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| Thread ID: 124079 | 2012-04-04 17:01:00 | Musical Gene? | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 1268382 | 2012-04-04 17:01:00 | MELBOURNE — Neil McLachlan (i.bnet.com) says he wants to do for music what Apple did for the personal computer. For over two decades, the scientist, artist and university professor has worked to increase music participation. “Only five per cent of people (in the West) who go through tertiary music education end up playing music,” the University of Melbourne associate professor said. “On the whole, music education has created an elitism around music performance that has caused the normal person to feel that they can’t play,” he said. McLachlan works in a multidisciplinary team at the university’s Music, Mind and Wellbeing (MMW) Center, an initiative that aims to understand the relationship between our brains and music. Since sound recognition involves developing long-term memories for sounds, this theory helps to explain why different individuals can have such different reactions to sound, especially music. To test this even further, McLachlan conducted a controlled study involving the Indonesian gamelan, a percussion instrument known to sound dissonant to the Western ear. Further reading: www.smartplanet.com Interesting concept - wot? :nerd: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1268383 | 2012-04-04 19:58:00 | www.well.com | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1268384 | 2012-04-04 20:34:00 | I'm missing the segue here. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1268385 | 2012-04-04 20:35:00 | Will this gene give us generic music? | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1268386 | 2012-04-04 20:55:00 | Will this gene give us genetic music? Fixed it for ya. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1268387 | 2012-04-04 22:08:00 | Wonder that if he surveyed stevie wonder, mick fleetwood, and santana, talented musicians (60's, 70's compositions), who some might think they were born with it. Some must be. Perpetual brain relationships research culminated in mp3 encoders, i.e. hear music it as it sounds, rather than what it is really comprised of, or only certain properties based on our perceptions and prejudices. Listen to what you only need to hear - masking - according to this sound engineer. (www.soundonsound.com) |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1268388 | 2012-04-04 22:19:00 | He wants to do to music what Apple done to the PC? What exactly does he believe Apple done to the PC? If its just to market weak crap with elitist ******y then I'm pretty sure the music business has that angle nailed already. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1268389 | 2012-04-05 00:43:00 | He wants to do to music what Apple done to the PC? What exactly does he believe Apple done to the PC? If its just to market weak crap with elitist ******y then I'm pretty sure the music business has that angle nailed already. Don't forget initially only available in white and very expensive and not able to run any format other than an Apple propriety one :( |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1268390 | 2012-04-05 05:43:00 | Neil McLachlan says he wants to do for music what Apple did for the personal computer. music education has created an elitism around music performance that has caused the normal person to feel that they can’t play, 1)Ah, he wants music to have a 5.2% market share then. 2)The normal person can't. Watch a few karaokes and "I Wanna Be a Music Star" programs and that becomes obvious. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1268391 | 2012-04-05 15:59:00 | ^ The elitism is obviated by the snooty 'I am a performer and you ain't' attitude by a lot of musicians and performers . It also seems to attract some people with socially0 compensation factors and others who as children are exiled to the outer fringes of society for one or more reasons . Everybody who's met some of these performers can see one or more common thread running through their social interactions . Some are out-castes and literally exiled by classmates and are compensating for it . Some are assuaging their anger for lack of altitude . Some are just social pariahs who have what appears to be no redeeming values at all . Some are attacking personal demons and addictions . Some are FEEDING personal demons and addictions . Some are in it for sex . Some got dropped on their heads during a diaper/nappy intervention . Some are in it for maniacal power and attention . Some had bad parenting . Some were weened too soon/too late . Some like the social structure of their fellow artists . Some are truly fakes (Milli-Vanilli) Some have no real artistic creativeness and are chasing a rainbow that is never in their grasp . There are, however, some really great artists who are in the arts for purely non-puerile reasons . A second 'however', however --- is that most of the above statements can also apply to karaoke singers . Then again - everyone finds their muse with whatever floats their canoe . Do you know who the person is who hangs around a group of talented musicians? A drummer . :lol: |
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