Thanks to the good people at the World Science Festival for posting this fantastic talk by Bobby McFerrin, demonstrating the power of the human brain to instinctively grasp the pentatonic scale.
About This Video: From WSFtv:
We don’t know much about the human brain on music. Do people instinctively know the sound patterns of the pentatonic scale? [...]
As you all know, I am all about trying to get out of my own head so I can get the clear line from my heart. Right on cue, music blog goddess Heather Browne of I Am Fuel, You Are Friends shows up with this new song by Seattle’s The Head and The Heart, live [...]
So I am on the flip side of my birthday and I’m heading to Nashville soon for music and more music; my mother in law has survived the flood of the century here in Rhode Island; just got feted by my best buddies - life is pretty damn good, I’d say.
My new music blog is [...]
What would I be doing if I only had one last midnight? What would I write, do, say, sing?
Thanks to veteran marketing exec Colette Weintraub for putting out a masterful analysis of artist Imogen Heap’s use of social media to market her music. Since posting on her blog Deep Dive Marketing, just three weeks ago, Colette herself has realized the benefits of a great, relevant post.