An experience I had...

Posted by andy_c on March 19, 2007 at 22:01:29

In Reply to: Re: Article: "Playing music makes you smart" posted by mauimusicman on March 19, 2007 at 14:14:16:

I was eating lunch out with some colleagues outdoors at the local Quizno's sandwich shop in El Segundo, CA. Most of the music that they play over their outdoor sound system is run of the mill stuff. My colleagues just liked to bitch about work at lunchtime anyway, so this experience is usually pretty boring. So I'm sitting there, and all of a sudden I notice that the song they're playing on the sound system is "Mr. Kenyatta" by Lee Morgan. I realized the person picking the music was definitely not the ordinary person.

For me, this kind of thing makes me completely lose track of the conversation and instead focus on the music. I noticed that the people I was eating lunch with gave me some funny looks. I wanted to explain to them what distracted me so much but I realized that was hopeless. Reminds me of the Rahsaan Roland Kirk "Bright Moments" talk. "Bright Moments is like hearing some music that ain't nobody else heard...".

I've got no regrets about this either.

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Topic - Article: "Playing music makes you smart" - andy_c 11:01:52 03/19/07 (13)

Put it back in your pants boys.... - Arvind Kohli 09:27:43 03/20/07 (1)

Don't know what you do with your hands when listening? - Elmo 10:36:33 03/20/07 (0)

The we must all be Freaking Genuises! (NT) - Tuckers 14:17:09 03/19/07 (4)

No Tuckers, it said listening to music, not playing with our equipment - fortysomething 15:30:18 03/19/07 (3)

Re: I thought it was Playing Music...as in taking lessons...n/t - Matts_ 19:05:21 03/19/07 (2)

You're all wrong ..... it only works with analog. - Elmo 02:32:13 03/20/07 (1)

Re: Probably only playing analogly and IN PHASE n/t - Matts_ 03:07:59 03/20/07 (0)

Re: Article: "Playing music makes you smart" - mauimusicman 14:14:16 03/19/07 (4)

An experience I had... - andy_c 22:01:29 03/19/07 (3)

Re: An experience I had... - mauimusicman 04:23:55 03/20/07 (2)

Same here, but - markrohr 07:34:51 03/20/07 (1)

Re: Same here, but - mauimusicman 03:42:42 03/21/07 (0)

Of course, I already knew that. nt - G Squared 12:05:17 03/19/07 (0)

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An experience I had... - andy_c 22:01:29 03/19/07 (3)

Re: An experience I had... - mauimusicman 04:23:55 03/20/07 (2)

Same here, but - markrohr 07:34:51 03/20/07 (1)

Re: Same here, but - mauimusicman 03:42:42 03/21/07 (0)

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