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This is such an interesting wealth of thoughts and information…
I’ll need to watch this more than once to process all of it.
But thanks, Michael Spitzer, for the eye-opening dissertation 🙏
Nice video and he makes some
Lovely points. However I’m 23 minutes in and we are at guido of arezzo, and I’m astonished at the lack of mention for psychedelic plants, mushrooms and general interactions with the plant realm au naturel. The single biggest development for human beings and their minds in the realm of sound and music has to be found in our interaction with the plant kingdom, and a particular focus on psychotropic substances including the early use of cannabis. I find the omission, in this video of this critical aspect of musical development continuing to this day truely astonishing.
Brilliant! Got to love all these deep thoughts on music and the human being; so many different perspectives and fields of study and research opening up as we go deeper. Music is the thread!
Music is a door to transformation into States of mystery, of becoming one with the Cosmos , like becoming limitless - I love Music and how it transforms everything and intensifies our experience of self and world ❤❤❤🙏🎵🐦⬛🎶
Music is magnificent. It profoundly affects the player and listener. I witnessed music’s healing and transformative powers.
One Valentine’s day I played in a trio at a local stroke and Alzheimer's unit. When we finished an old gent named Lenny ambled over and told us about all the years he played clarinet in a military band. “Nine days a week!” he said. He went on for quite a while and it was heartwarming. Afterwards a nurse confided to me, “I just love it when we have live music here. You might not understand how much it affects people. For instance, it was great seeing Lenny engage with you after your performance, because for the last six months we’d thought he'd permanently lost his ability to speak.”
My mom had some combination of Parkinson's and Lewy bodies dementia. She was very low functioning for about 10 years. It was an awkward struggle just to get her from the couch to the dining table; she had the physical strength, but she was shrouded in uncertainty and an inability to understand what to do. But every once in a while, out of the blue, my father would start singing Sentimental Journey, go over to her, put one finger under her hand, and she would effortlessly stand a
Loved this! Also, thank you for touching on the potential harms of music. I'm a board certified music therapist and we are taught the potential for harm which is especially important when working with vulnerable populations.
I never reached my goals to heal people through music but through the journey i was able to survive this life by living inside of my music rather than exploring other life alternatives.
When i was in 3rd grade i remember watching a singer preform at my school i remember feeling like i was literally floating out of my seat i distinctly remember feeling like i was as high as a kite!
Music changed my life i wish i could live in a world that has musicianship and fellow musicians 24-7 i would need for very little after that.
You couldn't have released this at a better time, about a month ago I watched the documentary from 2010 "My Music Brain" analyzing the brain while listening to and performing music. Then last week I listened to Startalk "scientists discuss music and the origins of language" with Niel Degrass Tyson. And now this!
Music heals, but add movement (somatic therapy) like dance or acting, and you've got a pretty strong formula to help heal cPTSD. I find breath work combined with deep chants like a Gregorian monk is super effective in neutralizing anxiety and stress. The chants that vibrate in your throat and chest cavity is especially effective is resetting your vagus nerve so your nervous system registered "I'm safe".
Depression isnt an emotional disorder. It is your psyche healing itself and deepening your cup. So much music came to us via depression - and processing grief and rage turned inward instead of processed and expressed...
After 16 years of therapy failed to reduce my OCD from infant trauma - I used music - heavy metal - and began composing - Music is a non dangerous way to deal with horrifying panic - little by little - to morph the rage into beauty and soothing warmth - 30 years later - I am very fuctional - my life is my bliss - creating original music and videoizing them. I still weep when I compose and listen - and it still feels numinous....
Music has literally saved my life. It has put my brain in a stasis bubble. The way I remember music helps me to stay sharp. What a blessing, to be able to talk as a human and make an awful sound, but also the ability to sing. Literally imitating the sounds you hear inside your head
A fellow student in college saw me in a parking area between classes. He was sitting in the back of a van, playing guitar. He asked if I played and I said yes. He said “you wanna be lab partners?” We ended up being chemistry graduates and started a lifelong friendship and musical journey. All retired now. The bond with him and the other musical folks we met was magical. Still is.
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I’ll need to watch this more than once to process all of it.
But thanks, Michael Spitzer, for the eye-opening dissertation 🙏
Lovely points. However I’m 23 minutes in and we are at guido of arezzo, and I’m astonished at the lack of mention for psychedelic plants, mushrooms and general interactions with the plant realm au naturel. The single biggest development for human beings and their minds in the realm of sound and music has to be found in our interaction with the plant kingdom, and a particular focus on psychotropic substances including the early use of cannabis. I find the omission, in this video of this critical aspect of musical development continuing to this day truely astonishing.
One Valentine’s day I played in a trio at a local stroke and Alzheimer's unit. When we finished an old gent named Lenny ambled over and told us about all the years he played clarinet in a military band. “Nine days a week!” he said. He went on for quite a while and it was heartwarming. Afterwards a nurse confided to me, “I just love it when we have live music here. You might not understand how much it affects people. For instance, it was great seeing Lenny engage with you after your performance, because for the last six months we’d thought he'd permanently lost his ability to speak.”
My mom had some combination of Parkinson's and Lewy bodies dementia. She was very low functioning for about 10 years. It was an awkward struggle just to get her from the couch to the dining table; she had the physical strength, but she was shrouded in uncertainty and an inability to understand what to do. But every once in a while, out of the blue, my father would start singing Sentimental Journey, go over to her, put one finger under her hand, and she would effortlessly stand a
Music changed my life i wish i could live in a world that has musicianship and fellow musicians 24-7 i would need for very little after that.