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Author: j_chot on March 01 2008 Viewed 4432 times. 15 people liked this blog. You can rate it below if you haven't already.
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awesome article.
...Moreover, the researchers found that much of the change between improvisation and memorization occurred in the prefrontal cortex, the region of the frontal lobe of the brain that helps us think and problem-solve and that provides a sense of self. Interestingly, the large portion responsible for monitoring one’s performance (dorsolateral prefrontal cortex) shuts down completely during improvisation, while the much smaller, centrally located region at the foremost part of the brain (medial prefrontal cortex) increases in activity. The medial prefrontal cortex is involved in self-initiated thoughts and behaviors, and is very active when a person describes an event that has happened to him or makes up a story. The researchers explain that, just as over-thinking a jump shot can cause a basketball player to fall out of the zone and perform poorly, the suppression of inhibitory, self-monitoring brain mechanisms helps to promote the free flow of novel ideas and impulses. While this brain pattern is unusual, it resembles the pattern seen in people when they are dreaming....
this must be why so many musicians smoke pot...
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atum
I understand and disobey. I mean disagree. I suppose it's a cult with computer-maidens, editing-intensive types of love making.
I think my shirt meshes well with my "chino pant" just below, re finding a balance between the waist and the uppertorso.
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monkvolcano
actually one way that IDM and jazz are similar, is that u have to learn chops, to get to where you can get your thoughts out fast enough to where they haven't lost all their feeling. if you have to think to hard about what you are doing, i.e. what keyboard shortcut to use, what filter type, what delay length etc. it's going to suck all the life out of your little impulse.. so i guess i feel like it takes years to get to where you are smooth enough with all that to get something meaningful out.
i think that aphex is a good example of this.. because the one thing that makes him really enjoyable to listen to is that he never comprimised feeel for technique, this is why his earlier stuff is so simple really. he wasn't getting all crazy with the programing and what not, just making shit that he like the sound of. over time as the programming aspect got more and more second nature, the complexity of his music grew, but he was able to maintain the feel because it was so natural to him.
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monkvolcano
another interesting thing in this article is the fact that "there was increased neural activity in each of the sensory areas during improvisation, including those responsible for touch, hearing and vision"
which kind of explains why non music related things can inspire us.. like teh seks, or in astroid's case, puddn.
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mechp
tantan said: " djugel said: "most jazz if pretentious crap"
have you listened to most jazz? I kindly suggest you don't know what the fuck you're talking about"
sorry dan, but I'm with tan on this one.
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astroid
why am i drawn to this blog?
monkvolcano said: " puddn."
oh
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cartesia
depends if you talk about new jazz or old jazz.
most new jazz seems to be just absurdity for the sake of trying to carve out some kind of individualism in a world where everything good's already been done.
just like alot of IDM these days!
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atum
depends if you talk about new jazz or old jazz.
most new jazz seems to be just [big word] for the sake of trying to carve out some kind of [big word] in a world where everything good's already been done.
just like alot of IDM these days!
03/02/08
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license
I like jazz. I like how I can listen to jazz on the radio and it satisfies me in a lot of the ways that electronic music does. As if there really is some portion of the culture that does think the way I do, or at least the way I want to - it's a relief. Especially the stuff they play after the sun goes down, some of that is really very good.
I dig Ornette Coleman in particular, Miles, Herbie. Several (and by that, I mean both) of the people whose opinions I trust when it comes to musical taste dig Sun Ra and I don't really understand it but I think it's pretty sweet. I don't like John Coltrane too much. Partly because I feel like I "should" like him and that's a drag.
The individualism thing is an interesting point I guess. I feel that good jazz feels anonymous. Kind of like good house...but even moreso. IMHO, to make something truly good you have to let your ego melt away like a candle.
03/02/08
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mynameismud
jazz is the best thing in the world, and if anyone says otherwise i will kill you
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astroid
dear jazz,
you are so arrogant. you think you're so smart. you never came to my middle school science fair because you had to stay home and watch your fucking ken burns series. well, jazz, now i'm all grown up and I've gotten pretty smart, and I don't need you anymore, your scales and hot lix, your 2 5 1s and your tritone substitutions. haha jazz, you're down at a restaurant trying to scrape out a living with your silver trumpet while i'm doing sound design for porsche commercials with my "fake midi band in a box". YOU HEAR ME, DAD? I HATE YOU I HATE YOU DAD
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j_chot
roflcopter.
jazz is alot like pot to me.. I don't know most of the names very well, a couple I hold in very high respect, but for the most part, I pretty much view jazz as either: "good shit" or "bad shit"
03/02/08
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jdg
brain vs jazz, i hope brain wins
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djugel
I'm like j-chot ... "good-shit" or ""bad-shit". I guess my real problem is that even out of all the "good-shit"... none of it has given me goosebumps or tingles like my other genre relationships.
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j_chot
really? eveytime I listen to miles davis, I'm reminded that electronic music is a complete joke.
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ricemutt
JDG: my brain just battled jazz and destroyed it, no contest
jazz was awesome when it didn't need an iron lung (universities) to survive.
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