{"id":343,"date":"2009-04-13T04:49:54","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T04:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/pianomorphosis\/wp\/2009\/04\/soundtrack\/"},"modified":"2012-01-18T16:03:08","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T21:03:08","slug":"soundtrack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/pianomorphosis\/2009\/04\/soundtrack.html","title":{"rendered":"Soundtrack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EarbudAJ2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/pianomorphosis\/EarbudAJ2.jpg\" width=\"44\" height=\"121\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\" \/><\/span>As the iPod becomes ever more pervasive, once again the relationship between music (or recorded music) and life is changed. Some people are wired. They have one earbud in, as they talk, walk, and do everything: Life with a soundtrack. With the shuffle function activated, randomly recurring tracks make thematic links, interpreting the repetitive tasks, and events of existence.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn new television shows, there can be long passages with no dialogue, just a musical soundtrack, often with playlist info displayed on the screen. This replicates the experience of some lives &#8212; the accompanied life. <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=y1L5VfVfBVkC&#038;printsec=frontcover&#038;dq=editions:ISBN0571096042\">George Steiner has wondered about the developmental impact, on ears and minds, of large doses of recorded music with strong beat<\/a>. In these television shows, the sonic balance between spoken words and music has shifted. Now, the music is louder.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/pianomorphosis\/Une_Femme_-_panorama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UneFemme.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/pianomorphosis\/assets_c\/2009\/03\/Une_Femme_-_panorama-thumb-465x163-4180.jpg\" width=\"465\" height=\"163\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn his films, beginning in the 1960s, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8d7E8PwnN34&#038;feature=related\">Jean-Luc Godard uses music<\/a> in ways that sometimes seem to obscure the actors&#8217; lines. There are sudden blasts of sound. He was finding beauty in the potentiometer: Turn it up! Both earbuds in, one in &#8212; today, physical experience is catching up to art&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the iPod becomes ever more pervasive, once again the relationship between music (or recorded music) and life is changed. Some people are wired. They have one earbud in, as they talk, walk, and do everything: Life with a soundtrack. 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