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  • Interesting facts about music, sounds, musical instruments, and music perception.

    Archive for the ‘Interesting music facts’ Category

    Why music affects people differently?


    2011 - 04.26

    Why every style of music affects people selectively?  Why music that goes beyond our favorite styles does not generate emotion in our brain? Can people understand alien music and get an aesthetic pleasure with it?

    Very often you can hear as the fans of classical music reject modern musical styles, considering them as primitive. On the other hand, for fans of popular music, symphonic music often represented as a lot of sounds which do not cause any emotions. Why does this happening? (more…)

    How different sounds do affects us?


    2011 - 03.19

    It’s much more than appears at first glance. People get through the ears a huge amount of information. It can provide both positive and negative effects on humans. People with hearing problems tend to be hostile, sluggishness, depression, temper, distrust and even psycho-motor delay. On the other hand, a person may use sound to their advantage. It is very important to learn how to organize the sound space around you. This will help not only to control emotions but also control the flow of mental energy and physical state. This short video has very impressive examples. (more…)

    Brainwaves


    2009 - 10.24

    About a week ago, I was in my home music studio, and was reading the article about Brainwaves.
    As you know, different sound can change the emotional state.
    Here is some examples of sounds, that I made using synthesizer.

    theta waves: deep sleep (more…)

    ORIGINS OF TECHNO MUSIC IN 1832.


    2008 - 07.03

    ORIGINS OF TECHNO MUSIC IN 1832.

    The story “Starosvetskie landlords” by Russian writer Nicolai Gogol, have lines indicating his understanding of the harmony of noise at that time:
    “But the most remarkable in the house – were singing doors. As soon as morning would begin, the door singing distributed throughout the home. I can not say why they would sing: whether corroded hinges were the cause of it, or the mechanic just handled doors concealed a secret inside them, but the remarkable fact is, that each door had its unique voice: a leading door into the bedroom sang the most thin descant; the door of dining room wheeze with deep-voices, but the one which was in the hay, issued some strange and raspy moaning sound, so when one would listen attentively he could hear very clearly: father, I’m in freezing! ” (more…)