we like music, why certain types of sound appeal more than others, but not why Bach is the best.
The sound appeal drivers were adapted from common sound clips heard in online advertisements (Appendix 2) which were adapted from Lewis et al. (2012), adjusted according to the nature of the study.
Composers from Handel to Humperdinck found in the female voice a quality that illuminated their male characters, while the thrill of the sexual ambiguity and also the beauty of the sound appealed to audiences.
"Any sort of sound appeals and fascinates me - I just cling on to it and I start to compose music," he explains.
There's a chance that Bowersox, the dredlocked single mom who has less of a bubblegum persona than any other woman who has made it this far in the contest, will be the one to break the female runner-up curse, since her Janis Joplin-esque sound appeals to men as well, offering her a chance at the type of crossover success that Clarkson and Underwood have enjoyed.
Worth a listen, however: the painstaking faux-analog sound of "Nation's Pride," the movie within a movie, for its sound-geek appeal.
We can assume it's not the critics – the band has been on the receiving end of some poisonous attacks in the press, mainly from those who are baffled by their sound and appeal.
Often compared to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair for his sound-bite appeal and charm, Renzi has called for a generational change in Italian politics, which has long been dominated by men older than 60, though Letta is 47.
