We music-y people just love it when science-y people give us attention (three cheers for validation!!!). Sure, we are artists (which makes us cool), but we are also oh-so-much-more-than-that (read: smart), a fact that makes us better than other artsy people like dancers and actors (read: dumb) and visual artists (read: flaky). We musicians are basically just cooler versions of doctors and scientists (see this and this and this for confirmation).
But this is old news.
As for new news, yet another study confirms our superiority. This time, not only are we smarter, we are also more emotionally in tuned. According to the author of the study, musicians are able to more “quickly and accurately identify emotion in sound" than non-musicians. "A skill," the author continues, "that translates across all arenas, whether in the predator-infested jungle or in the classroom, boardroom or bedroom..."
I took piano lessons for 18 years and have two music degrees. I'm just sayin'...
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Don't worry I only gagged 3 times at this post. ;)
dear music-y katie,
you are smart.
sincerely,
science-y paul
oooh. the contrast of my picture with jess's is hot. can we have a long thread of discussion amongst people with sensual b&w self-portraits?
jess - i was hoping to make you gag 4 times. damn. well, you win some and you lose some...
science-y/math-y paul - you are good at music. sincerely, music-y katie
also, what a relief my profile pic is in b&w already. i'd hate to mess up the aesthetic we've got going here...
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