Think a song sounds good? If tech companies get their way, music will also physically feel good too. Applying the science behind bone...

Well…. Your memory at least. Music creates the strongest form of memory. Have you ever wondered why when you hear a familiar tune it can...

Piano prodigy Elias Phoenix, 7yo at the time of this recording, completely wowed audiences when he made his first debut performance on the Ellen show .  He returned for another great performance and entertaining personality soon after that.  This boy has a lot of spunk!  I am surprised that a child with that much energy could “still” himself long enough to go through the dedicated hours and days and years it takes to build up his piano skills to the high performance level he’

The Axis of Awesome’s song “ 4 Chords ”, a medley of 36 pop songs that all contain the same basic chord structure, received airplay on BBC Radio 1. This airplay drove listeners to the internet and “ 4 Chords ” went viral, receiving millions of hits on YouTube.  The musicians in Axis of Awesome not only have an interesting concept for this song, but they also have excellent voices for it – demonstrating lots of vocal range and style to stay true to the individual songs that ar

As you prepare your special holiday meal this season and seek to create the perfect sonic background for you and your guests, consider...

As reported by PBS.org – “A study by E. Glenn Schellenberg at the University of Toronto at Mississauga, as published in a 2004 issue of...

Summer break is approaching rapidly. There will be camp days, beach trips, and lots of giggling children enjoying their summertime...

About 20 members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) arranged a flash mob inside Ikea on Jan. 12, 2016 to promote their new Neighborhood Concert Series in Canton. Shoppers gathered around, many taking photos and videos with their smartphones, as the DSO brightened up the wintery day with Beethoven’s “ Ode to Jöy.” Gabrielle Poshadlo, DSO Communications and Public Relations Manager said the idea came while brainstorming ways to promote the new Canton concert series.   “We

Traditionally, we’ve gone out to our local Karaoke Night to do some singing with a group of friends, but lately, those with a Karaoke itch have been turning to their smartphones.  That’s why The Voice created StarMaker , a karaoke app for android and iphones , says its users have logged 2 billion minutes of singing time since launching in 2010 – around 23,000 hours per day – and has nearly half a million likes on Facebook.  You can choose to submit a recording from the app t

Regular readers of our blog will know that we love science almost as much as we like music. Whether we’re seeing singing and dancing NASA...

I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! According to scientific studies, people who listen to Jazz music are proven to be smarter and more...

Parents and Teachers all agree that they would like children to correlate their success at school to how much work they put in.  So that,...

Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start. Only “Sound of Music” buffs will catch that reference. It will always be one of my personal favorite movies. The story of a talented family of singers and musicians based in 1930’s Austria, a very volatile time in our world history. The Von Trapp Family Singers were like a breath of fresh air and their story has been passed on through the generations. Well here’s another breath of fresh air for our own modern day

If you’re having a difficult time remembering people’s names you can blame the cause on something other than your memory. You can blame...

Idina Menzel stops by the Tonight Show Music Room to perform the Oscar-winning song “ Let It Go” from Disney’s “Frozen .”  The unique thing about this performance is that the song has a new accompaniment – composed from musical instruments that you would find in a classroom.   Jimmy Fallon and The Roots created an impressive re-imagining of this Oscar-winning song.  My favorite part is the instrumental breakdown leading up to the bridge.  It’s at that moment that you realize

Gizmodo.com reports that biological anthropologist Leslie Seltzer of the University of Wisconsin held an experiment where 7-12 year-old...

Two hundred years ago, Francis Scott Key witnessed British soldiers firing on Fort McHenry as they tried to gain entry into Baltimore during the War of 1812.  American soldiers, however, remained fearless and defeated the British. To celebrate their victory they hoisted the U.S. flag and seeing those stripes and stars inspired Key to write “ The Star-Spangled Banner. ” Since then, the song has been immediately cherished by the country, proudly sung during the Civil War and as

By now, you know we love stories that expand our definition of music and musical instruments. We’ve previously discussed the music potential of plants and earthquakes and now we were excited to learn about bridges and monuments! Composer Joseph Bertolozzi created 10 musical suites a few years ago based on the unique vibrations of the Hudson Bridge’s panels, spindles and cables.  From those sounds, he created a plainly, but aptly named, “Bridge Music”  in celebration of the Ne

In this TED talk Ryan Holladay of Bluebrain tells us why he is experimenting with what he describes as “location-aware music,” a project that he created with his brother, Hays.  Location-aware compositions are special albums composed specifically for a particular place – in this case, Central Park – and each track on the album is synced with the listeners locations within the area.  Remarkably those outside of Central Park can not access this album – the music is only availa

With earthquakes being a persistent part of our lives in California, we always have those  tremblers on our mind. We should always be...