A pretty neat story about how Disney does their audio in the parks.  This guy had a pretty cool job, I somehow only sit next to smelly drunks and screaming kids on planes.  Guess I’m just unlucky.  Except on the Just Collect flights, then I got stuck in Vegas (which was AWESOME!) and met a cute girl from ASU who liked to party at Rutgers (also AWESOME!)..

When Disney World opened in 1971, it was the first theme park to have continuously playing ambient music on pathways between attractions. The music was there simply to be enjoyable, but it had an unintended side effect: previously ignored parts of the park, like pathways and ride queues, suddenly gained supporting roles in defining the park’s experience. The escape from reality into the fantasy of the rides no longer stopped when the rides ended. Ambient music made the park truly become an experience in itself.

via How Mr. Q Manufactured Emotion | Dustin Curtis.

Tags: Audio Engineer,Disney World,Flights
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