But maybe the lack of real music in our lives, music that feeds and replenishes not only the mind, but the spirit, body, and soul, has made it harder for us to heal ourselves, to find cures for our diseases, to regenerate and change our physical forms. Maybe this lack of real music has also made us more violent and frustrated, causing much of the recent increase in gun ownership, killings, etc. In this digital age, escaping these computer sounds is not as easy as one might think. For example, most films today record all dialog and sound effects digitally. Some films boast of having digital scores.
Many television shows use digital sound effects and dialog recording exclusively.
This de-humanization of modern art and man has got to have an effect, the results of which only time will tell. One writer suggests that if computers are reproducing music, even composing it, why not the next logical step of having computers be the ones to also listen to it. It is to say that there are some things computers can't, and shouldn't, do. Our bodies are warmed by fire, cooled by air, nourished by water and food. If we substitute air for food or water for fire, we cause imbalances in our bodies and our lives.