picked up an excellent book at the thrift recently as usual much of what i find to read is by synchronicity... "This is your brain on music" Daniel J. Levitin author 2006 he was a musician, producer and is now a neuro-scientist like brian may guitarist with Queen who works as an astrophysicist he did more than just play music....i often wondered why this or that music had such an emotional impact on people, myself included.... this book explains why....
i decided to analyze the songs being played on a video music concert by nikkie lane in Barcelona, spain in 2017 she has a fellow from madrid named alex munox who kicks ass on electric guitar and her bass player is eric whitman and drummer is taylor powell she calls them the "tennessee dirtbags" i first heard ms lane sing "man up" which she explains caused her husband to leave her...this genre of song was promoted if not invented by ms taylor swift and might be said to express in words as a "swift kick in the balls"...the sort of tunes which might give a fellow a bad facial twitch and a drinking problem.... anyhow i learned that ms lanes has a deeper appreciation for music than man bashing and "Highway Queen" expresses some of her ideas about being an entertainer...i suppose if i had to pick a favorite on this hour long show "You can't talk to me like that" probably gives ms lane full rein with her talents...when she says "CRAZY" you believe it. now there is something that is expressed in her work that might be described by the term "DUENDE" i looked looked up the word and it is a contraction of "dueno de casa" or owner of the house....she owns it...the whole concert is worth the time to watch and listen to...her co-worker ms Ruby Boots does a good job with her song also... it is not possible to put these songs into a particular genre but i think ms lanes spiffy dress with cow skulls on both hips would indicate vaguely "country western" roots...very vaguely but her hat is not a Stetson and mr munox is not playing a gibson...very refreshing
"It is impossible to overestimate the importance of these factors; caring leads to attention, and together they lead to measurable neurochemical changes. Dopamine, the neurotransmitter associated with emotional regulation, alertness, and mood, is released, and the dopaminergic system aids in the encoding of the memory trace." "Your brain on music"
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