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We all love different kinds of music and we often love that music for different reasons. Sometimes it’s a memory we associate with a song, sometimes it’s because we’ve watched the artist grow and been a life-long fan of what they do, sometimes it’s because it says something we were trying to work out how to say.
Have you ever thought about why music effects us the way it does? What makes it so powerful? And how can we use that to do great things?
Bobby McFerrin plays the pentatonic scale with the audience at the World Science Festival.
Bobby McFerrin hops around the stage playing the audience like a piano, showing how, deep down, music is something that we all understand.
Piano Stairs – The Fun Theory
What happens when you replace stairs with piano keys? You can probably guess!
This was an experiment to look at the ways people could be encouraged to take the stairs rather than the escalator.
The Serenity Of Sound
This infographic looks at the effects music can have on us, as well as the ways people are getting hold of music.
How Music Can Help You Keep Healthy
Music can keep you motivated, even when you’re running through the dreary rain.
The Run Dem Crew Youngers recently showed their musical talents by producing a mixtape for RWD online magazine to inspire their members and you.
You can listen to a track from the mixtape below and download the full thing here.
We recently announced that it’s your last chance to start a running crew with the Run Dem Crew Youngers this September. Find out more here.
Robert Gupta: Music Is Medicine, Music is Sanity
Robert Gupta once gave a violin lesson to a schizophrenic musician, Nathaniel Ayres.
Nathaniel was a man who had been studying music at Julliard School in New York before he had a mental breakdown.
He ended up homeless, sometimes playing his cello on the streets of New York. He was found by a journalist who started writing about Nathaniel.
These stories eventually turned into a book, and later a film starring Robert Downey Jr and Jamie Foxx, called The Soloist.
Gupta explain how he believes music has health benefits for people like Nathaniel:
The Scientific Power Of Music
Music quite literally makes us happy by releasing a ‘happiness’ hormone. Find out how that works:
Live UnLtd And Music
We’ve backed a lot music-based projects at Live UnLtd. Head here to read about just some of them.
Could you start a project that uses music to change your world? We’ve teamed up The Steve Redgrave Fund to say – Your Call Your Community.
What would you change in your area? And can you think of a way that music (or anything else!) could be used to make that change? Tell us a little about your idea:
