July 18, 2012
July 03, 2012
Yonas- The Transition Mixtape
June 14, 2012
June 02, 2012
May 03, 2012
Alive Inside
This is an excerpt from a recently released documentary, "Alive Inside." This film beautiful captures the awakening of Alzheimer's patients through music. The neuroscience of music and the therapeutic aspects of sound are incredible human experiences. Music can break through the walls of disease and disability to reach people who have been considered unreachable. Familiar music triggers autobiographical memories in Alzheimer's patients and enhances their identity. When we listen to music, we form an emotional connection to it. The strength of our emotional connection determines how well we remember a specific song. Emotions, music, and memories are linked together in the music-memory and music-emotion hub of the brain. (Also known as the medial prefrontal cortex for all you technical people) This area of the brain is one of the last regions to deteriorate over the course of Alzheimer's disease. This explains why patients who suffer from rapidly increasing memory loss, can still recall familiar songs from their distant past. In other words, familiar music actually triggers a mental movie of memories and plays them over in your mind's eye. Music can mentally transport people to a different time and place and improve their quality of life.
February 12, 2012
K.Flay Eyes Shut
I know I have been slacking lately with posting music, and by slacking I mean I completely dropped the ball for about two months. My bad, my bad. I recently started grad school and I have the attention span of a ferret on crystal meth. (I'm assuming a ferret on crystal meth would have a very difficult time paying attention to anything) Anyways, I digress. Change topics. Do yourself a favor and listen to K.Flay's Eyes Shut EP because it is fantastically amazing. All I have to say is holy shit, I think this might be one of my favorite things to rock out to. Channeling my unspoken brain waves and shiittt. You can also download the Eyes Shut Ep here. Get on it people, it's a breath of fresh air for your ears!
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