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> On Oct 5, 2004, at 6:51, Krispen Hartung wrote: > >> Any other experiences like this from the rest of you? Are any of you >> attending Looper's Anonymous? Do you wake up in the middle of the >> night >> with the cold sweats, aching for just one quick loop fix? Heh heh.... >> >>> It's like looping is some sort of mind-altering opiate or something. >> One can easily lose all conception of space and time. > > > Speaking for myself that's not only true with looping. Any kind of > music making induces that state of mind. I need only to play one note, > or imagine doing that, to experience a drastic change in focus of my > sensory perception. It's obvious that the part of the brain normally > used for speaking "oral languages" has to make the way for "the > musical mind", because if you are playing music and get a quick call > from someone you might nog be able to speak at all for a second, > before catching up on normal brain functions again. Try to throw quick > questions at a musician friend when he is playing and you will get a > healthy laugh! (don't play try this trick to the performers at the > club ;-) > > As I'm also into practicing yoga and meditation, I've taken interest > in comparing that particular (subjective) experience with music > making. To me it's so similar that I cut down on meditation to stay > out of the zombie zone. > > For a while I had a day time job looking after a training center, > doing the cleaning of showers and stuff, and then I also undertook the > experiment of running long distances in the wood three times a week. I > never experienced the exercising to do any good for my body (rather > the opposite, actually) but the most interesting thing was the state > of mind induced after approximately fifteen minutes of running. Very > similar to "the loopy mind" or plain meditation. Someone brought up > "drugs" in a post and I would guess that we're actually talking > endorphin here (a natural substance produced in the brain when the > system i under pressure, chemically similar to amphetamine). > > But then there are other levels of meditation that may not share as > much with the music making mind. As well as certain other adult > activities that also set of some endorphin ;-) > > All the best > > Per Boysen > --- > http://www.looproom.com (international) > http://www.boysen.se (Swedish site)