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Music, Image and Nostalgia

John Parish | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: The Wire, Film Music, Winter's Bone, UK Music, Once Upon a Time in the West, Klute, Filmic Fest, UK Film, Film Scores, Scoring, Tom Waits, Noise, Sound, UK Entertainment News
John Parish

What I love about good film music is the use of silence and space. The medium allows for that. When you're writing to accompany an image you can stretch a piece in ways that wouldn't work in stand alone music; maybe leaving gaps of twenty or thirty seconds between phrases, using background sounds, or bits of dialogue as connectors.

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MEPs Sounded Out Over Anti-traffic Noise Plan

European Parliament Web Team | Posted 03.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Traffic, European Parliament, European Commission, Meps, Electric Car, Cars, Silence, Traffic Noise, Noise Restrictions, Noise, UK Politics News
European Parliament Web Team

Noise is one of the scourges of modern life and one of the main causes is traffic noise. Research by the European Environmental Agency shows that half of the people living in urban areas suffer from unbearable traffic noise.

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Is This The Most Annoying Office Habit Ever?

PA | Posted 21.11.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Office, Noise Pollution, Video, Workers, Work, Noise, UK Lifestyle News

Noisy eating by colleagues tops a list of office gripes by British workers, according to a survey. More than half (57%) identified the habit as the...

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Does Noise Influence Our Creative Powers?

James Allen | Posted 10.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Creativity, Influence, Noise, Creative Minds, UK News
James Allen

Many of us find it difficult to find the "right" conditions for creativity. Finding enough time, space and energy can be a big ask as we lead busy lives in busy surroundings. Distractions and demands, colleagues and clients, traffic and even the weather - all have the power to influence our ability to create. The question is - do they influence what we create, and if so, how?

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