An interesting article was recently shared around social media highlighting the trend of people deliberately filtering pop songs in order to create dramatic affect.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/neeqwx\/songs-edited-to-sound-like-theyre-playing-in-another-room-are-inexplicably-emotional<\/a><\/p>\n “If you’ve ever snuck upstairs during a house party to sit in your friend’s room to pet her dog, just for a minute, just for a quick break from all the people\u2014these songs edited to sound like they’re coming from another room will bring that anxious feeling all the way back.<\/p>\n The effect makes me feel like I’m missing out on something fun, just on the other side of a wall. Songs that are otherwise emotion-neutral suddenly feel loaded and complicated, like someone’s about to knock on the bathroom door and ask if you’re okay. Yes, it can get that emo.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This very simple but powerful process demonstrates the growing social significance that people attribute to their experience with sound. It also presents some interesting ideas for discussion. <\/p>\n How does this work? Why does this process of filtering affect people? How can this technique be adopted for use in your own work?<\/p>\n We’ll discuss this and many more ideas in Organising Sounds<\/a> and Sound and Image<\/a> class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An interesting article was recently shared around social media highlighting the trend of people deliberately filtering pop songs in order to create dramatic affect. https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/neeqwx\/songs-edited-to-sound-like-theyre-playing-in-another-room-are-inexplicably-emotional “If you’ve ever snuck upstairs during a house party to sit in your friend’s room to pet her dog, just for a minute, just for a quick break from all … <\/p>\n