http://sladow.wordpress.com Thinking about..... Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:47:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://sladow.wordpress.com/2006/10/20/signifier-or-signified/#comment-134 largemouth Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:47:25 +0000 http://sladow.wordpress.com/2006/10/20/signifier-or-signified/#comment-134 If the music is the topic, then it can work with the writing. For me the question is simplified if we imagine someone working in three browsers and bouncing from page to page for bits of information from each one. In such a case, any music is potentially a distraction. If the music is used to amplify a description in the text about music, it is probably appropriate. If the site is designed to promote the music, it needs to be there. However, using music to solicit an emotional response that will correspond to the text seems impractical in most cases. If the music is the topic, then it can work with the writing. For me the question is simplified if we imagine someone working in three browsers and bouncing from page to page for bits of information from each one. In such a case, any music is potentially a distraction. If the music is used to amplify a description in the text about music, it is probably appropriate. If the site is designed to promote the music, it needs to be there. However, using music to solicit an emotional response that will correspond to the text seems impractical in most cases.

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