Thoughts about the Gopnick essay? There is space at the bottom to share your thoughts.
Here is what I wrote in my email:
Thought you all would rock to this essay. The center of this attached article for me isn't really all about a new fancy technology for making stereo into 3-D sound, though that's very interesting.What's cool to me is that he's led to reflect on how we listen to music, how its meaning changes.He shows us what music can mean when it's in the foreground (old school), not the background (as my kids often listen to it, their earbuds hanging from their shoulders, distorting wildly as a thousand buzzing flies). He talks as a pianist, as someone who makes music, not just a distracted auditor. In my book that gives him street cred. Plus, I own several fancy amplifiers and speakers, and sort of revere hi-fi, and so does he, I think, which makes him my stereo brother. Enjoy if you have time.
Here is the essay again:
Here is the essay again:
