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Unravel the Stress-Relieving Powers of Music: Lower Your Cortisol Levels and Increase Productivity
Music has long been a source of comfort, solace, and joy for people. It can be used to express emotions that often cannot be verbalized or to enjoy the beauty of its harmonies, rhythms, and melodies. Music can also have powerful effects on the human mind and body, influencing how we feel and act in certain situations.
"Mastering the Art of Reading Music: Understanding Treble and Bass Clefs"
Reading music is an essential skill for any musician, as it allows them to understand and perform written compositions. The process of reading music involves interpreting the symbols and memorandum set up on a distance of music in order to play the correct notes on an instrument. At its utmost introductory position, reading music involves understanding the layout of a distance of music, including the staff, clefs, and note values. The staff, which is the foundation of distance music, is made up of five vertical lines and four spaces, on which notes are placed.
Suresh NatarajanPublished 7 days ago in Beat
Music and the Human
Music is a universal and powerful form of art and expression that plays an important role in human life. From the earliest civilizations, music has been used for a variety of purposes, such as religious and ceremonial rituals, storytelling, and entertainment. Today, music continues to be an integral part of human culture and plays a significant role in our physical, emotional, and social well-being.
DHINESH SELVAPublished 8 days ago in BeatHow Has the Piano Evolved Ever Since its Invention?
The piano is one of the most versatile and beloved musical instruments in the world. Its rich history spans several centuries, and it has undergone many changes and evolution over time. The piano has evolved from its early ancestor, the harpsichord, to the modern grand piano that we know today.
Polymathic Actor, Recording Artist, and Filmmaker Amir Royale Releases New Single “Phonics” (feat. Sydney Palmer and Declan Sheehy-Moss)
From Amir Royale I don't think I've ever really felt well-understood by my peers or mentors. Most my life I was outcasted for my passionate and exuberant outlook. "Phonics" was a way for me to define what that felt like — but, furthermore — showcase to others how to combat it. I've had this song sitting in a vault since before the pandemic. Thus, I recruited some of my favorite people in this whole wide world to share the stage for one of my last few "harder" stories to tell. Or, well — at least I think so. Declan Sheehy-Moss (a good friend of the next J. Dilla and Robert Glasper - Cisco Swank); as well as Sydney Kate Palmer (an NYU student of mine) both bring this so beautifully to life — and, I don't know — I just hope you finally get it one day. Maybe, just maybe — I even pray I'll still be here on Earth to know finally what it feels like. That's if God decides I'm lucky enough. I love and miss you all, always. Walk good, take care. 🌺❤️🩹🌺
StageScene MagazinePublished 11 days ago in Beat
Life In A Scotch Sitting Room - The Genius of Ivor Cutler
Introduction I first heard Ivor Cutler on the John Peel Show in the seventies, though that was the source for a lot of the music and other stuff in my teenage years. I don't know what brought him to my mind today but I do love his strange, comforting mad old uncle tales and songs, usually accompanied on his wheezing harmonium.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished about a month ago in Beat
Rainbow Fast Unicorn vol 1 - Organic House Mixtape
sparkle ponies watching sparkle ponies flit & flutter; you notice ineffable peace — neon spencer satori, center camp, Burning Man 2017
Neil SpencerPublished about a month ago in Beat
Polymath Actor, Recording Artist, and Filmmaker Amir Royale Releases His ‘Stories of the Lost, Rich & Tormented’ EP
From Amir Royale Sophomore year, NYU Tisch’s Clive Davis Institute, 2017. I created the concept of Stories of the Lost, Rich & Tormented as a "Writing the Hit Song: Deep Cutz" homework assignment. Over the course of 14 weeks, I crafted and reworked about 12 or so ideas. Suddenly, my songwriting professor at the time (Eren Cannata of Cove City Sound Studios, Facethouse Records & Warner Chapel Music), directed us to use all the content we created thus far to formulate an EP. This project would then become one we’d pitch and present to potential A&R scouts. It was our final project. I curated 5 of my best records across the class to showcase a conceptual narrative and description of greed, lust, and youth insecurity within American culture. It is the final entry within my four-EP-long music chronicle (dating back to my 2015 EP, This Is for You.). To let this project go free finally—feels like a blessing. Thank you.
StageScene MagazinePublished 2 months ago in Beat
Reading "Better Than Before" as a Rebel
Being a rebel is hard. If you don't know what that means, or you don't know if you're a rebel, I suggest you pause here, take the "Four Tendencies Quiz" here, and then come back. The quiz takes three minutes to take and revealed so much about me to myself.
Jolene PoulinPublished 2 months ago in Beat
Chances Are Your Favorite Christmas Songs Were Written By Jewish People
For most Christmas lovers, you'd think that the popular Christmas songs they've come to love were created by others who loved the holiday. Right? Well, it might come as a surprise, but most of the Christmas songs we've come to love and celebrate with every year were not written by Christians... they were written by Jews.
Jenika EnochPublished 2 months ago in Beat
Top 5 Songs For Worldbuilding
When you create a world for your readers, there are some questions to ask yourself. How does this world work? How do people exist in this world? What is the ambiance of this world? Creating a world that you are writing to present to a reader can be amazing. To show the world you want to see exist with the other fantastic worlds. But there are little pieces that can be tricky with how the characters exist in that world. I can defiantly tell you the best way to create the world is by listening to music. Music puts you in that world from the lyrics and the beat. It's like making a movie in your head.
Samantha ParrishPublished 2 months ago in BeatSnowy weekend getaway
We drove up the snowy, windy road towards the cosy A- frame cabin, "this road is icy' Sarah sat nervously next to her husband "I know and with all this snow I can barely see the road" "we will make it" "don't worry sweetheart we will get get to the lovely cosy A frame cabin' Jacob said in a reassuring voice he didn't want to panic his wife he could she was already nervous. An hour later they arrived safely at the cabin "I knew we'd make it in one piece" Jacob smiled as he grabbed their bags out of the car "I hope there is some dry firewood inside we need dry firewood to start a fire" Sarah nodded. When they walked into the cabin Sarah looked over at the fireplace there was a basket next to the fireplace with some wood in it "that's not a lot Jacob" "it is enough to get it started I'll go out to the shed and see if there is more" Sarah took their bags from Jacob "you get the fire started and I'll take these into the bedroom "ok sweetheart" Jacob kissed Sarah sweetly on the lips.
Jessica HowardPublished 2 months ago in Beat
