Tuesday, March 20, 2018

one for the ages - how long before music goes out of style?

ok heres a legit math question,
considering three things:
    1. average song length
    2. average song titel length
    3. number of words in the english language
    4. factoring in that the average PROFESSIONAL WRITER types 60 words a minute
just how long before we can no longer write new lyrics for songs?
ie. how long before every possible combination of words and lyrics has been used and we can no longer create any new lyrics?

[let use country music since it follows a very typical predictable pattern]

the number of words in the english language:
171,476 words in current use, 
47,156 obsolete words.
9,500 derivative words included as subentries.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/explore/how-many-words-are-there-in-the-english-language
as the source.
ok so this means we have about 228,132 possible words in the english language.

average song length:
ok follow me on this one. 
most songs follow an abc sequence with a chorus. 
this means one line of lyrics that can be split in half to make two lines [usually averaging 8-16 words]
then followed by the next line using the same amount. [8-16]
then often times  followed by the final line before the chorus [usually avergaing 6-9 words]
then the chorus, which is usually about 4-8 words per line and has roughly 4-8 lines. 
then it repeats. usually two times more.
then the final chorus.

it typically changes lyrics, but keeping the same number of words each section.
and it repeats typically 2-3 times before the final chorus.

ex:
[line one part 1]
[line one part 2]
[line two part 1]
[line two part 2]
[prechorus line p.1]
[prechorus line p.2]

[chorus p1]
[chorus p2.]

[repeat]

[ending chrous]

now average song title length:
really only 1-4 words

ok using the above info, one could theoretically convert these numbers. using 60 words a minute to calculate the different number of word combinations into a real time. it would be every possible word multiplied by itself for the number of words for each section, counting the chorus only once [till the ending chorus]. then doing the same for the title. and finally calculating the 60 words per minute [where 60 words equals one minute in real time].
fuck it im trying based off my numbers. doing the largest first. also since no line can be the same following a previous with the exception of the chorus, i have to subtract the number of words from the previous line before doing the next one.

[OOOOOKAAAAAAYYYY.... THIS SHIT... is getting put on hold till i get a better calculator. HAHA!
number of words:
228,132
first line:
16 words-[228,132 x itself]= 
second line:
16 words:
prechorus:
9 words
chorus:
8 words, 8 lines
line 1:
line 2:
line 3:
line 4:
line 5:
line 6:
line 7:
line 8:



i know theres a formula one can use to test this, to see how long we can keep making new lyrics. the idea is not to consider repeating words or "fake words" [ie. urban dictionary]. without averaging the top 100 best songs [including number of words in title, average number of lines and words [in chorus, prechorus, and basic line scheme before that]]. my estimate would be several quadrillion years before we run out of all possible combinations. [factoring in that the average person types 60 words a minute and converting 1 minute in the real world per 60 words].
lets put this into terms: 228,132 words in the english language=about 60 HOURS [63] of NON STOP typing. this is how long it would take a PROFESSIONAL WRITER to write all the known possible words in the english language if they typed nonstop. considering you hallucenate after 36 hours with no sleep and you LITERALLY DIE if you go 3 days without water, if you took this task on youd just BARELY finish with 9 HOURS before you would DIE from dehydration. forget you retarded suicidal marathon gamers, im typing the ENTIRE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!
not to mention the fact that you would need to have it memorized. meaning if you even wanted to try to finish typing every word in the oxford dictionary [and all subwords] before 72 hours passed, you would only have 9 hours to spare. i mean i bet this is a world record that NOBODY has, i would BET MONEY on that. cause that would be INSANE. [and if anyone wanted to try, under careful monitoring and safe condtions, i would LOVE to see]. and anyone DARING to try this at home...DONT. or ill send a stalking stick man to haunt your life.
but LOOK AT THAT SHIT UP THERE! thats taking 2 days and multiplying by itself 16 times. and thats just line 1! [btw about 131,000 days-358 years]. yet more proof that music is the power of the soul.... cause in the end it is yet another thing that will outlive us all.

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