Chris BeazerVacation Time
June 9th 2008 02:01
Sorry guys and gal, I have been out on vacation. Should have some new posts up tomorrow. Thanks for dropping by!
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Brittany Spears Eyeing Another Comeback CD?
May 31st 2008 14:07
This was disheartening news to me for sure. After spending a vacation in Costa Rica with Mel Gibson (If I didn't like him before, I really don't like him now) Brittany decided that she wants to do another CD. This in itself doesn't bug me. With the right producer, her stuff is ok. However, she says that she just wants to sit at a piano and sing...Brittany, you never got popular because you had a great singing voice...you got popular because you were a hot blond who could dance, unfortunately you showed through all of MTV's audiences (and copious postings on youtube) that you have lost most of your pizazz for dancing, and can no longer pull off the naked in sequins look. (naked sequin suits, like spandex, are a privilege not a right).
So to be honest music world...I'm scared. Brittany and a piano...maybe I will luck out and the piano will collapse on her...I'm not that lucky.
So to be honest music world...I'm scared. Brittany and a piano...maybe I will luck out and the piano will collapse on her...I'm not that lucky.
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Music Can Alter Moods...
July 16th 2006 23:12
Music is a fascinating entity. It adds so much to our lives, yet how often do we attribute our mood or state of being to the sounds around us? Eminem, in his song Sing For The Moment, says “Music can alter moods and talk to you, but can it load up a gun for you and cock it too?”. This statement is brilliantly thought provoking. For music does alter our mood.
Don’t believe it, just try yourself. Listen to a gangster-rap song, like Brenda’s Got A Baby by Tupac. Then listen to Canned Heat by Jamiroquai, or Together Again by Janet Jackson. You’ll probably find that after the rap song, you feel angry/depressed. Yet after the pop songs (and I chose these because I believe they’re more than just commercial “radio” pop), you may feel like dancing and singing... But certainly not like you want to go out and purchase a gun.
It would seem that Eminem, and others like him, are trying to alert us to something very important. If music speaks to us, then the music we choose to listen to must have a profound effect on not only our mood but also our actions and thoughts. Indeed, there have been many studies aiming to prove that for example Mozart’s music (and other classical music) stimulates better recall and improves our memory. It has been suggested that when students are studying, they should avoid music with lyrics and instead listen to classical music. Whilst this is not exactly the taste of many teenagers (myself included, for the most part), it had been proven to work - so maybe it’s worth a try!
Apparently the music, when listened to often, tracks out new (and improved) pathways to our brain. Think the Cross-City Tunnel, but without an outrageous cost (you can pick up a Mozart CD for a few dollars, and that’s not one way). This means we are able, in stressful situations like exams, to recall the information we need more quickly and efficiently (to keep the analogy going, we can avoid peak-hour traffic to the city centre).
Then again, this is all scientific testing saying this. Yet it’s always worth a try... Because even if it doesn’t work quite to one’s expectations, at least there’s an education of its own in it... And then next time Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies is playing in the waiting-room or elevator, you’ll be able to hum along. Who wouldn’t want that!
Don’t believe it, just try yourself. Listen to a gangster-rap song, like Brenda’s Got A Baby by Tupac. Then listen to Canned Heat by Jamiroquai, or Together Again by Janet Jackson. You’ll probably find that after the rap song, you feel angry/depressed. Yet after the pop songs (and I chose these because I believe they’re more than just commercial “radio” pop), you may feel like dancing and singing... But certainly not like you want to go out and purchase a gun.
It would seem that Eminem, and others like him, are trying to alert us to something very important. If music speaks to us, then the music we choose to listen to must have a profound effect on not only our mood but also our actions and thoughts. Indeed, there have been many studies aiming to prove that for example Mozart’s music (and other classical music) stimulates better recall and improves our memory. It has been suggested that when students are studying, they should avoid music with lyrics and instead listen to classical music. Whilst this is not exactly the taste of many teenagers (myself included, for the most part), it had been proven to work - so maybe it’s worth a try!
Apparently the music, when listened to often, tracks out new (and improved) pathways to our brain. Think the Cross-City Tunnel, but without an outrageous cost (you can pick up a Mozart CD for a few dollars, and that’s not one way). This means we are able, in stressful situations like exams, to recall the information we need more quickly and efficiently (to keep the analogy going, we can avoid peak-hour traffic to the city centre).
Then again, this is all scientific testing saying this. Yet it’s always worth a try... Because even if it doesn’t work quite to one’s expectations, at least there’s an education of its own in it... And then next time Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies is playing in the waiting-room or elevator, you’ll be able to hum along. Who wouldn’t want that!
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Comments (4) The Sound of Music
July 7th 2006 01:10
For millennia, music has been a vital part of human life. Music is said to have a profound impact on our mood, and this is probably because it speaks directly to our emotions. Because of this, music has extensive roles.
Music is used in religious rituals and ceremonies. It allows communication with higher powers and other worlds. Peace and war time both have various uses for music. Social status is denoted by different forms of music. And we learn from music: be it how to react/what to expect in cinema/movies or how to act in certain situations, music holds the answer. Music is also used in many areas of entertainment.
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Music is used in religious rituals and ceremonies. It allows communication with higher powers and other worlds. Peace and war time both have various uses for music. Social status is denoted by different forms of music. And we learn from music: be it how to react/what to expect in cinema/movies or how to act in certain situations, music holds the answer. Music is also used in many areas of entertainment.
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Read More iPods and Power
May 17th 2006 10:38
iPods are quite unique little gadgets. Sitting on the bus this morning listening to a totally random assortment of music from Rhianna to Carol King, I was in total heaven. It’s so convenient being able to have up to a few thousand songs all on a tiny little gizmo that fits in your pocket. But more than that, I have actually had numerous conversations that started when a fellow iPod owner sat next to me. One example - I was listening to music when, oh no! my iPod battery died. In a freak coincidence, the guy sitting next to me was just ravelling up his earphones too - his battery was out of juice as well. Next thing? We were chatting about the music we had been listening to, found we shared a few favourite artists, and the conversation lasted the rest of the bus trip. Now when we’re on the same bus we sit and chat most of the ride - saving iPod power and having great discussions at the same time. It’s an amazing thing to realise that something as little as an iPod can represent something as vast as music. At the same time, it’s an entity that connects all iPod owners, and indeed all people who listen to music. Music has the power to bring random people together, and it’s a lot of fun too.
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