In the same way we overindulge in eating, watching TV, etc. we overinduldge in "music" listening. About 2 yrs ago my niece bragged she had 1,800 songs in an MP3 file but today she hardly ever listens to computer music. Has discovered Al Green, Van Morrison, etc. and buys their CDs. She says she overdosed on canned music and now only listens to stuff she really has an interest in.
I was recently in an Apple store at the mall and the 20 something salesguy could not understand why I wouldn't be thrilled to get their system and download "thousands of songs", as he put it. He then went on to tell me I could listen to them all day long, everywhere I went. Said I could have Outcast in my ears 24 hours a day if desired.
All of this stuff is the aural equivalent of factory produced frozen foods or traffic noise on a busy street. True noise pollution - music has become a cheap, demographically produced fast food. I haven't eaten at a Mc Donalds in over 25 yrs
I was recently in an Apple store at the mall and the 20 something salesguy could not understand why I wouldn't be thrilled to get their system and download "thousands of songs", as he put it. He then went on to tell me I could listen to them all day long, everywhere I went. Said I could have Outcast in my ears 24 hours a day if desired.
All of this stuff is the aural equivalent of factory produced frozen foods or traffic noise on a busy street. True noise pollution - music has become a cheap, demographically produced fast food. I haven't eaten at a Mc Donalds in over 25 yrs