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April 09, 2007
interesting little research project
The Washington Post undertook an interesting research project along the lines of the "Tree falling in the forest" koan: They had a world-class violinist playing during rush hour at the entrance to a Washington DC metro station to see if people will notice. The results were striking yet none too surprising.
In my past few years taking BART to the city for work, I came upon my share of musicians playing as I took the escalator up to the street from the Embarcadero station. A few violinists, a couple saxaphone players, and a Guzheng, or Chinese zither. I tended to give money to the sax players (I have a soft spot for jazz) but I wonder if I were in a similar situation described in the story, would I notice the quality of the music?
Pearls before Breakfast: Too Busy to Stop and Hear the Music (Washington Post, reg. may be required)
Posted by spoof747 at April 9, 2007 12:30 PM