So guys, is anyone of you familiar with (counting) odd time signatures?
I've been listening to Venetian Snares for quite a while now; yesterday I stumbled across something that actually flashed me...
"Mercy Funk" has probably more time signature changes than any other Venetian Snares' song. Running at a high speed 180 bpm, it starts with 8 bars of 11/4 then switches to alternating bars of 5/4 and 13/8 (or 23/8 together) until 2'32". It then holds 5/4 until 3'50", where a single 7/4 bar is followed by 7 bars of the 23/8 plus one 19/8 bar. At 4'23" there follows a sequence of 16 bars of 13/8, 8 bars of 7/4, a cycle of 3 bars of 7/4 and a bar of 15/8 (or 57/8 together), repeated twice, then 7/4 until the end."
Mercy Funk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvIjxoNIuqo
Now, I knew that his music probably isn't in 4/4, but how the hell do you count that shit? What actually makes a time signature in songs like this?
Is it the repetition of certain patterns? Like the kick, or the snare?
Would be cool if you could help me out.