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Music Experiment (Swinging Moods)

The music videos had been deleted so you will need to look them up on YouTube or another music channel. I apologize for the inconvenience. I'm going to include 5 music videos here from different genres. Please listen to or watch the videos with headphones and keep track of the changing of your moods. If you keep a music diary, then write down your emotions and physical effects to the various tracks. Be aware of nostalgic memories, mood you began with, attitudes towards certain genres, and it's best to close your eyes while listening, at least one time through the process. Watching the video will dilute the effect of listening to the music. This exercise is to track moods caused by musical vibration. Notice timbre, chords, scales, contours of the melodies or harmonies. If you're a trained musicians this will be easier, but we can all do it. First here is a track by the rock band R.E.M who at this time was more folk and acoustic sounding. This is off the band's firs...

Of Music and Water

Japanese researcher and water guru, Masaru Emoto published Water Crystal Healing (Music & Images To Restore Your Well-Being) with Beyond Word and Atria Books last November. The multimedia project comes with 2 compact discs featuring stunning compositions by various classical composers, including Claude Debussy, Richard Wagner, Johann Strauss II, Jean Sibelius and others along with photographs of water crystals that derived from water exposed to the music on the CDs. So now we can actually see what Claude Debussy's Prelude to Afternoon of the Faun looks like. For more information about Masaru Emoto's book, go to Beyond Word Publishing