Freakwinsee Music Dojo

03/14/2022

new website!

Music / Mental Wellness School

02/26/2022

https://youtu.be/lvmzgVtZtUQ

Many people get notes backwards. Tonality is both subjective and relative (notes are just markers, the REAL music is the intervals in-between the notes)

In math? 1+3+5= 9
In music? 1+3+5= major
In language? B+A+D = not a good thing
In music? B+A+D = *Start at B + Maj2 down + P4 up

The notes themselves mean little to the context they're in (why context is so crucial in art) and what Miles Davis meant by saying "gotta listen between the notes"

With pitch it's important to "keep the phrase in mind", and why knowing the key is important. Without having some idea of "the big picture", you can catch yourself getting so caught up in "note for note" thinking, that even after hours of practice, it still doesn't make sense how to put the pieces together and have it flow easy.

*For those more concerned about thier mind than the music? Cognitive Scientists call this "chunking".
ALSO why your therapist does that thing where they summarize back to you what you just said.
Being able to take a complicated series of mental boxes, and find a way to make it 1 box; makes mental space to add in even MORE boxes.

Why does Western music divide the octave into 12 different notes? Why not 13, or 19 or 24 notes? For such a simple sounding question, the answer is actually ...

02/16/2022

https://youtu.be/ojqR2vZpKxQ

Much of neurology we grew up on is slowly being proven the mind just isn't simple in that way.

Many think it's the music that heals you in music therapy, when in reality its very different. The music points to the thing inside TO heal. From there? We create!

Dr. Jonathan Burdette is a Professor of Neuroradiology at Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC, where he is the Vice Chair of Research for the...

02/15/2022

Great talk for those "in the buiz"😋 but also for those a little self conscious about songwriting.

There are so many different uses of music. Writing a song for the grammies is just one form of the medium.

Try taking a look around your surroundings, and for funzies make up some background music in your head. Lots of melodies and chord progressions you can come across that's just an instrument away to hear for realzies.

To view a visualization of the videos recorded by CIRMMT, visit https://idmil.gitlab.io/CIRMMT_visualizations/CIRMMT Distinguished Lectures in the Science an...

02/06/2022

Freakwinseemusicdojo.com

New additions to the site! (A few online resources and slight touchup) next upgrade should be including more useful tips and tools we all can use.

Stay groovy everyone 🙏
Matt

Music / Mental Wellness School

02/06/2022

https://youtu.be/p6cKCwq-SsM

"What we precieve impacts what we understand is achievable." -Sum Dood

One of my favorite things about music is trying out other peoples perceptions of things. You can learn a lot about yourself just as well by learning what you are not, as much as finding those little bits of "you" in another person.

Music is just the medium in which we work this stuff out.

Test Drive a Free Lesson with Berklee Online: https://berkonl.in/2YvH2EnIn this video series, Berklee College of Music faculty Dr. Suzanne B. Hanser, a board...

02/05/2022

https://youtu.be/JJRjEpjd9S4

Hal Galper going into a very important part of rhythmic perception (how fast or slow you're thinking impacts your playing, even MORE so when improvising.)

A lot of times he uses the word "swing", he's really talking about syncopation (but in the jazz world those two mean the same thing a lot of the time.)

Just like our playing, we think differently when we are thinking fast vs. Slow in the same way. Using music to practice this emotional gear shift is essentially the same neurological gymnastics we do to slow ourselves down during periods of high anxiety.

Try slowing and speeding yourself up 5 times by making a beat in your head, and half the speed in your head (while keeping the music the same speed).

-matt

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02/04/2022

https://youtu.be/6skXE1qYxg8

Haven't seen this in years (great for kids).

Beethoven was a bit of an obsessive perfectionist, (after how his father treated him as a child? Anyone who goes through that abuse is bound to have some core fear of making mistakes.) But it's in how he projects the same perfectionist standards on others? Beethoven might of been a great composer, but not a very good friend.

The correlation between Trauma and "difficult people" is real, even in the 1800s. Notice soon as Beethoven feels safe; he almost becomes a totally different person. Soon as someone comes asking for him to be professional? you get this roaring lion. Even when he was famous, Beethoven never really could make friends or keep them for long because of this temper.

Rule of thumb for people like that goes like this:

"If you want the lion? Just give them "the buisness" and keep your distance.
But if you want the cub? Don't shame them for struggling" (just watch how the mom handles him and you'll get an idea). Leave the buisness out of it, and focus on what everyone's feeling in that moment.

When it comes to childhood trauma, remember in that moment of outburts? Beethoven doesn't care if people are playing the wrong notes, as much as he is still avoiding getting hit by his father.

You'll never win that skin deep argument because that's not what's really bothering them.
^this is why when in different theraputic situations you'll notice a heavy emphasis on exploring expressing feelings. Much of the frustration we feel during those moments is because we are trying to find a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. Letting go ain't easy always.

The musics great, the hokey acting is awesome, AND since it's Canadian produced? We're officially on our way of being CANCON friendly 😜

Enjoy the flick 🙂
-Matt

Αυτή η ταινία, απ' όσο έψαξα, δεν κυκλοφόρησε ποτέ στην Ελλάδα. Την υποτίτλησα εξ ακοής και είναι κατάλληλλη για εκπαιδευτικούς σκοπούς. Καλή διασκέδαση! Thi...

02/03/2022

https://youtu.be/-1aAunaw1GA

Interesting quick look at how music was used back in Ancient times.

Fun fact: the style of music theory at the time was different (there was no C,D,E,F,G,A that everyone could tune to.)

Pythagorean tuning is a really interesting way of measuring sound (a lot like how they measured geometry, more ratios you could eye out instead of clear answers.) It sounds wack when you try and play chord progressions with it (hence why a lot of ancient music keeps to one chord for most of the song).

How in your life do you think music would make things easier (personally, singing makes washing the dishes way more efficient and enjoyable).

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/music-and-creativity-in-ancient-greece-tim-hansenYou think you love music? You have nothing on the Ancient Greek ...

02/02/2022

https://youtu.be/GOcNhxIIioM

Great look into theraputic drumming, (lap slapping works as well).

Try it out 👍

Traditional drum healing techniques all use tempos within the theta range. This video explores the nuances of the various tempos and describes how to approac...

10/27/2021

"Black Orpheus" ended up being a pretty cool film. Don't speak Portuguese but the story is such a classic ya don't need to understand what they're saying.

The main theme is just the coolest tune, and it's a bossa nova standard I recommend checking out.