Love of instrumental music is linked to intelligence
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Started by metmike - Feb. 12, 2022, 12:02 a.m.

Love of instrumental music is linked to intelligence, researchers say

  From deejays to Debussy, it's all brain food. 

https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/intelligence-instrumental-music/

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By bear - Feb. 14, 2022, 11:19 p.m.
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my favorite song...

jessica,  by the allman brothers band.  

that is why we named our youngest daughter jessica.  

great song.  

By metmike - Feb. 14, 2022, 11:51 p.m.
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Thanks bear...... An all time great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRDivUb5EeA

The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica

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Oct 20, 2010

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band

The Allman Brothers Band were an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1969[3] by brothers Duane Allman (founder, slide guitar and lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards, songwriting), as well as Dickey Betts (lead guitar, vocals, songwriting), Berry Oakley (bass guitar), Butch Trucks (drums), and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson (drums). Subsequently, based in Macon, Georgia, the band incorporated elements of blues, jazz, and country music, and their live shows featured jam band-style improvisation and instrumentals.

The group's first two studio releases, The Allman Brothers Band (1969) and Idlewild South (1970) (both released by Capricorn Records), stalled commercially, but their 1971 live release, At Fillmore East, represented an artistic and commercial breakthrough. The album features extended renderings of their songs "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" and "Whipping Post", and is considered among the best live albums ever made.

Group leader Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident later that year – on October 29, 1971 – and the band dedicated Eat a Peach (1972) to his memory, a dual studio/live album that cemented the band's popularity and featured Gregg Allman's "Melissa" and Dickey Betts's "Blue Sky". Following the motorcycling death of bassist Berry Oakley one year and 13 days later on November 11, 1972, the group recruited keyboardist Chuck Leavell and bassist Lamar Williams for 1973's Brothers and Sisters. This album included Betts's hit single "Ramblin' Man" and instrumental "Jessica". These tunes went on to become classic rock radio staples, and placed the group at the forefront of 1970s rock music. Internal turmoil overtook them soon after; the group dissolved in 1976, reformed briefly at the end of the decade with additional personnel changes, and dissolved again in 1982.

The band reformed once more in 1989, releasing a string of new albums and touring heavily. A series of personnel changes in the late 1990s was capped by the departure of Betts. The group found stability during the 2000s with bassist Oteil Burbridge and guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks (the nephew of their original drummer) and became renowned for their month-long string of shows at New York City's Beacon Theatre each spring. The band retired for good in October 2014 after their final show at the Beacon Theatre.

Butch Trucks died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on January 24, 2017, in West Palm Beach, Florida, at the age of 69. Gregg Allman died from complications arising from liver cancer on May 27, 2017, at his home in Georgia, also at the age of 69. The band has been awarded seven gold and four platinum albums,[4] and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Rolling Stone ranked them 52nd on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004.[5]

By metmike - Feb. 15, 2022, 12:02 a.m.
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I named our first son, Quinn.

It was actually because my 7th grade basketball coach called me Quinn all season and I liked it.

I ended up getting kicked off the team for trying the flush the Winter coat down the toilet of the big bully on the team but the name stuck in my head!

Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) (1968)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klWzVuxdygg


Bob Dylan did the original............didn't like that version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UwMvE-rdZw


The words had no meaning to me..........I only hear the instruments but the year that Manford Mann did Quinn the Eskimo was when the coach called me Quinn.


By metmike - Feb. 15, 2022, 1:03 a.m.
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This is something that I like alot.......most sound tracks done by composer John Barry.  If I haven't heard some of them for awhile, listening will cause me to cry from the powerful emotion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sIgzoGnJn4


Same with Hans Zimmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIk-Kxw_7Kc


Last of the Mohicans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tjdswqGGVg


I actually like the singing here too......Music of the Night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77umP7IRxD4


Alan Parsons has always been a favorite for 4 decades!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ng6N5oXZ9M


Led Zeppilin

Here's one about the weather!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwiTs60VoTM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdqDmJbm2eY


Genesis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQkiqQ7zZBQ


Moody Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a9bfvNuTw0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9hSUUhmTtQ


The Byrds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Il9q397lL0


Hurdy Gurdy Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-D4I7XdTEM


Mandolin, Spandau Ballet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK_5B1ju150


Black Hole Sun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbBbFH9fAg


Frank Zappa........love the words

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfzfLw6OSJU


My youngest son sent me some music from this group a few days ago that I like. I like alot of alternative rock music........for the intrumentals only of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWifb8gu6aQ


The Shins..........awesome video to go with it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyqWjl7GkCE


Civil Twilight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McjhVP_x0qw

By metmike - Feb. 15, 2022, 6:31 a.m.
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An early sign about how odd my taste in music was going to be.

At 7 years old my favorite song:

The Trashmen - Surfin Bird - Bird is the Word 1963

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gc4QTqslN4

At 10 this was it:

"THE WILD ANGELS" & "Wild In The Streets" ~ "BLUES THEME"  Davie Allan & The Arrows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TODlw9bl5a4


How does a little kid like those songs so much?

Their mom plays them at home on the 45 rpm black plastic records.  She loved them too!


By metmike - Feb. 15, 2022, 2:45 p.m.
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I actually composed 200+ little songs on the piano(no words) and play by ear.


Recent issues with my right shoulder has reduced time on the keyboard.

2+ decades ago, for Christmas, my wife got me this:

https://kurzweil.com/mark_152i/


Mark 152i Features

Keyboard:88-note 2 piece, fully weighted action
Polyphony:32 voice
Multitimbral:16 channel
Preset Programs:325 Selectable Sounds, includes: 21 pianos (acoustic, rock, and ragtime), 10 electric pianos, 3 harpsichords, 9 pipe organs, 10 jazz and rock organs, 3 clavichords, 2 celeste, 16 basses (acoustic, electric, and synth), 9 acoustic guitars, 3 banjos, 16 jazz and rock guitars, 20 string sections, 8 choirs, 2 solo violins, viola, 2 cellos, contrabass, 12 flutes, 4 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 2 oboes, english horn, 5 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 french horns, 2 tubas, 11 brass sections, soprano sax, 2 alto saxes, 2 tenor saxes, 2 baritone saxes, 4 vibraphones, 3 marimbas, 6 other mallet instruments, accordion, harmonica, bells, plus a wide variety of ethic/world instruments, synth brass, ensembles, orchestral ensembles, pads, leads, synth effects, and sound effects. Additionally, over 100 jazz, rock, and latin percussion instruments are accessible in 22 selectable keyboard arrangements.
General MIDI:Yes
Layering:Any 2 sounds may be layered and their relative volumes adjusted.
Splits:Any sound (incl. layers) can be split with one of 4 basses (acoustic, electric, and synth), plus two “custom” (user-definable) sounds.
Split Point:User selectable.
Transpose:Full transposition to any key; Independent octave transposition of each side of split over a +/- 5 octave range.
Tune:Adjust +/- 50 cents
Effects:880 Reverb and Effects Combinations:Reverb
Auto-Accompaniment:64 built-in, preset musical styles. Up to 7 additional new styles can be loaded from disk.
Style Categories:Big Band, Jazz, Classical, Show Tunes, Gospel/World, March/Polka, Latin, Country, Rock/R&B, Pop, Dance, and Special. Each category offers 3 or more choices
Style Parts:Introduction, Basic, variation, Fills, and Ending for each style.
Style Mixer:Independent volume and mute controls for accompaniment (drums, bass, and three accompaniment parts).
Chord Recognition:Basic, Advanced, Chord Inversion, and Full Keyboard recognition modes, plus chord hold feature. Anyone Can Play Mode – allows you to play any note on the keyboard and have it sound correctly in harmony with the chord you play in your left hand. Harmony feature – adds a full chord to every note you play in your right hand using the correct harmonies, based on the chord you play in your left hand.
Arpeggiator:Auto-note generator takes chords you play on the keyboard and automatically turns them into arpeggios. Many different adjustable parameters allow you to specify what type of arpeggio is created.
Drawbar Organ Mode:This special software simulation of a Drawbar organ allows you to program and save your own organ settings. Features all the standard settings found on a typical Drawbar organ, including 9 different partials, percussion, and keyclick.
Recorder/Sequencer:16 songs, 16 tracks per song (includes dedicated auto-accompaniment track for recording styles).
Recorder Tools:Punch-In, Loop, Merge, and Quantize functions.
MIDI Sync:Internal/External MIDI Beat clock sync for hook up with other sequencers.
Song Compatibility:Can play Standard MIDI Files and can read and convert disks from Yamaha PianoSoft and Disk Orchestra Libraries, plus PianoDisc Music Library.
Disk Drive:1.4 meg floppy drive for loading and saving songs, styles, and sounds.Standard MIDI files can be played directly off the disk via DiskPlay feature.
Panel Memories:90 quick user-storage memories for complete recall of all front panel settings.