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DEFINITIONS for FIRE-BASED MUSIC:

F
(Fire)

FIRE- Music that is energetic, passionate, danceable, exciting or otherwise rousing. This is music that is penetrative, loud or exciting. Upbeat and medium to fast paced, it corresponds with the sensation of heat or energy.

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FA
(Fire with Air)

Mixed with Air, Fire music becomes electrified, energetic, and smooth, often with the use of fast-paced electronic instrumentation. This is the classification that coincides with most electronic dance music, the sub-element of ELECTRICITY.

Images I associate with Electricity music tend to include warm, bright colors like yellows, oranges, bright pinks and luminous greens. Shapes and movements associated with Electricity are glowing lines, dynamic geometric shapes, flashing lights and pulsating entities similar to colors under a blacklight. This is highly synthetic music that calls to mind colors produced by a digital screen.

A good example of "electricity" music is Royksopp's Eple, which would be tagged as FAE (fire-air-earth).


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FE
(Fire with Earth)

Mixed with Earth, Fire music becomes much earthier, less synthetic and more rich and raw. This is the category under which a lot of harder rock or heavily distorted noise rock falls. When Fire and Earth alone are mixed, you get a very indulgent rock sound, with lots of loud, gritty or distorted guitar. This is the most intrusive sub-element BLAZE.

Images I tend to associate with Blaze music are things like rust and various rough metallic surfaces. Colors tend to be fiery; mostly deep reds, rich browns, blacks and oranges with the occasional bright colors thrown in for contrast.

This track would be tagged FEa (fire-earth-air).



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FW
(Fire with Water)

Mixed with Water, Fire music becomes more expressive, with a stronger emphasis on vocals and a passionate message. This is where you find music like alternative rock, hip hop and new wave; music with energy, emotional expression and smoother vocals. The sub-element FLAME.

Flame is an interesting element because Water and Fire like to mix in a lot of different ways. To differentiate these sounds, it's good to look at how they're classified using the letter codes I've assigned.

FWa (Flame with Air)

This is where you get the more electronic sounding Flame music, like that of electronically infused rock music. Associated colors include bright blues, greens, yellows and purples, like those seen in colored flames, highlighters or chemicals. There's an overall synthetic feel.

Sorry in advance if you have a problem with Coldplay, but this is a good example of this variant of FWa music uncontaminated by elements of Earth.



FWe (Flame with Earth)

This is where you get the more earthy sound, like that of most mainstream or alternative rock. Associated colors are much like that of Blaze; brown-infused warm colors that are more subdued, like leaves in the fall. This is the conventional rock sound. Not too loud, not inacessible, not particularly over-the-top.



FW (Just Flame)

Something like Rain, with earnest or expressive themes set to up-beat music. This is where you get the smoothest variety of Flame music, like slick R&B and Hip Hop. Associated colors are mid-tones of green, purple and taupe.




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