Support
Looper's Delight
|
Support |
|
|
It may have been, but these ideas came from an article I recently read about memory (on slate, called "The Science of Eternal Sunshine" http://slate.msn.com/id/2097502/ ). On Dec 4, 2004, at 1:02 PM, David Kirkdorffer wrote: > "Michael Firman" wrote: > >> Per, >> >> I think you have hit on something here. People listen (remember) music >> not just as >> "data" (i.e. the notes, rhythm, texture, etc.) but as a whole >> collection of things (thoughts, >> feelings, the ambience of the place and situation, etc.). Our memory >> is >> associative, that >> is, we store the information about events in various location of our >> brain. Those locations >> have different functions (some areas are pure data storage while >> others >> control emotions). >> We formulate our opinions about pieces of music by our feelings at the >> time (or times) we >> hear them as well as by the actual musical form. > > > Wasn't this called "psychoacoustics" in the 80's?? > > > -- | Michael A. Firman | maf@mlswebworks.com | http://www.mlswebworks.com