Does listening to music make you smarter? Are certain genres of music (e.g. classical, trance, house, etc.) "better" for you? What impact is electronic music, and the culture of "rip-mix-burn", going to have on this generation and future generations?

Thoughts?

I don't know what effects listening to music has on one, but I read in psych101 that playing music develops different areas of your brain and helps you concentrate/think faster

so.. don't forget to send your kid to music school

id say the more music you listen to the more interesting a person it makes you. wether it increases your intelligence i wouldnt know (and i dont think anybody does)

i hear EDM makes ppl do E so i say NO

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I've been told that listening you should listen to classical music while studying for subjects such as math...

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Side story:

So I have techno playing in my room tonight.

The friends came back over here after the bar an hour or more ago.

Before Shannon was going out for a smoke she came by my room to get sandals to wear and then heard the techno of course playing... and started dancing around like crazy in my room.

Then Dana 2 mins later comes by (who is also going out for a smoke) and says "Are you coming Shannon?"

And I (who am also dancing around my room to the techno) go: "Shes coming, shes just enjoying some wicked TECHNO!"

and then Dana says: "OH, so you do E too then Shannon??"



(Like as if dancing to and enjoying techno music implies one must do Ecstasy!?! huh?)

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i dunno about smarter.. but some musik makes me horny

i dunno about smarter either but it sure does make me feel good i'm such a music junkie JUST STICK IT IN MY VAINS!

p.s john aquaviva is blowing my mind at work right now

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Last edited by CAKE on Dec-27-2006 at 14:28

Ok, here is my pseudo-psychological answer....

It is a proven fact that association is the best way to remember things - music, especially for me, creates billions of associations in my mind so therefore must increase my memory capacity.

As for impact on generations, I went to Footwork for the oldschool night and the MC kept asking 'Who remembers this, 11 years ago' and there were loads of us screaming. He also asked 'who hasn't been out in months' which means that most people my age are now married with kids but the unity in that place last night spanned a generation if you ask me. 20-35 was the main age group which shows me that EDM is not only a genre, it is a now a full generation, a movement, that will continue FOREVER!!!

End of PLUR rant!!! HAHAHA

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ive been playing violin and piano since I was 4. My parents (yes im chinese) raised me so that school came first and then music. So thats all I did, homework and practice violin/piano. I did very well in both. So im not sure what effect it has had on me other than being more creative and and understanding music in general. I dont think Im super smart but Im not super dumb. and I have my parents to thank for my love of edm. they wouldnt let me listen to rap in grade 7 so I came upon euro/trance/rave/etc.

Unfortunately, based on some of the posts I see on this board, no it doesn't.

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Originally posted by SuperJimbo Does listening to music make you smarter? Are certain genres of music (e.g. classical, trance, house, etc.) "better" for you? What impact is electronic music, and the culture of "rip-mix-burn", going to have on this generation and future generations? Thoughts?

ughh no