From wired:Â
It took Dalhousie University professor Jason Brown six months and some advanced mathematical analytical techniques to crack the code behind one of the most mysterious sounds in music: the “prraaaaaangg” sound at the beginning of the Beatles’ “Hard Day’s Night.”
A mystery, huh? Who knew? Back in the day, we just figured there was a piano in there, b/c that’s how it sounded. ;>)
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Sorry, but that’s a giant waste of a University’s resources.
I know, I know, someone will point out that it’s "testing a method" (the math method he used) but in the long run it was a waste of time just so he could get headlines.
I mean, what are people outside the field more likely to read (and fund) "Analysis of a sound produced in a Univeristy lab" or "What that mysterious sound at the beginning of a Beatles hit is"?
Most likely it was related to something else they were doing, and it was just something easy and fun to do. You see that sometimes in the sciences. I seriously doubt he was given a special grant just for this.
I am more interested in this: Music "DNA"
Once the technique is commonplace electronic music will go up yet another notch in realism.
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