Silent festivals lead to music in unlikely places

Complaints about thumping bass lines at music events could be avoided by increasingly widespread "silent festivals" where headphones are used to feel the beat.At these events, only people wearing wireless headphones are able to hear the music. They can be held in non-soundproofed places, making it easier to keep down costs than at standard music events.The first such silent festival is believed to have taken place in the Netherlands during the 2000s, and they now feature at major festivals in Japan like Summer Sonic.A silent festival even took place last December at Kyoto's Nishi Honganji T…READ FULL ARTICLE