Dennis Radmun's quotation and the line "We want a glimpse of God, but only through the mist" reminded me of the end of Act I in Amadeus: Salieri is railing away at God for making Mozart so brilliant and him so mediocre and he says the reason he worked so hard at music was "solely that in the end, in the practice of the art that alone makes the world comprehensible to me, I might hear Your voice…" Playin music has always been my meditation and reset switch.
Also, group singing has been shown to release oxytocin (which is why whenever I get people to sing along at my shows I ask them after if it was good for them). "This is Your Brain on Music" is a fascinating read on the neuroscience of music, which I need to probably re-read (cuz it's been a while and it was dense!)
I read the whole newsletter before listening and fully did not expect to prefer the metal anthem. You stopped me from skipping ahead when you said "oh you're skipping directly to the next section..." and I'm glad you kept me there because it was my fav song! I've already listened to it 3 times.
Loved reading about you joining a choir. The people who didn't drink in my group would just get the greasiest bar food when we went out afterward, in case that's enough to get you out more. Then again, you might want to keep some distance between you and those choir people.
Whitacre is cool but for that real feeling of acapella cosmic unity it'll always be renaissance music or bach for me. Old music for olds (or news) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3v9unphfi0
Thank you so much for the nicest shout out in my personal history of shout outs! And I'm thinking maybe I need to join the Astoria Choir, too. It sounds like a real good time.
And high five to Radmun Szikielovic, my new favorite quote generator.
Dennis Radmun's quotation and the line "We want a glimpse of God, but only through the mist" reminded me of the end of Act I in Amadeus: Salieri is railing away at God for making Mozart so brilliant and him so mediocre and he says the reason he worked so hard at music was "solely that in the end, in the practice of the art that alone makes the world comprehensible to me, I might hear Your voice…" Playin music has always been my meditation and reset switch.
Also, group singing has been shown to release oxytocin (which is why whenever I get people to sing along at my shows I ask them after if it was good for them). "This is Your Brain on Music" is a fascinating read on the neuroscience of music, which I need to probably re-read (cuz it's been a while and it was dense!)
Good stuff as always, Finnegan!
I read the whole newsletter before listening and fully did not expect to prefer the metal anthem. You stopped me from skipping ahead when you said "oh you're skipping directly to the next section..." and I'm glad you kept me there because it was my fav song! I've already listened to it 3 times.
Loved reading about you joining a choir. The people who didn't drink in my group would just get the greasiest bar food when we went out afterward, in case that's enough to get you out more. Then again, you might want to keep some distance between you and those choir people.
Whitacre is cool but for that real feeling of acapella cosmic unity it'll always be renaissance music or bach for me. Old music for olds (or news) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3v9unphfi0
Thank you so much for the nicest shout out in my personal history of shout outs! And I'm thinking maybe I need to join the Astoria Choir, too. It sounds like a real good time.
And high five to Radmun Szikielovic, my new favorite quote generator.