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Originally Posted by BenG
But you have to consider the fact that they deliberately chose a time and place for this where people were least likely to stop for anything even if they wanted to, and usually for good reasons.
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It's what I'm saying as well. It was:
1. a metro station on a busy working day day
2. not a mainstream artist
3. not a mainstream composer
4. not mainstream a series of songs e.g. Chaconne by Bach, Ave Maria by Schubert (ok, Schubert might have been more familiar, Ave Maria sung in churches and by Celine Dion
. How many of us ever heard it on a violin?
All these were deliberate choices and I believe they inevitably influenced the outcome. However,
a select number of commuters were touched in one way or another: a few stopped before heading on, one actually approached Bell having recognized him, the baby wanted to hear more.
A paltry number but then we've been lamenting the downfall of classical music for decades. So maybe the sample that did have a reaction is indicative of all those things coming together?
Maybe the experiment was, after all, a success?
@Lbooker: Never heard of psychogeography but glad you've brought it to my attention. Will study it more
To everyone, thanks for your pennies