Preoccupation

Although I've signed up for E-Music and enjoy the service immensely, I continue to wonder if acquiring more music the answer to my wonders and doubts about contemporary ways of listening and producing it. Switching primarily to mp3 listening has lessened the amount of physical space and resources I need to devote to amassing music, but that is only a small part of the process.

While a bit pretentious in its choice of examples (I would have loved at least one pop song or piece of 21st century music in which silence is key), I enjoyed the following article on the ubiquity of music and the possibilities and problems of solitary listening.

The Colonization of Silence