Re: "Background" Music

Elizabeth G. Blakeslee (harpist@access.digex.net)
Fri, 25 Oct 1996 18:53:39 -0400 (EDT)

I'm glad someone else feels that way... one of the few things my husband
and I argue over.. he likes to have the classical station on the radio in
the kitchen running all day... I am constantly turning it off as I can't
focus on anything else if it is on...

On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Kevin Kinney wrote:

> All the comments on background music leads me to wonder if I anyone else
> has the problem I do:
>
> There doesn't seem to be any such thing for me. Ever since I was
> little, any music playing immediately got my attention. I'm pretty sure
> that's why my parents notion of having a radio playing to help cure my
> insomnia didn't work. I've also never understood how others could have
> music playing while studying. I never learned a thing if I tried that.
> I still can't use the CD player on my Mac in the office much,
> cause I don't get any work done. For that matter, I don't play recorded
> music at home if I'm reading, even light fiction. I wonder why I've been
> collecting all these recordings?
> (Personally, at a live concert, I tend to try and sit in the front
> and *watch* the performers, especially if there's a harpist. I think I've
> unnerved a few by staring so intently).
>
> (About to *attempt,* for the first time, to give someone a lesson on harp.
> Be prepared for a barrage of questions!)
>
> Kevin
> kkinney@med.unc.edu
>