Will We Ever Run Out of New Music?

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  • čas přidán 19. 11. 2012
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  • @4rmond
    @4rmond Před 8 lety +36582

    Will We Ever Run Out Of New Vsause Videos? That's the real question.

  • @alexophobic2655
    @alexophobic2655 Před 3 lety +5540

    Every Artist would just sue each other in 500k years

    • @eDoc2020
      @eDoc2020 Před 3 lety +332

      Not quite. At some point all the older songs would be public domain so it wouldn't be infringement.

    • @dinosharttt
      @dinosharttt Před 3 lety +32

      There’s no coming back, you have to accept it

    • @sadhna7865
      @sadhna7865 Před 3 lety +8

      Nope

    • @Jitzau
      @Jitzau Před 3 lety +35

      @Brenton Marchesi Tell that to any big company.

    • @TheRandomRager
      @TheRandomRager Před 3 lety +51

      This comment is a joke why is everyone explaining copyright laws now 😂

  • @touch_me.
    @touch_me. Před 8 měsíci +439

    honestly: even if there was a finite amount of music that could be created, we are likely to forget about certain pieces over time resulting in us rediscovering old pieces without realizing it

    • @Gaminghj
      @Gaminghj Před 7 měsíci +27

      It's likely It's already happened. Music is so intriguing for so many reasons

    • @touch_me.
      @touch_me. Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@Gaminghj true

    • @26.sakashbhat61
      @26.sakashbhat61 Před 6 měsíci

      Thats exactly what I had thought!

    • @anthroimperzia3927
      @anthroimperzia3927 Před 6 měsíci

      I only listen to old music, I cant stand new stuff

    • @Gaminghj
      @Gaminghj Před 6 měsíci

      @@anthroimperzia3927 understandable I can mostly agree

  • @CowboyAye
    @CowboyAye Před rokem +1206

    How to make a Vsauce video:
    Step 1: Write a thesis
    Step 2: take the opposite of your thesis
    Step 3: prove the opposite of your thesis in the video
    Step 4: say "Or is it" and prove your original thesis
    This is what the result js:
    Hey, Vsause! MICHAEL HERE!
    Did you know that (FALSE STUFF)
    Or is it?
    (PROVES THAT THIS STUFF IS FALSE)

    • @Entropy67
      @Entropy67 Před rokem +90

      I think my method is easier: eat some shrooms, hang out with your physicist, mathematician, and computer scientist friends, record everything, profit. Works better if you got a fancy degree too.

    • @jimbodestroyer1324
      @jimbodestroyer1324 Před rokem +36

      ​@@Entropy67 my method is way more efficient.
      1: watch vsauce video

    • @marshallkimmathers
      @marshallkimmathers Před rokem

      @@jimbodestroyer1324 This may be the most efficient.
      Sniff ranch up your nose until you see Ranch Jesus.

    • @soulz0387
      @soulz0387 Před rokem +21

      @@jimbodestroyer1324 oh please
      1. vsauce, Michael here

    • @wespicedmemes
      @wespicedmemes Před 11 měsíci +7

      @@soulz0387 green slime appears

  • @endexo
    @endexo Před 4 lety +6453

    So you're saying that there are more remixes of Old Town Road than atoms on earth

  • @nonplayercharacter12333
    @nonplayercharacter12333 Před 5 lety +4687

    We Sauce
    *U.S.S.R. Anthem plays*

  • @kDon_51
    @kDon_51 Před 9 měsíci +35

    Summary: We will never run out of music, even though it is finite because of the patterns and melodies that interest us.

  • @bravo-93
    @bravo-93 Před 2 lety +151

    Seeing him holding that CD makes me feel old… time flies so fast wow

    • @DccToon
      @DccToon Před 10 měsíci +11

      the fact that 2017 is 7 years ago is scary

    • @xkeychain
      @xkeychain Před 10 měsíci +4

      ​@@DccToonit's 6 years ago, it will be 7 years ago once 2023 is over

    • @DccToon
      @DccToon Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@xkeychain you are right, i didnt double check

    • @sqyx93
      @sqyx93 Před 7 měsíci +1

      I have cds

    • @sqyx93
      @sqyx93 Před 7 měsíci +1

      They’re not gone

  • @GoldenPenHD
    @GoldenPenHD Před 4 lety +6233

    So you’re saying there’s some fire ass music that we will never hear?

  • @pequod4557
    @pequod4557 Před 5 lety +3577

    At least we have toto Africa

  • @MrJackOfAllTraits
    @MrJackOfAllTraits Před 10 měsíci +106

    Ten years later, this was the first vsauce video I ever saw and it changed my life forever. No joke. Thank you michael.

    • @lolliii5477
      @lolliii5477 Před 7 měsíci +2

      did youtube just shuff thoose vsauce content to ur face? at when?

  • @ShubhGG12
    @ShubhGG12 Před rokem +53

    now i know why gangsta's paradise was sounding a bit like pigstep's chorus

  • @kochuscurries5384
    @kochuscurries5384 Před 4 lety +16173

    This guy's got the scientific answer to all the stupid questions I ask to myself

  • @sugarkain2291
    @sugarkain2291 Před 3 lety +9029

    1,200 years worth of songs and here I am listening to the same 3 songs everyday.

    • @Mii.2.0
      @Mii.2.0 Před 3 lety +129

      That's sad.

    • @lightningstrike5280
      @lightningstrike5280 Před 2 lety +65

      chase pulse by Kevin Macleod, stick bug song and Star Trek into darkness end credits

    • @tost5986
      @tost5986 Před 2 lety +20

      @Safwaan Use Soulseek

    • @pyl0nph0togr4phy7
      @pyl0nph0togr4phy7 Před 2 lety +14

      @@tost5986 based slsk user

    • @tost5986
      @tost5986 Před 2 lety +15

      @@pyl0nph0togr4phy7 indeed; I salute you too, for you are based

  • @marh122
    @marh122 Před 9 měsíci +14

    I feel like in the radio they are already reusing 80 percent of old music and adding speed and bass to it, so yeah I think we have already ran out of new music

    • @mackmenezes4912
      @mackmenezes4912 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Remixes are the future i guess

    • @Micah_YT
      @Micah_YT Před 9 měsíci

      My radio just plays love songs and them being sad💀

    • @williambroome9140
      @williambroome9140 Před 3 měsíci

      I mean not all of the possibilities will sound good and won't be used, only a select few will

  • @rosechild3885
    @rosechild3885 Před 11 měsíci +47

    Idk when u factor in different bpms, tuning systems, odd time signatures, different instruments, and polyrhythms, it’s pretty hard to run out of new music

    • @slimgrim3607
      @slimgrim3607 Před 4 měsíci

      yeah but the question is not whether we will run out of note combinations, its wheather we will run out of melodies that sound GOOD

    • @rosechild3885
      @rosechild3885 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@slimgrim3607 good is pretty subjective so that’s kinda hard to come up with an answer

  • @evacslived5028
    @evacslived5028 Před 5 lety +4520

    I really love how timeless these older videos are, the way micheal “is” has stayed the same, which is great

    • @oru
      @oru Před 4 lety +233

      Yeah, i literally can't say any difference between a vsauce video from 2011 and 2019. Except the outro and the camera quality

    • @lisachadwick6362
      @lisachadwick6362 Před 4 lety +43

      I watch a newer video then a older video and I don't notice anything different.

    • @Pekara121
      @Pekara121 Před 4 lety +18

      his pp got smoler

    • @Pekara121
      @Pekara121 Před 4 lety +6

      his pp got smoler

    • @Peter_1986
      @Peter_1986 Před 4 lety +79

      @@oru
      One subtle difference that I have noticed is that Michael says "...and..." right after introducing himself in his older videos.
      Compare, for example, "HEY, Vsauce, Michael here, and this is a cool video" with "HEY, Vsauce, Michael here... This is a cool video".

  • @Lucas-ix6rj
    @Lucas-ix6rj Před 6 lety +536

    "63"
    oh okay that's a pretty good comparison
    "million"
    ....

    • @Rayer24
      @Rayer24 Před 4 lety +15

      I legit went :O

    • @plate12
      @plate12 Před 6 měsíci

      what's get different in your life in these 6 years!!?

  • @kai-yx4rm
    @kai-yx4rm Před rokem +15

    2:29 SIKE! THATS A LOOOOOOOONG NUMBER!

  • @fatfurry
    @fatfurry Před rokem +6

    I wonder how many people randomly recreated melodies of other songs exactly down to the beat without ever knowing it.

  • @Aegis_Mind
    @Aegis_Mind Před 8 lety +3747

    This guy must have ripped legs with all the squats he's doing between takes in pretty much all his videos I've seen so far.

    • @lenas7867
      @lenas7867 Před 8 lety +80

      this is so funny oh mygod

    • @Aegis_Mind
      @Aegis_Mind Před 8 lety +95

      +Lena S like what's he doing? Adjusting the tripod every 2 minutes? Haha jokes aside its a neat idea to have that abrupt transition.

    • @Revolutionz1500x
      @Revolutionz1500x Před 7 lety +43

      THUNDER THIGHS!

    • @theblackhundreds7124
      @theblackhundreds7124 Před 7 lety +63

      He got thighs of a mongolian woman

    • @lorettamanes7011
      @lorettamanes7011 Před 7 lety +28

      Now I can't unsee it

  • @gdsaurmanex8804
    @gdsaurmanex8804 Před 6 lety +1237

    "Will we ever run out of original music?"
    **Plays the same sci-fi song he uses in almost every Vsauce video**

    • @gtdrummerdude
      @gtdrummerdude Před 4 lety +34

      You stole my comment in advance.

    • @fluffymuffin4567
      @fluffymuffin4567 Před 4 lety +20

      gtdrummerdude he went back in time just to fuck your plan up

    • @alexandermizzi1095
      @alexandermizzi1095 Před 4 lety +3

      @@gtdrummerdude Is your you-tube name just made for this video

    • @iggykad
      @iggykad Před 4 lety +8

      @@alexandermizzi1095 that doesn't make sense lol

    • @shleemyd8169
      @shleemyd8169 Před 4 lety +2

      It's called moon men, you're welcome

  • @Shin3y
    @Shin3y Před rokem +22

    I feel that we can never truely run out of songs, sound design is a major distinguishing factor. There are also the fact that playing with speed, volume, lyrical style, instrument combination. Often people forget to take these things into account. Another way to differentiate style is using key changes, or playing slightly out of tune for effect, etc.

  • @thedinobros1218
    @thedinobros1218 Před 8 měsíci +5

    Good news, we will never run out of ragtime!

  • @fatcunt2372
    @fatcunt2372 Před 7 lety +2066

    once you start watching these videos you cant stop

  • @randomclone8063
    @randomclone8063 Před 7 lety +1851

    Micheal: 63
    Me: okay that quite a -
    Micheal: million
    Me: WTF

    • @jamenneel342
      @jamenneel342 Před 6 lety +23

      It's spelled Michael...

    • @sofyebeats7032
      @sofyebeats7032 Před 5 lety

      Same

    • @tonyisthinking7078
      @tonyisthinking7078 Před 5 lety +1

      @@jamenneel342 cause somebody said mich *ea* l instead of mich *ae* l realy m8

    • @oni8337
      @oni8337 Před 5 lety +13

      @@jamenneel342 No its spell chimael

    • @shasha2156
      @shasha2156 Před 5 lety +4

      Teacher: your score on you test paper is only 6 over 50
      Me: seems normal to me
      next year later
      Teacher: you have a 50 over 50 on your test paper
      Me: *runs to my friend* SAVE ME!!!

  • @nicholasn.2883
    @nicholasn.2883 Před 2 lety +6

    2^211,000,000 gives me comfort. I legit was thinking we'd run out of new music. We've got like 80 Billion years left, I doubt we'll get through it all in that time

  • @aryataksande7501
    @aryataksande7501 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Why does this video feel like it was just released yesterday

  • @thomasboullie3764
    @thomasboullie3764 Před 4 lety +3689

    Does this mean that, given enough time, somebody will have the exact same DNA as a person that lived a billion years ago due to a finite genome sequence?

    • @pakialetchumyperumal2696
      @pakialetchumyperumal2696 Před 3 lety +206

      Kind of

    • @vincenzoalbanese6021
      @vincenzoalbanese6021 Před 3 lety +877

      Technically that could happen, but in practice that's actually impossible due to evolution and genome mutation

    • @cossicrots4290
      @cossicrots4290 Před 3 lety +289

      Well, if there really is a finite amount of possible DNA sets, then technically yes. But it would probably take more than a billion years.

    • @froginablender2019
      @froginablender2019 Před 3 lety +96

      Also the sun will most likely explode in about 5 million years so most likely you will never have someone with the same dna as you

    • @froginablender2019
      @froginablender2019 Před 3 lety +151

      Oh wait nvm just fact checked it, it’s 5 billion

  • @AstroSalamander
    @AstroSalamander Před 3 lety +7554

    As a musician, this is the only thing I've had an existential crisis about...

    • @AstroSalamander
      @AstroSalamander Před 3 lety +94

      @shannon heraty yeahhh that kinda works if you tweak it enough but also depending on the different sounds you use and such it would be fineeee

    • @walidfakhfakh3660
      @walidfakhfakh3660 Před 3 lety +81

      @shannon heraty and get sued or copyrighted later

    • @mattynek2
      @mattynek2 Před 3 lety +12

      Same

    • @sagirozzo720
      @sagirozzo720 Před 3 lety +9

      Same

    • @goldbarplayz44
      @goldbarplayz44 Před 3 lety +64

      As a random guy who just likes music, same thing.

  • @Hexagrontley
    @Hexagrontley Před rokem +6

    its been a decade abd we havent ran out yet. going strong

  • @AlukroXD
    @AlukroXD Před 8 měsíci +8

    V sauce I personally had this theory as a kid but I think you should make a video about how difficult history class in school will be in the future

    • @linuslundquist3501
      @linuslundquist3501 Před 11 dny

      The distant past just gets compressed. Curriculums usually put as much effort into describing 600 years of middle ages as a fifty year period in the 20th century.

  • @kumulonvevo6738
    @kumulonvevo6738 Před 7 lety +2266

    The ITunes store contains 28million songs
    But not a single song by Tool.

    • @kelleykarlok
      @kelleykarlok Před 7 lety +65

      #puttoolonitunes spread the word

    • @riririri655
      @riririri655 Před 7 lety +45

      Apple sucks !

    • @aidenmiddleton
      @aidenmiddleton Před 7 lety +71

      I wonder why they don't have tool on iTunes? Ohhh wait a minute, tool doesn't want there music on iTunes :(

    • @zacharywilson9596
      @zacharywilson9596 Před 7 lety +3

      sathish kumar heeeeyyy enemy I w4nt t000 chuuuck y0u int0o0o a h0le 4 scaaaming!!

    • @Willicraft15243
      @Willicraft15243 Před 7 lety +19

      yeah, Maynard doesnt support digital music sales though

  • @ededos478
    @ededos478 Před 7 lety +1992

    This means that if I had a truly had a random music generator that could produce every possibile combination of digital song, it would eventually produce Adolph Hitler singing the US national anthem.

    • @Khornedevotee
      @Khornedevotee Před 5 lety +185

      If it accounted for all the possible different voice tones, yes. :)

    • @owlofathena1247
      @owlofathena1247 Před 5 lety +185

      @@Khornedevotee or me reading mein Kampf while showering

    • @christopherg2347
      @christopherg2347 Před 5 lety +46

      Yes, all of those. And every piece of random audio that will propably break your sound playback hardware :)
      Funny thing on that matter:
      Mixed Mode CD's en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_Mode_CD were used to combine Videogames with CD quality audio songs.
      And trying to interpret that first track (wich was binary data) as Audio could create input combinations that could literally break the circuits on your sound hardware or membranes of your speakers.
      There were just combinations of frequencies not supported by it.

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 Před 5 lety +12

      I think itd be funnier to hear Dolphie sing an off-key karaoke version of "My Humps."

    • @planetshine
      @planetshine Před 5 lety +4

      Me playing a podcast.

  • @justarandomcurse3331
    @justarandomcurse3331 Před 2 lety +19

    I was 11 when these videos came out. I think I heard the name *vsauce* back then but I didn't had an internet connection to check things out. I didn't know English very well either. Recently I found this channel and since then, I'm glad that I found it and getting to learn all these new stuffs

  • @armaancodes
    @armaancodes Před rokem +6

    Bollywood already did.

  • @OvenproofMeteor
    @OvenproofMeteor Před 4 lety +589

    Hey, Vsauce, Michael here. We already ran out of music, and as always, thanks for watching. (outro music plays)

    • @shrug1250
      @shrug1250 Před 3 lety +28

      We ran out of good music

    • @Mick_92
      @Mick_92 Před 3 lety +37

      That's it boys, music is over. Time to go listen to medieval versions of existing popular songs.

    • @lakejizzio7777
      @lakejizzio7777 Před 3 lety +3

      @@shrug1250 Dig deeper.

    • @thepopgroup3366
      @thepopgroup3366 Před 3 lety +3

      @@shrug1250 said by every old heads that only listen to radio music

    • @strangedogthatisslightlyan7860
      @strangedogthatisslightlyan7860 Před 3 lety +2

      we ran out of good music in 2012

  • @unfaizdd775
    @unfaizdd775 Před 7 lety +494

    Well the Chainsmokers have.

    • @tandoku9133
      @tandoku9133 Před 5 lety +10

      Hahahahaha 😂😂

    • @eepy9000
      @eepy9000 Před 5 lety +19

      hello police? id like to report a murder

    • @gold_5600
      @gold_5600 Před 5 lety +12

      Twenty Øne Pilots have entered the chat...

    • @sagnasty4270
      @sagnasty4270 Před 5 lety +5

      Ya Gurl Venus THA Wolfe 21 pilots was removed from the chat

    • @gold_5600
      @gold_5600 Před 5 lety +3

      COMEDY NATION
      The Chainsmokers have entered the chat.

  • @alvarddiamond660
    @alvarddiamond660 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Vsauce answers to all of the 2-am-thoughts questions

  • @diobrando7642
    @diobrando7642 Před 8 měsíci +3

    This video is 10 years old, but I hope someone who'll watch it will find this interesting.
    It is possible to prove mathematically that two notes aren't good together, so yeah, the number of all audio files is fucking huge, but 90% of that will be gibberish, some of that will be random sounds, and only a tiny bit will contain actual notes that make sense.
    But since the limit when you write music is creativity, and considering the fact that a lot of melodies are pretty similar, it would still be almost impossible to run out of good melodies.

  • @cchewwitup
    @cchewwitup Před 4 lety +2264

    man, its good to know i had the same philosophical thoughts at the age of 7. makes me feel smart.

  • @diabl2master
    @diabl2master Před 7 lety +1772

    Most mainstream artists are already recycling :')

    • @io-ru6zq
      @io-ru6zq Před 7 lety +9

      explain

    • @diabl2master
      @diabl2master Před 7 lety +189

      io 90 many motifs, musical ideas, melodies, sounds, samples, etc., that I hear in today's mainstream music, especially pop, are directly copied from other songs. either that or they are extremely generic and unimaginative, requiring little artistic flair to come up with.

    • @AwesomeDude739
      @AwesomeDude739 Před 7 lety +43

      Thank you

    • @user-po6hn9id1t
      @user-po6hn9id1t Před 7 lety +7

      this process is going since the start. See pulp function

    • @diabl2master
      @diabl2master Před 7 lety +13

      ΑΡΗΣ ΚΟΡΝΑΡΑΚΗΣ
      pulp function lol

  • @WavePotter
    @WavePotter Před rokem +3

    That’s it, from now on all my songs will be 5 minutes and 1 second.

  • @mixup2216
    @mixup2216 Před 8 měsíci +2

    The title seems like the kind of question where you’d think “definitely not” but it turns out the answer is yes.
    But no, definitely not. Especially if you listen to reasonably unique music there’s just so many small details that go into making a track exactly the way it is. Sure there may be songs of similar genre but there’s a practically infinite amount of unique songs left to be made.

  • @BimBims
    @BimBims Před 8 lety +668

    next video, "How many pixels are there in real life?"

    • @cimmik
      @cimmik Před 8 lety +13

      +Bim Bims Maybe we could think of a cube with the size ℓP x ℓP x ℓP as a pixel .

    • @adamcummings20
      @adamcummings20 Před 8 lety +5

      +cimmik Does that symbol represent the smallest possible subatomic particle?

    • @cimmik
      @cimmik Před 8 lety +11

      +Conveniently Placed Goat It is the Planck Length. If I have understood it correctly, it is the shortest distance.

    • @tmzissupergay
      @tmzissupergay Před 8 lety +6

      0

    • @kyleraccoon6195
      @kyleraccoon6195 Před 8 lety

      +Bim Bims Super Strings Are Pixels

  • @goodpeople2953
    @goodpeople2953 Před 2 lety +1439

    Will we run out of music?
    Micheal: Yesn’t

  • @manubishe
    @manubishe Před 6 měsíci +1

    "it even contains conversations you didn't have with your parents" 💀💀💀

  • @mikehibbett3301
    @mikehibbett3301 Před 5 měsíci +4

    I wonder - over the years, has the space of comfortable music expanded, or fragmented? What an interesting area of research that would be!

  • @BossBoss-wx6mx
    @BossBoss-wx6mx Před 4 lety +2156

    Michael is that smart kid that did every GCSE possible

    • @IamaPERSON
      @IamaPERSON Před 4 lety +45

      GCSE?

    • @BossBoss-wx6mx
      @BossBoss-wx6mx Před 4 lety +143

      I am a PERSON! GCSE's are basically subjects that have a final exam. The final exam is called a gcse exam. This is used in the UK and are assessed on their final year of secondary school. It's stands for General Certificate of Secondary Education

    • @IamaPERSON
      @IamaPERSON Před 4 lety +44

      @@BossBoss-wx6mx oooooh, that makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up!

    • @michaelpartridge1381
      @michaelpartridge1381 Před 4 lety +24

      My name is Michael.

    • @IamaPERSON
      @IamaPERSON Před 4 lety +25

      @@michaelpartridge1381 congrats on being the smart kid then!

  • @harrymorelli1302
    @harrymorelli1302 Před 6 lety +871

    We already have run out of music.
    Thanks Jake Paul

  • @aryanc9457
    @aryanc9457 Před 8 měsíci +3

    We ain’t gonna run out of new music unless Nintendo goes down

  • @mikehibbett3301
    @mikehibbett3301 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Awesome. Just Awesome.

  • @fazer9119
    @fazer9119 Před 3 lety +1390

    Interesting to see, that back then, spotify wasn't a thing, yet.

    • @reinatr4848
      @reinatr4848 Před 3 lety +179

      Spotify started in 2006.
      This was 2012.
      It existed, just didn't contain so many songs

    • @peccato
      @peccato Před 3 lety +116

      Spotify became popular in 2016

    • @fazer9119
      @fazer9119 Před 2 lety +35

      @@reinatr4848 didn't know that, thanks

    • @mabelccr1000
      @mabelccr1000 Před 2 lety +14

      At first I was so confused why CZcams looked like that (I was young ash when Yt was like this so I didn’t use Yt very much) and then I realized that this video was made im 2012

    • @Rami-bi9xj
      @Rami-bi9xj Před 2 lety +3

      @Master Chief Petty Officer John 117 Spotify is better

  • @Carzey
    @Carzey Před 3 lety +579

    I came here to learn about music and ended up finding out obamas last name.

  • @canadmexi
    @canadmexi Před 9 měsíci +3

    0:32
    I like how he just moves past that truth bomb he dropped on music lovers.

  • @lakejizzio7777
    @lakejizzio7777 Před 3 lety +400

    As long as Progressive Rock bands keep writing 10+ min songs we are safe.

    • @user-nc9ib7qq3v
      @user-nc9ib7qq3v Před 7 měsíci +6

      LEGIT

    • @APercussionist
      @APercussionist Před 7 měsíci

      ye

    • @theironpoptart587
      @theironpoptart587 Před 7 měsíci +7

      King Crimson and Pink Floyd come to mind instantly

    • @raingirlcat2245
      @raingirlcat2245 Před 7 měsíci +5

      @@theironpoptart587Agalloch, Darkthrone, Deafheaven, Burzum, Blood Incantation, etc.

    • @chiateghang3629
      @chiateghang3629 Před 6 měsíci +4

      @@theironpoptart587 King crimso- who's ability "just worked"?
      Wait what the heck just hapened

  • @anteeklund4159
    @anteeklund4159 Před 3 lety +511

    6:55 nostalgia from that old youtube UI

  • @user-pd1sp8pn8t
    @user-pd1sp8pn8t Před 7 měsíci +1

    Im glad you always end on a nice note, sometimes i get to stoned and your videos trip me out

  • @zaneverovati
    @zaneverovati Před 9 měsíci +1

    Man is asking the real questions, I've been thinking about this one every time I fire up my Fruity Loops studio...

  • @PianoScenesMoviesandSeries
    @PianoScenesMoviesandSeries Před 7 lety +337

    I love when things are getting serious, this tune plays. It starts at about 0:50.

  • @nanamarie662
    @nanamarie662 Před 5 lety +1955

    *what if you nightcore it over and over again?*

    • @MIKIBURGOS
      @MIKIBURGOS Před 5 lety +88

      It's like if a song had the number n and the nightcore would square it, n² is still within that 2^211000000 different possibilities

    • @RB565_YT
      @RB565_YT Před 4 lety +37

      IT'S GONNA BE ULTRA FAST

    • @vibri_
      @vibri_ Před 4 lety +49

      Extremely fast and pitched up so high it breaks glass

    • @icantswim1
      @icantswim1 Před 4 lety +53

      Weeb 100

    • @taylorbritt499
      @taylorbritt499 Před 4 lety +14

      nightcore it so many times that eventually it's just a 2 minute long high pitched squeal

  • @richard_d_bird
    @richard_d_bird Před 10 měsíci +2

    by the time we get to the end of all of the possible combinations of notes, nobody will remember the first ones. so we can just go around and around.

  • @sonicfan7643
    @sonicfan7643 Před 7 měsíci +1

    You do have a point, when you said it take one or two notes to sound like a similar tune, it reminded me how in my school program two notes sounded similar to the Back to the Future theme from the beginning of part 2

  • @ionxAqxclan
    @ionxAqxclan Před 4 lety +1864

    Ah yes:
    Shrek
    Sherk
    Shork
    Shrok
    All in one song

  • @donfolstar
    @donfolstar Před 8 lety +367

    ..and every conversation you didn't have with Beck, Beethoven, Michael, and every other human being who ever lived. Every cat, dog, dolphin, polar bear, grasshopper, etc... too.
    Contained in 2^211,000,000 tracks is a track of you repeating the word moist 10 times while sloths fornicate in the background, a track where you say moist 11 times while sloths fornicate, and a track where you say the word moist 10 times again but this time it is bears. Then every other animal and every number of times you can say the word moist in 5 minutes. Now every other word. Now words that aren't really words like Bliznorp and Zikkyzikky. Also, it would contain variations for different ages and amounts of phlegm in your throat or nasal congestion. Now repeat that process for everyone else who ever lived.
    It is a totally far out big number. Bigger than gigantic. So enormous it makes unfathomably huge look quite small. Smaller than small, actually. Take the single biggest thing you can think of now square it and you still aren't even close.

    • @adamweishaupt3733
      @adamweishaupt3733 Před 8 lety +6

      +donfolstar Still smaller than googolplex (but trillions of times larger than googol).

    • @BlinkinFirefly
      @BlinkinFirefly Před 8 lety +4

      +donfolstar Shut up you're not Michael Stevens! =l

    • @donfolstar
      @donfolstar Před 8 lety +7

      +BlinkinFirefly and you're not a firefly. nobody is perfect, though some of us are jerks.

    • @ksjay7474
      @ksjay7474 Před 8 lety +1

      Wait, which Michael are you talking about?

    • @donfolstar
      @donfolstar Před 8 lety +3

      Azmi Raissa all of them

  • @JT__Media
    @JT__Media Před 8 měsíci +7

    This is why I love weird electronic bass music. So much of it sounds extremely unique

  • @rockets4kids
    @rockets4kids Před 11 měsíci +28

    We'll never run out of new music, but we might run out of *good* new music. Some might say we already have.

    • @Stress_._Free
      @Stress_._Free Před 10 měsíci +5

      Oh be quiet you

    • @liquidvicinity
      @liquidvicinity Před 10 měsíci

      if you look at music over the years and centuries its just been getting faster
      edit: its also (very slowly) becoming more complicated

    • @marbulOfficial
      @marbulOfficial Před 10 měsíci +1

      And that's my fault for making the opposite of good music.

    • @marbulOfficial
      @marbulOfficial Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@liquidvicinity1 200 000 bpm moment

    • @ashutoshshringari9
      @ashutoshshringari9 Před 9 měsíci

      Have you heard pcrc? The Indian band.

  • @demonshade4120
    @demonshade4120 Před 3 lety +447

    The amount of music in this video has tripled at least probably because of all those old town road remixes

    • @xusux
      @xusux Před 3 lety +4

      Lol
      Yeqh he reduced the chances of new music

  • @link000000
    @link000000 Před 9 lety +563

    So many different songs out there... THEY WHY THE FUCK DO THEY PLAY THE SAME 3 FUCKING TAYLOR SWIFT SONGS OVER AND OVER ON THE RADIO!?...

    • @211Appolo
      @211Appolo Před 9 lety +18

      Mmmorshu Because those 3 songs suck and we don't want to hear more from that talentless bitch.

    • @n00baTr00pa
      @n00baTr00pa Před 9 lety +28

      Mmmorshu Radio and mainstream music is shit. This is why we listen to metal.

    • @VivShaw
      @VivShaw Před 9 lety +2

      i listen to country

    • @MrHypeur
      @MrHypeur Před 9 lety +2

      icarly Not approving taylor swift but i approve rapism.

    • @kennyinbmore
      @kennyinbmore Před 9 lety

      benboy25 l Said no-one on the internet ever.

  • @anhnguyenduy8903
    @anhnguyenduy8903 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Michael has always been thanking me for watching, but I've never thanked him enough for making videos

  • @mrrandom1265
    @mrrandom1265 Před 7 měsíci +4

    I've always wondered. Is there a limit to what we can create?

  • @pauljoshy96
    @pauljoshy96 Před 4 lety +528

    The whole point of music is to connect using similarity. We've always been singing songs about the same themes since the dawn of time and we still haven't gotten bored yet.

    • @lebroncondaya9475
      @lebroncondaya9475 Před 3 lety +41

      Or have we......

    • @dismalthoughts
      @dismalthoughts Před 2 lety +33

      For sure! We'll never get bored, and every 30 years or so most people will forget the overwhelming majority of songs that came before, but I don't think that's what this question is about. I think it's more about being literally unable to write a 3-5 minute song that is completely unique in every way.

    • @stood6488
      @stood6488 Před 2 lety +15

      Because those same concepts and ideas will be forever present so long as we as a species exist. There will always be heartache, strife, joy, despair, etc.

  • @Aki-X
    @Aki-X Před 3 lety +766

    Michael's videos are like 10 years old but still in 1080p
    I'm glad people from future can watch it easily bcz of that

    • @xusux
      @xusux Před 3 lety +4

      Yeah
      And they will also see legend and scream

    • @xusux
      @xusux Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/eELOA1tHjFc/video.html

    • @GeForce1080
      @GeForce1080 Před 2 lety +61

      Vsauce was ahead of its time

    • @pochakajeoi8943
      @pochakajeoi8943 Před 2 lety +32

      @@GeForce1080 still is

    • @LilXancheX
      @LilXancheX Před rokem +14

      @@pochakajeoi8943 I wish schools someday show his videos

  • @justanmpowereddude5021
    @justanmpowereddude5021 Před rokem +5

    We’ve all heard the 2-5-1 so many times but each musician gives it a unique flavor. Therefore music will always be “new” if different people keep making music.

  • @intersurfer8070
    @intersurfer8070 Před 2 lety +21

    This was a question I used to think about, as nowadays the music industry is mostly surviving on 'remakes', so I used to think whether in near 5-10 yrs new and nice songs won't be made, no one would be to make new songs, just remixes, remakes.

  • @WILD__THINGS
    @WILD__THINGS Před 8 lety +177

    Nobody would ever hear every song ever so everybody will always hear new music.

  • @JD-jl4yy
    @JD-jl4yy Před 8 lety +805

    the background music is really similiar to the depressing minecraft music.
    just saying.

    • @kingsk0133
      @kingsk0133 Před 8 lety +71

      Minecraft music isn't depressing... It's calm. It helps a lot of people to focus on what they're doing.

    • @JD-jl4yy
      @JD-jl4yy Před 8 lety +26

      kingkhanmsk1 one specific track is pretty depressing.

    • @kingsk0133
      @kingsk0133 Před 8 lety +8

      Jelle Donders hmm... I don't know. Which one, exactly? (just write down the rhythm of it- I will probably recognise it)

    • @hallenfell2262
      @hallenfell2262 Před 8 lety +29

      +kingkhanmsk1 da dea da da da da da da

    • @injariwetrust4969
      @injariwetrust4969 Před 8 lety +7

      +Cremius Memius da da da dad dadaa dad dadaaa
      da da da dad dadaa dad dadaa.
      da dad dada dad - dadadadaaa. dad daa dad dadadada. dad da. dad dada. dad dadaaa.

  • @farihatabassum6135
    @farihatabassum6135 Před 6 měsíci

    I'd adore an updated version of this

  • @Esotericnecromancer
    @Esotericnecromancer Před 9 měsíci +1

    I think Meshuggah will somehow find a way to make new and interesting songs

  • @rijuchaudhuri
    @rijuchaudhuri Před 5 lety +373

    So, basically it's just the Library of Babel but in audio version?

  • @-olivenicko-1749
    @-olivenicko-1749 Před 7 lety +643

    One hundred twenty three decillion, five hundred eleven nonillion, two hundred and ten octillion, nine hundred seventy five septillion, two hundred and nine sextillion, eight hundred sixty one quintillion, five hundred eleven quadrillion, five hundred fifty four trillion, nine hundred twenty eight billion, seven hundred fifteen million, seven hundred eighty seven thousand, thirty six. There. I feel happy now.

    • @AzureKite
      @AzureKite Před 7 lety +22

      Is this long scale or short scale?

    • @uuu12343
      @uuu12343 Před 7 lety +6

      - OlivenickO -
      Now he must feel angry again

    • @tacnayndoritos5757
      @tacnayndoritos5757 Před 7 lety +8

      I bet no one actually read the comment probably

    • @MudFan
      @MudFan Před 7 lety +7

      SEXtilion

    • @zyrixia
      @zyrixia Před 7 lety

      +MudFan no

  • @notmarkprecioso
    @notmarkprecioso Před rokem +3

    Just talking about the limitations of note combinations? YES, SCIENTIFICALLY, IT MIGHT BE FINITE.
    But think about the melody as a canvas, and harmony is the coloring materials, vice versa.
    Music can only be finite if you think scientifically, but the possibilities are endless if you really think about it heartfully. Sounds like you only talk about simple melodies. It’s not just about note combinations, what makes music nearly "infinite” is when you add the concept of RHYTHM, DIFFERENT HARMONIC VARIATIONS, TEMPO, etc.
    A simple note combination can be used as a sample, but it doesn't end there entirely, different people can use the same note combinations but implement a different type of rhythmic patterns in it, and different sets of notes as its harmony, and can sound unique to each other, and still each one of them is a NEW FORM OF MUSIC, that's just talking about simple note combination with different implementations, but now think about complex note combinations, hopefully that's starting to make better sense.
    Music isn’t just about the melody, it can be something different such as just rhythmic composition, just a harmonic beat with no voicing notes in it and it’s still “MUSIC”, therefore I can say that music would never reach its end point someday. If you only listen to a few genres, this can appear true to your mind, but MUSIC itself has a large variety of genres. And there is a big possibility for new more genres to rise in the near future, which means there is another empty space for creativity waiting to be filled for decades again. I believe that those who says music will ran out, are those people who have very tiny understanding of the music itself. If you’re non-musician, it is easy to imagine that music will easily ran out using sets of scientific reasoning, but if you’re in the field of musician-alike and also writes music, was creative enough and has a huge understanding of the art itself, you can clearly realise intuitively of how infinite the possibilities are. If you have small range of musical knowledge, it is VERY EASY to form reasonings in your mind to convince yourself that it is finite.
    You shall not be fooled only with the note combinations in the keys, because it’s like saying that a story is already written by someone else before because all the words used in the story were already used by someone else in the past. Music shouldn’t be treated as a finite art just focusing on the combinations of the keys to form a melody, remember - it’s not just about the melody, there is a rhythm, there is a harmony, the stimulation that it provides, the sentimental value that a piece genuinely had. Music isn't just an art, it is more than what any science can explain about it.

  • @Brb-Gamer1
    @Brb-Gamer1 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Songs can have like as many measures as you want so technically you could make a gazillion really really really long songs

  • @SolarHeavy
    @SolarHeavy Před 10 lety +131

    As a musician, this is amazing to think about :) Checking out WeSauce!

  • @brukujinbrokujin7802
    @brukujinbrokujin7802 Před rokem +13

    The tricky part is. Majority of artist who wrote similar song does not necessarily copy or plagiarism the other. Its just coincidentally similae because human brain gravitates into the melody/pleasing sound.
    Its like saying who invented the first cooked beef. Every cave man can discover it.

  • @AnotherEmmy
    @AnotherEmmy Před rokem

    i have always wanted to know this!! im so glad this showed up on my recommended

  • @smolkafilip
    @smolkafilip Před 9 lety +190

    We've already ran out of music. That's why rap was invented.

    • @themaisieshow6833
      @themaisieshow6833 Před 9 lety +9

      smolkafilip I HATE RAP

    • @smolkafilip
      @smolkafilip Před 9 lety +21

      SummerSparkle06 So do I. Did you know that here in Czech Republic, there is a rapper who has a song that goes roughly:
      I have got new shoes,
      I have bought new shoes,
      I have got new shoes.
      You should buy them to!
      And... its not a joke.

    • @themaisieshow6833
      @themaisieshow6833 Před 9 lety +3

      smolkafilip HAHAHAHAH cool I listen to the Red Hot Chile Peppers

    • @smolkafilip
      @smolkafilip Před 9 lety +1

      Spoder Mon Because that couldnt be done by simple words or, you know... music?

    • @smolkafilip
      @smolkafilip Před 9 lety +2

      Spoder Mon Haev ur gramerz checked by ur uncle.

  • @jayg6355
    @jayg6355 Před 4 lety +325

    6:31 My entire childhood was a lie.

    • @InsaneSibs
      @InsaneSibs Před 4 lety +6

      Boooommmm

    • @rahe2141
      @rahe2141 Před 4 lety +2

      @@InsaneSibs Haha

    • @thret9796
      @thret9796 Před 3 lety +3

      Even the abc song is the same tune

    •  Před 3 lety +4

      Honestly I always just assumed they were all based on twinkle twinkle!

    • @nicholastan8814
      @nicholastan8814 Před 3 lety +3

      @ I thought twinkle little star was based on Mary had a little lamb as I tot the former was "newer".

  • @Jdizzybaconbread
    @Jdizzybaconbread Před 6 měsíci

    Love that you linking axis of awesome! Love that song 😂

  • @drakondra
    @drakondra Před měsícem +1

    He answered EVERY my childhood question and theory. Why I discovered this channel so late?

  • @gtdrummerdude
    @gtdrummerdude Před 4 lety +159

    "Will we ever run out of new music?"
    *Same exact Jake Chudnow song used in every Vsauce video begins*

  • @mr.speyside5240
    @mr.speyside5240 Před 8 lety +455

    I've yet to hear two dubstep songs that don't sound alike.

    • @edraghifarri
      @edraghifarri Před 8 lety +56

      Because you're deaf

    • @mr.speyside5240
      @mr.speyside5240 Před 8 lety +54

      +Edra Ghifarri Yea because fax machines having raunchy sex truly needs the ears of Mozart to distinguish. Riiiggghhhtttt...

    • @edraghifarri
      @edraghifarri Před 8 lety +32

      Angel S
      not all dubstep is just a bunch of transformers having sex

    • @TriPlayerGames
      @TriPlayerGames Před 8 lety

      +Angel S Anything by skrillix and the song Homeless by Burial. Try that out

    • @danslabouchedelapresse4556
      @danslabouchedelapresse4556 Před 8 lety +30

      +Angel S Because dubstep music sounds like dubstep music, that's why pop music doesn't sound like dubstep music, that's why we have music genres.

  • @C-ip2sq
    @C-ip2sq Před 9 měsíci +1

    Also, this: "The number of possible melodies is virtually infinite. Melodies are sequences of musical notes played one after another, and the possibilities for arranging these notes are vast. The number of potential melodies depends on various factors, including the length of the melody, the range of available notes, the rhythmic patterns used, and the musical style or genre.
    To give you an idea of the magnitude, let's consider a simple example. Suppose we have a melody consisting of only eight notes, and each note can be chosen from a standard Western chromatic scale (12 possible pitches). In this case, the number of possible melodies would be 12^8, which is approximately 68.7 million.
    However, this calculation doesn't account for other musical elements such as rhythm, dynamics, articulation, and phrasing, which greatly expand the possibilities. Additionally, if we consider longer melodies or incorporate more complex musical elements, the number of potential melodies becomes astronomically large.
    It's important to note that not all possible combinations of notes would necessarily be considered musically pleasing or meaningful. Musical composition involves making artistic choices and adhering to certain rules and conventions that help create coherent and aesthetically pleasing melodies.
    In summary, while the number of possible melodies is technically infinite, the practical limitations of human creativity, musical conventions, and the desired aesthetic qualities of the melody narrow down the choices to a more manageable and meaningful range."

  • @Algeanie3
    @Algeanie3 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Happy 11th birthday you freakish video

  • @PuffyNutty
    @PuffyNutty Před 4 lety +554

    *Sees spongebob*
    *clicks*

  • @cheftito25
    @cheftito25 Před 4 lety +526

    Will we ever run out of music?
    Me: no.
    Vsause: First what is music?

    • @CaesarLvcivs
      @CaesarLvcivs Před 4 lety +10

      Music stands for Muscular Unugly Super Impish Creatures.
      All the way back in 1953, Dr. Jimothy Music was playing with spoons when he discovered they made a strange sound.
      So, he then uploads a vine, and people of Reddit then started calling these combinations of strange sounds "Music".
      Also, how good a song is is defined by its Bieb factor. The more Biebs a song has, the worse it sounds.

    • @mr.cowlick4150
      @mr.cowlick4150 Před 4 lety

      Dark Angel wtf ok then

    • @CaesarLvcivs
      @CaesarLvcivs Před 4 lety

      @@mr.cowlick4150 Jhoffilms video: Vsauce Parody

    • @CaesarLvcivs
      @CaesarLvcivs Před 4 lety

      Wait, not Jhoffilms. Jacksfilms. Jhoffilms is another channel.

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff Před 4 lety +1

      Well, you have to define what it is first.

  • @alexandroskantanoleon2002
    @alexandroskantanoleon2002 Před 6 měsíci +2

    This video just turned 10 years old today 🎉

  • @jjbeckbeck1532
    @jjbeckbeck1532 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I can’t believe a vid from 10 years ago look so recent

  • @gregorypdearth
    @gregorypdearth Před 7 lety +312

    Something tells me Zipf is to blame for this...

    • @Allen-wk8zo
      @Allen-wk8zo Před 7 lety +30

      I agree. Dammit Zipf! *shakes fist angrily*

    • @im-at-home
      @im-at-home Před 7 lety +34

      Gregory Dearth 20 % of melodies made up 80% of today's music... damn zipf

    • @gregorypdearth
      @gregorypdearth Před 7 lety +12

      LOL. Yup. Seemed that way during the grunge era too. 80% of the songs used 20% of the possible guitar chord progressions.

    • @jellifish9389
      @jellifish9389 Před 6 lety

      100th like, woohoo

    • @champagnemoneyabuelo
      @champagnemoneyabuelo Před 6 lety

      ?

  • @dineshamgoth12k
    @dineshamgoth12k Před 4 lety +396

    Vsauce: Will we ever run out of new music??
    AI: hold my Neural Network.