Since the time that I got my first real iPod, I never leave the house without it. I feel like I’m going nuts without my headphones in while I’m traveling in the city, particularly when I’m going on the subway. The characteristic sounds of the city that really defining the fast moving life within it have never been a novelty to me like the way a tourist might hear it. Things like the crazy local crackhead, to the roar of the trains, to the obnoxious honks of impatient taxi drivers are not something that I ever revel in. I know all these sounds already, and they are not interesting or exciting to me, they are quite the opposite. That being said, it feels like so much more of a chore to travel anywhere in the city at this point without my Apple Music, because when I have my headphones in, I create a little personal bubble for myself. This makes for a much more relaxing, peaceful environment to the one I live in. Don’t get me wrong, I love the city, and I don’t think I could ever live a quiet, boring suburban town. But I’m constantly immersed in the loud, rough and tumble of the city, that its nice to have an hour of my day consist of a more tranquil tone.

This video is montage of small clips taken in New York City with a slower pace soundtrack in the background. Notice how the dream like music adds to the true dreaminess that is New York….

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