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November 2009 
What's the most soothing or calming music you know?
Posted on Oct 8th, 2009
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tinkonthebrink
tinkonthebrink
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for October 08, 2009:
I listen to shakuhachi flute music a lot and when it's playing in the house the animals all get very calm and I find that it's easier to concentrate and things get done in a more fluid way than they otherwise would.
I don't play any musical instrument and I don't read music. It feels like a form of illiteracy to me but there you have it.
When I worked at a Waldorf school all the lower grade kids had pentatonic flutes, which sound good no matter what you do. I like forgiving instruments. And hand drums, and shakers. I like those a lot.
Also sometimes I like to listen to Brian Eno ambient stuff as background music - I think the music that's going on creates an affect (and an effect as well) in my life and it's so easy to discount how pervasive it is. If you've ever seen a movie with and without the music background you know what I mean here. How would you know those basement stairs are scary territory without the music? What if the soundtrack was circus music instead? (That would make it really funny when the zombies come out, wouldn't it?) Music has so much power. I kind of wish that in real life the scary music would start playing when I'm about to do something really stupid, but so far that hasn't been at all helpful. Dang.
I don't play any musical instrument and I don't read music. It feels like a form of illiteracy to me but there you have it.
When I worked at a Waldorf school all the lower grade kids had pentatonic flutes, which sound good no matter what you do. I like forgiving instruments. And hand drums, and shakers. I like those a lot.
Also sometimes I like to listen to Brian Eno ambient stuff as background music - I think the music that's going on creates an affect (and an effect as well) in my life and it's so easy to discount how pervasive it is. If you've ever seen a movie with and without the music background you know what I mean here. How would you know those basement stairs are scary territory without the music? What if the soundtrack was circus music instead? (That would make it really funny when the zombies come out, wouldn't it?) Music has so much power. I kind of wish that in real life the scary music would start playing when I'm about to do something really stupid, but so far that hasn't been at all helpful. Dang.
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Hmmm, I wonder who we could talk to about programming that scary music when we're about to do something stupid? If you figure out who, please let me know!
Jeannie & Centria - I'm with you both. I, too, would love to have the scary music track start BEFORE I do something stupid. And then if I continued on after that clear warning … just let the consequences slap me silly!
what a fantastic idea. shall we get the Universe on the phone? maybe I can get my beloved to include this in his next chat with said U.
:)
OMG, people would start asking me why there's always scary music playing when I'm around!
I'm with y'all, when the uh-oh music starts, withdraw your hand, take 3 steps back, turn and run.
no scary music for me please. I wouldn't be brave enough to ever go on with life if there was scary music. no, no, I need music to inspire courage. :-) I find there are plenty of naysayers and warners in my world, & I've gotten reasonably good at ignoring them. and the things that I might have been warned away from doing, have been rewarding in their own right, in unexpected ways. I wouldn't want any scary music to keep me from finding out the deliciousness that comes after realizing I've screwed up and then getting to find out a way to solve the problem I've gotten myself into and then getting to look back for a silver lining.
I'm thinking brubeck's take 5, played by the school children on their flutes is what I'd like to hear when I'm about to get myself into something interesting.
oh Dawn, just love Brubeck's Take 5!