Music on the street

Walking down the street these days feels less like moving through a city and more like navigating a personal soundtrack convention. I see people with headphones everywhere and I often wonder what they listen to. People are plugged in like we’re all extra nodes in some great invisible jukebox.

What are they listening to? That’s the real street music. The hidden soundtracks that color the way we shuffle through chilly rain, bad coffee, awkward eye contact and the subtle horror of public transit delays.

I had an idea to make something out of this, but as usual someone else had already done it. So have a look.

New York:

London:

In the end we’re all just bodies in motion, soundtracking our own little dramas. So tell me, what are you listening to right now?

So much music, so little time.