If you are of a certain age, you learned to play the guitar or the drums. Because we all wanted to be RockNRoll entertainers. Ok. Not really.
Continue reading Music to your ears
While I am not enamored of baroque classical music (it is baroque, right?), I do enjoy a great symphonic performance. When I was little, it was Leonard Bernstein who introduced the famous dead to me. It was somewhat comical to my friends and family to hear me listening to piece recommended by Mr. B- whilst my radio (tuned to 1010WINS, of course) was belching tunes broadcast from Alan Freed’s or Murray the K’s fantastic shows.
Continue reading The other BSO
Each day we get more and more information. And, we worry how useful it is. In less than 15 years, the amount of information we assimilate has quintupled. So, of course, we feel the effects of overload. But, do we really?
So, remember David (as in King) playing for Saul to assuage his manic ways? Well, it turns out that there’s a lot of truth in that concept. Believe it or not, there are some 5000 music therapists (those are certified, guys and gals) in the US alone.
Continue reading Music for our souls- and our brains
Yesterday, in part 1 (of this 5+ part update), I reviewed how new software and printers will make 3D printing available at home and in the office. Places like Staples will make it possible for more complicated designs to be produced, as well. Which means it’s time to sit back, grab a glass of wine (or two or three) and consider what all this technology is going to do to our companies.
Continue reading A 3D Update, Part 2
I’ve written many times about my art collection. I’m sure there are pieces I have you’d want in your home or office, but others you would simply detest. That’s the point about art- it’s an individual appreciation activity.
Continue reading Art and Brain…
Well, it turns out that it’s not just memories that are critical for our mental health (reported here). Because dealing with nostalgia also works for depressed or anxious folks. Amazingly, there is even a physiological response when we recall past events- our body temperature elevates. Drs. Jonata, Tomic, and Rakowski reported that that listening to music was a great inducer of nostalgic memories.
I’ve written about distracted driving a lot. Because too many folks try to escalate the practice of talking on the phone (hands-free) to a national calamity. When it is clear that talking on the phone is no different than talking to a compatriot in the same car or listening to talk radio, and certainly less of an issue than turning around to deal with one’s children in the car.
Continue reading Music to my ears?
Yes, I’m breaking into my queue. Something I don’t do very often.
This past Sunday, while I was celebrating with my son (and my family) his graduation from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!), my cousin, Hartley (Lee) Adrian Schwartzberg, died. I hadn’t seen him- or his family- in a while (he livesd in Florida). I have tried to keep in touch, though. (Facebook is NOT as good as being there, nor is eMail.) And, I’ve thought of him and his brother, my other close cousin, often.
Continue reading Lee Adrian… (Hartley A. Schwartzberg, DO)
You know the terror in a parent’s eyes when their baby arrives prematurely. Those babies have, at best, a tenuous hold on life and a long period of hospitalization, before they really can survive on their own. Some 500,000 premature births occur annually – about 1 in every 9 births here in the US. And, then, there’s also the problem when well-meaning therapies are not explained well.
Continue reading Music to soothe the soul…
