"Why? Why do they do this Why do they think it is good? Why do they think it is non-ruinous?"
Maybe they're just not that interested in music?
If music doesn't arrest your attention, I imagine it's harder to get distracted by what's intended as background use. But the more interested you are in music, the more it'll capture your attention, even when it's not supposed to.
This happens to me, though I shouldn't put on airs – I have a tough time foregrounding speech from nonmusical sounds, too (and not because of hearing loss). Still, advice to study with classical music didn't work for me, since I'd usually end up paying more attention to the music than the studies.
Along the lines of music in videos: The recent documentary on The History Channel on the great Roberto Clemente was made much less than it should have been by the cartoon characters used at various points. Were they trying to introduce a younger generation to Clemente? It seemed very forced. And unnecessary.
"But I could hardly hear him over the music.
"Why? Why do they do this Why do they think it is good? Why do they think it is non-ruinous?"
Maybe they're just not that interested in music?
If music doesn't arrest your attention, I imagine it's harder to get distracted by what's intended as background use. But the more interested you are in music, the more it'll capture your attention, even when it's not supposed to.
This happens to me, though I shouldn't put on airs – I have a tough time foregrounding speech from nonmusical sounds, too (and not because of hearing loss). Still, advice to study with classical music didn't work for me, since I'd usually end up paying more attention to the music than the studies.
Along the lines of music in videos: The recent documentary on The History Channel on the great Roberto Clemente was made much less than it should have been by the cartoon characters used at various points. Were they trying to introduce a younger generation to Clemente? It seemed very forced. And unnecessary.