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On 10 jan 2006, at 19.03, mike@michaelplishka.com wrote: > CHeck out http://www.breitbart.com/news/ > 2006/01/10/060110164416.p4z0rnx6.html > Essentially what was spoken of earlier how people don't appreciate > music... First I was horrified but then some parts of that article made me wonder if these findings really are unique? According to the article scientists are saying > "The accessibility of music has meant that it is taken for granted > and does not require a deep emotional commitment once associated > with music appreciation," and > "In short, our relationship to music in everyday life may well be > complex and sophisticated, but it is not necessarily characterised > by deep emotional investment." As long as I can remember there have been some people around me that seem to think that listening to music is an activity that should be undertaken in a certain emotional condition. They behave like "musical psychopaths", not really hearing the music but rather knowing that music is happening and thus behaving accordingly and showing what they think are the appropriate emotional reactions. So it's nothing new. Maybe the iPod revolution simply gave some sociologists a motif to look into this? Personally I think it's refreshing that a lot of mysticism around music is going away. It's refreshing that kids don't get affected by crappy music. I'm not sure either that all that crap out there will make them less disposed for enjoying certain music emotionally deep. Musical experiences comes from within, not from headphones. And I'm not sure that music can be studied as a sort of linguistic, social codex. I'd like to read more on that research, the article was way too shallow. Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.looproom.com (international) www.boysen.se (Swedish) ---> iTunes Music Store (digital) www.cdbaby.com/perboysen