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Posted by wazoo on January 6, 2017 at 08:03:05:
You know; that bites audiophiles in the butt from time to time. ;-)

I was amazed enough at Rachel's ability to convince me that I was listening to Keith Emerson when I closed my eyes, but to do the same with Frank Zappa after a mere two years of playing the guitar just makes her prowess all the more mind boggling. At/near the top of the comments of the first video I saw of her playing on stage with Dweezil, someone mentioned that it's unfair. That's really why I mentioned it to you, because I don't think it's unfair at all - at least to some extent, she pays for her incredible talent by living without vision. I think it would be fascinating to see just how differently her brain is structured and something tells me that she'd be only too happy to participate in a little study.

Happy New Year.

Lately, I've been bumping up against the other side of neuroplasticity, specifically the changes in our brains that affect how we hear phonemes, or, rather, don't hear (at least, attend to) those to which we aren't exposed by age seven. For the last couple of years, I've been more and more enchanted by other languages and I not only enjoy listening to music from other parts of the world, but I also thrill at the challenge of learning the words and singing along (not that I'm much of a singer). Recently, I've been focusing on a few Finnish songs - words like liinahapaijan are bloody difficult for this old geezer's tongue, but it's still easier than learning the Russian stuff. Anyway, it's fun and I'm improving. Perhaps, more importantly, it supplies my brain with novelty that I hope will help keep it healthy as the years continue to mount.