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Spatio-temporal suspension and imagery in popular music recordings [PDF]
Constructed spatiality and perceived imagery in popular music recordings has been in evidence since the 1930s as “a fundamentally pictorial tradition (…) reverb and echo effects deployed in combination with certain lyrics to render aural vistas” (Doyle ...
Peter Gavin Long
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Ecology in Canada: Sonic Waterscapes, Literary Waterways, Photo-Lyric Water Soundtracks
In this essay I intend to demonstrate how soundscapes might be harbingers of environmental crises and, consequently, how literature translates those same soundscapes and the stories they have to tell.
Carmen Concilio
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For centuries, religious buildings have been using bells to call the faithful to prayer. Bell-ringing activity on church premises does not serve a purely religious function, however, as people in the community may perceive this activity secularly ...
Murray Parker, Dirk H.R. Spennemann
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Categorizing Shallow Marine Soundscapes Using Explained Clusters
Natural marine soundscapes are being threatened by increasing anthropic noise, particularly in shallow coastal waters. To preserve and monitor these soundscapes, understanding them is essential.
Clea Parcerisas +4 more
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Non-formal learning is evident from an inhabited information space that is created from non-invasive multi-dimensional sensor technologies that source human gesture. Libraries of intuitive interfaces empower natural interaction where the gesture is mapped to the multisensory content.
Anthony Brooks, Eva Petersson
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Film music and construction of tourist imaginaries in Hollywood blockbusters
The various films of the two successful spy franchises, James Bond and Mission: Impossible, are distinguished not only by their lead actors (heroes and antagonists), but also by their geographical settings.
Marie-Hélène Chevrier, Chloé Huvet
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Effects of Immersive Natural Sound Stimulation With the Spherison Device on Anxiety Symptoms: A Case Series. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent and often associated with incomplete response, poor tolerability, or refusal of pharmacological treatments. Nonpharmacological interventions targeting stress‐regulatory systems are therefore increasingly explored. We describe herein the clinical effects of immersive natural sound stimulation delivered via
Marazziti D +3 more
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Birdsongs alleviate anxiety and paranoia in healthy participants
The present study investigated the effect of urban (traffic noise) vs. natural (birdsongs) soundscapes on mood, state paranoia, and cognitive performance, hypothesizing that birdsongs lead to significant improvements in these outcomes. An additional goal
E. Stobbe +3 more
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Musical expression is a combination of the instruments, how the instruments are used to create the music, and the physical gestures of the performer. The experience of the audience is influenced by these factors. In many digital music performances, musical expression may be disassociated with the music that is produced due to the nature of the ...
Trevor Hunter +4 more
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Environmental noise and health studies seldom address the positive effect of environments with high acoustic quality. Sound quality, in turn, is influenced by a large number of factors, including the spatial–physical characteristics of a neighborhood. In
Jeroen Devilee +4 more
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