Monday, September 24. 2007

Hey, You Got Math in My TOOL! No, You Got TOOL in My Math...

Ever stumble across something that paints someone you respect in an entirely new light? That happened to me today.

Here’s what I saw: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS7CZIJVxFY.

That (awesome) video shows how Maynard James Keenan incorporated a Fibonacci sequence into the TOOL song (and album) Lateralus, using the spiral it defines to to add meaning to the song (and his philosophy). It blew my mind. Now I wonder just what else Maynard has nestled into the music I love…

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