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Post by the Scribe on May 21, 2021 1:04:01 GMT
Shattering cancer with resonant frequencies: Anthony Holland at TEDxSkidmoreCollege
TEDx Talks 31.2M subscribers NOTE FROM TED: Please do not look to this talk for medical advice. We've flagged this talk, which was filmed at a TEDx event, because it appears to fall outside TEDx's content guidelines. Resonant Frequency Therapy has not been proven effective by scientific research. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/t... Anthony Holland: Associate Professor, Director of Music Technology, Skidmore College. DMA, MM, MM, BM; President: Novobiotronics Inc. . Discovered the ability of Oscillating Pulsed Electric Fields (OPEF) to destroy cancer cells and MRSA in laboratory experiments. Expert in custom digital electronic signal design, synthesis and analysis for biological effects. Member: Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS), European Bioelectromagnetics Association (EBEA). Postdoctoral work: Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) Stanford University. Advanced Digital Synthesis and Analysis studies with: Max Mathews (the ' Father of Computer Music'), John Chowning (founding Director of CCRMA, Electronic Composer and Inventor (famed FM Synthesis Patent); Jean-Claude Risset (Electronic Composer and founding Director of the Digital Synthesis Division of the internationally renowned IRCAM center, Paris, France); John Pierce: former Director of Sound Division: Bell Laboratories.
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Post by the Scribe on May 25, 2021 23:38:04 GMT
The Voice Catchers: How Marketers Listen In to Exploit Your Feelings, Your Privacy, and Your Wallet
Annenberg School for Communication 1.49K subscribers In his new book, "The Voice Catchers: How Marketers Listen In to Exploit Your Feelings, Your Privacy, and Your Wallet," Joseph Turow pulls the curtain back on a marketing practice that most consumers aren't aware of: marketers using your voice as biometric data to manipulate you. Read more about the book at Yale University Press: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/97803...
Joseph Turow is the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication. He is the author of numerous books, most recently The Aisles Have Eyes.
Music by Chad Crouch FreeMusicArchive.orgShhhh, they’re listening – inside the coming voice-profiling revolutiontheconversation.com/shhhh-theyre-listening-inside-the-coming-voice-profiling-revolution-158921 April 28, 2021 8.18am EDT
You decide to call a store that sells some hiking boots you’re thinking of buying. As you dial in, the computer of an artificial intelligence company hired by the store is activated. It retrieves its analysis of the speaking style you used when you phoned other companies the software firm services. The computer has concluded you are “friendly and talkative.” Using predictive routing, it connects you to a customer service agent who company research has identified as being especially good at getting friendly and talkative customers to buy more expensive versions of the goods they’re considering.
This hypothetical situation may sound as if it’s from some distant future. But automated voice-guided marketing activities like this are happening all the time. callminer.com/solutions/business-value/customer-experience/
If you hear “This call is being recorded for training and quality control,” it isn’t just the customer service representative they’re monitoring.
It can be you, too.
When conducting research for my forthcoming book, “The Voice Catchers: How Marketers Listen In to Exploit Your Feelings, Your Privacy, and Your Wallet,” I went through over 1,000 trade magazine and news articles on the companies connected to various forms of voice profiling. I examined hundreds of pages of U.S. and EU laws applying to biometric surveillance. I analyzed dozens of patents. And because so much about this industry is evolving, I spoke to 43 people who are working to shape it. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248036/voice-catchers
It soon became clear to me that we’re in the early stages of a voice-profiling revolution that companies see as integral to the future of marketing.
Thanks to the public’s embrace of smart speakers, intelligent car displays and voice-responsive phones – along with the rise of voice intelligence in call centers – marketers say they are on the verge of being able to use AI-assisted vocal analysis technology to achieve unprecedented insights into shoppers’ identities and inclinations. In doing so, they believe they’ll be able to circumvent the errors and fraud associated with traditional targeted advertising.
Not only can people be profiled by their speech patterns, but they can also be assessed by the sound of their voices – which, according to some researchers, is unique and can reveal their feelings, personalities and even their physical characteristics. books.google.com/books/about/Profiling_Humans_from_their_Voice.html?id=9_edDwAAQBAJ
Flaws in targeted advertising
Top marketing executives I interviewed said that they expect their customer interactions to include voice profiling within a decade or so.
Part of what attracts them to this new technology is a belief that the current digital system of creating unique customer profiles – and then targeting them with personalized messages, offers and ads – has major drawbacks. som.yale.edu/blog/the-risks-and-rewards-of-targeted-ads
A simmering worry among internet advertisers, one that burst into the open during the 2010s, is that customer data often isn’t up to date, profiles may be based on multiple users of a device, names can be confused and people lie. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248036/voice-catchers
Advertisers are also uneasy about ad blocking and click fraud, which happens when a site or app uses bots or low-paid workers to click on ads placed there so that the advertisers have to pay up. blog.nativeadvertisinginstitute.com/ad-blocking-impact-online-advertising-ecosystem www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/what-is-click-fraud/
These are all barriers to understanding individual shoppers.
Voice analysis, on the other hand, is seen as a solution that makes it nearly impossible for people to hide their feelings or evade their identities.
Building out the infrastructure
Most of the activity in voice profiling is happening in customer support centers, which are largely out of the public eye.
But there are also hundreds of millions of Amazon Echoes, Google Nests and other smart speakers out there. Smartphones also contain such technology. voicebot.ai/2020/01/06/amazon-now-claims-hundreds-of-millions-of-alexa-enabled-devices-and-hundreds-of-millions-of-weekly-smart-home-interactions/
All are listening and capturing people’s individual voices. They respond to your requests. But the assistants are also tied to advanced machine learning and deep neural network programs that analyze what you say and how you say it www.fastcompany.com/90409535/little-by-little-amazon-is-giving-alexa-more-ai-smarts
A cyborg wears a headset. Call centers can use AI-assisted voice technology to determine whether to upsell certain customers. Ralf Hiemisch via Getty Images
Amazon and Google – the leading purveyors of smart speakers outside China – appear to be doing little voice analysis on those devices beyond recognizing and responding to individual owners. Perhaps they fear that pushing the technology too far will, at this point, lead to bad publicity.
Nevertheless, the user agreements of Amazon and Google – as well as Pandora, Bank of America and other companies that people access routinely via phone apps – give them the right to use their digital assistants to understand you by the way you sound. Amazon’s most public application of voice profiling so far is its Halo wristband, which claims to know the emotions you’re conveying when you talk to relatives, friends and employers. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248036/voice-catchers www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2020-08-31/amazon-s-halo-wearable-can-read-emotions-is-that-too-weird
The company assures customers it doesn’t use Halo data for its own purposes. But it’s clearly a proof of concept – and a nod toward the future.
Patents point to the future
The patents from these tech companies offer a vision of what’s coming.
In one Amazon patent, a device with the Alexa assistant picks up a woman’s speech irregularities that imply a cold through using “an analysis of pitch, pulse, voicing, jittering, and/or harmonicity of a user’s voice, as determined from processing the voice data.” From that conclusion, Alexa asks if the woman wants a recipe for chicken soup. When she says no, it offers to sell her cough drops with one-hour delivery. patents.google.com/patent/US10096319B1/en
A page from an Amazon patent depicts a woman interacting with a home assistant. An Amazon patent depicts a device picking up a woman’s cough – and then asking if she wants a recipe for chicken soup. Google Patents
Another Amazon patent suggests an app to help a store salesperson decipher a shopper’s voice to plumb unconscious reactions to products. The contention is that how people sound allegedly does a better job indicating what people like than their words. patents.justia.com/patent/10262661
And one of Google’s proprietary inventions involves tracking family members in real time using special microphones placed throughout a home. Based on the pitch of voice signatures, Google circuitry infers gender and age information – for example, one adult male and one female child – and tags them as separate individuals. patents.google.com/patent/US20160259308A1/en
The company’s patent asserts that over time the system’s “household policy manager” will be able to compare life patterns, such as when and how long family members eat meals, how long the children watch television, and when electronic game devices are working – and then have the system suggest better eating schedules for the kids, or offer to control their TV viewing and game playing.
Seductive surveillance
In the West, the road to this advertising future starts with firms encouraging users to give them permission to gather voice data. Firms gain customers’ permission by enticing them to buy inexpensive voice technologies.
When tech companies have further developed voice analysis software – and people have become increasingly reliant on voice devices – I expect the companies to begin widespread profiling and marketing based on voice data. Hewing to the letter if not the spirit of whatever privacy laws exist, the companies will, I expect, forge ahead into their new incarnations, even if most of their users joined before this new business model existed.
This classic bait and switch marked the rise of both Google and Facebook. Only when the numbers of people flocking to these sites became large enough to attract high-paying advertisers did their business models solidify around selling ads personalized to what Google and Facebook knew about their users. hoofnagle.berkeley.edu/2018/02/19/bait-and-switch-advertising-bait-and-switch-privacy/
By then, the sites had become such important parts of their users’ daily activities that people felt they couldn’t leave, despite their concerns about data collection and analysis that they didn’t understand and couldn’t control. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/19/can-not-quit-facebook/
This strategy is already starting to play out as tens of millions of consumers buy Amazon Echoes at giveaway prices. onezero.medium.com/amazon-and-google-are-practically-giving-away-smart-speakers-heres-why-56f0e50bd95c
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The dark side of voice profiling
Here’s the catch: It’s not clear how accurate voice profiling is, especially when it comes to emotions.
It is true, according to Carnegie Mellon voice recognition scholar Rita Singh, that the activity of your vocal nerves is connected to your emotional state. However, Singh told me that she worries that with the easy availability of machine-learning packages, people with limited skills will be tempted to run shoddy analyses of people’s voices, leading to conclusions that are as dubious as the methods. www.springerprofessional.de/en/profiling-humans-from-their-voice/16897712#:%7E:text=The%20term%20profiling%20from%20voice,in%20the%20human%20vocal%20tract
She also argues that inferences that link physiology to emotions and forms of stress may be culturally biased and prone to error. That concern hasn’t deterred marketers, who typically use voice profiling to draw conclusions about individuals’ emotions, attitudes and personalities.
While some of these advances promise to make life easier, it’s not difficult to see how voice technology can be abused and exploited. What if voice profiling tells a prospective employer that you’re a bad risk for a job that you covet or desperately need? What if it tells a bank that you’re a bad risk for a loan? What if a restaurant decides it won’t take your reservation because you sound low class, or too demanding? yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248036/voice-catchers
Consider, too, the discrimination that can take place if voice profilers follow some scientists’ claims that it is possible to use an individual’s vocalizations to tell the person’s height, weight, race, gender and health. books.google.com/books/about/Profiling_Humans_from_their_Voice.html?id=9_edDwAAQBAJ
People are already subjected to different offers and opportunities based on the personal information companies have collected. Voice profiling adds an especially insidious means of labeling. Today, some states such as Illinois and Texas require companies to ask for permission before conducting analysis of vocal, facial or other biometric features. www.thompsonhine.com/publications/state-biometric-privacy-legislation-what-you-need-to-know
But other states expect people to be aware of the information that’s collected about them from the privacy policies or terms of service – which means they rarely will. And the federal government hasn’t enacted a sweeping marketing surveillance law. theconversation.com/nobody-reads-privacy-policies-heres-how-to-fix-that-81932
With the looming widespread adoption of voice analysis technology, it’s important for government leaders to adopt policies and regulations that protect the personal information revealed by the sound of a person’s voice.
One proposal: While the use of voice authentication – or using a person’s voice to prove their identity – could be allowed under certain carefully regulated circumstances, all voice profiling should be prohibited in marketers’ interactions with individuals. This prohibition should also apply to political campaigns and to government activities without a warrant. www.techopedia.com/definition/13707/voice-authentication
That seems like the best way to ensure that the coming era of voice profiling is constrained before it becomes too integrated into daily life and too pervasive to control.
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Post by the Scribe on May 26, 2021 0:02:08 GMT
Unlocking the secrets hidden inside your voice 152,766 views•Apr 9, 2019
Verge Science 1.11M subscribers Your voice says a lot about you, and it has nothing to do with what you’re saying. Your voice’s tone, pitch, pace, and other “vocal biomarkers” can reveal much about your mood, and even your decision-making process. Here are a few ways that researchers and companies are learning (and profiting) from the data you don’t even know you’re giving up.
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Post by the Scribe on Jun 29, 2021 8:41:13 GMT
With Musical Cryptography, Composers Can Hide Messages in Their Melodieswww.atlasobscura.com/articles/musical-cryptography-codes By mapping notes to letters, some musicians sneak secret words into tunes. BY CHRISTINA AYELE DJOSSA MARCH 26, 2018
Decoded. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: AIDA AMER (CIRCULAR MUSIC SHEET: DAVID LOBERG CODE)
OUT OF THE MANY TROPES in TV and literature, espionage is one that spurs drama and intrigue for viewers and readers alike. A budding protagonist wants to convey a secret message in a letter or text, but must scramble the message so discreetly to avert the eager antagonist’s gaze. Will the message send through securely? The suspense always deadly.
One unexpected form of transmitting such messages is through music. It’s better known as music cryptography, which is a method in which the musical notes A through G are used to spell out words, abbreviations, or codes.
This secret writing appears as a plot point in TV shows such as Outlander, the 18th-century time travel drama based in Scotland, and mystery novels like the Secret of the White Rose, which features characters who employ music ciphers as undetectable modes of espionage or communication. www.imdb.com/title/tt3006802/ books.google.no/books?id=rCeBf6w7ZnoC&pg=PA255&lpg=PA255&dq=%22michael+haydn%22+cipher&source=bl&ots=wMxPda1-Lo&sig=hq4mjEG521xhQcCSm343o2FiJ9Y&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WlBMU_m4CsOCtAbFyYDQDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22michael%20haydn%22%20cipher&f=false
In the season two Outlander episode “Useful Occupations and Deceptions,” for example, the protagonists, Jamie and Claire, intercept a letter from Prince Charles Edward Stuart that also includes a page of German sheet music sent from England. The clumsy music contains almost the same melodies as Bach’s “Goldberg Variation,” but with five random key changes, which according to the virtuoso nun who played the music, is more than usual. When deciphered by Jamie, the sharps and flats in the musical keys reveal a message that Prince Stuart intends to start a war to reclaim his throne using 40,000 pounds from Jamie and Claire’s nemesis the Duke of Sandringham, and few other English conspirators. This persuasive scenario makes one wonder if music cryptography is a real spy technique.
Early 17th- and 18th-century mathematicians and cryptologists such as John Wilkins and Philip Thicknesse argued that music cryptography was one of the most inscrutable ways of transporting secret messages. They claimed that music was perfect camouflage, because spies would never suspect music. When played, the music would sound so much like any other composition that musically trained listeners would be easily fooled, too. Thicknesse wrote in his 1772 book A Treatise on the Art of Deciphering, and of Writing in Cypher: With an Harmonic Alphabet, “for who that examined a suspected messenger would think an old song, without words, in which perhaps the messenger’s tobacco or snuff might be put, contained a secret he was to convey?” Written letters don’t have this advantage. books.google.com/books?id=H0wsAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+secret+and+swift+wilkins&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT6LPai4PaAhWOslkKHRMtAwgQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=144&f=true books.google.com/books/about/A_Treatise_on_the_Art_of_Decyphering_and.html?id=OacwAAAAMAAJ www.google.com/search?q=A+Treatise+on+the+Art+of+Deciphering,+and+of+Writing+in+Cypher+:+with+an+Harmonic+Alphabet&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiEmt78k4PaAhWmnuAKHfLHCzIQBQgkKAA
J . Bücking, Anweisung zur geheimen Correspondenz systematisch entworfen c. 1804. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, LIBRARIES, INSTITUTE ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
He added, “I am persuaded an alphabet of musical notes may be so contrived, that the notes shall not only convey the harmony, but the very words of the song, so that a music-master … may instruct his female pupil, not only how to play upon an instrument, but how to play the fool at the same time.”
Thicknesse created an enciphering system that employs quarter and half notes with treble clef and key signature. He claimed his harmonic alphabet ensured strong encryption and expressed the words “perfectly to the eye as they do the harmony to the ear.” He also wrote of English philosopher Francis Bacon’s music cipher technique, in which a particular number of the notes A or B equate to each alphabet letter (aaaaa translates to A), “the above method of secret writing is certainly the most ingenious of any ever invented.” ericsams.org/index.php/on-cryptography/333-musical-cryptography
It is highly likely that messages using codes like these would go undetected, at least to an untrained eye and ear. To a trained eye, however, says Western Michigan University Music Professor David Loberg Code, a sequence of notes with a message hidden inside might provoke questions. “Since their encryption system is not musical, the manuscript would look suspicious because it contains musical nonsense,” he says. If someone were to send composer Michael Haydn’s 26-note motif, in which the lower bass clef G translates to A, then G sharp equals B, and so forth, isolated on its own music sheet, the motif would look disjointed. When played, it might sound dreadfully boring in style or like a random, atonal string of pitches, says Code. books.google.com/books?id=qgZEuOeOX_8C&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=Messiaen+M%C3%A9ditations+sur+le+Myst%C3%A8re+de+la+Sainte+Trinit%C3%A9+langage&source=bl&ots=Z0GP3MG1cz&sig=k7HcX-AOs9iq3WBP6A0mpWc6XqU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjnpI3SpoHaAhUMjq0KHZdJAV0Q6AEITTAG#v=onepage&q=code&f=false wmich.edu/music/directory/code
This music cipher was supposedly proposed by Michael Haydn (brother of Franz Josef Haydn). It appears in an appendix to a biography about Haydn by Werigand Rettensteiner published in 1808. DAVID LOBERG CODE
The prime users of musical encryption were classical composers, but there are no known examples of the technique being used for espionage or intelligence purposes. Rather, most composers put the letters of their name or a friend’s into compositions simply because it was fun.
“Sometimes a musical version of a name is a subtle reference in the piece of music,” Code says. “Often it is very prominent; it is the main theme of the piece and is heard over and over. In that case, whether or not you know exactly how the composer translated the name into musical pitches, it is obvious that it is meant to be heard.” These composers wanted to leave a traces of themselves, and they “were not secretive about it; they wrote about [it] or told people what they were doing.” They didn’t mind if interested onlookers found their cryptograms.
One well-recognized music cipher comes from the 19th-century German composer Johannes Brahms. He included a cryptogram in his 1868 “String Sextet No. 2 in G major.” In the summer of 1858, a 25-year-old Brahms fell madly in love with Agathe von Siebold, a 23-year-old music director and vocal student of Brahms’s friend Julius Otto Grimm. They quickly set plans for marriage, but in January 1859, he broke off the engagement to focus on his music.
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A photo of the composer Johannes Brahms. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS / LC-DIG-HEC-23687
Von Siebold later married, and Brahms remained a bachelor until death, but he still longed for her. He incorporated the notes A-G-A-H-E in bars 162 to 168 in the first movement of his sextet. (B-natural in German nomenclature is the note H; the letter T is not included because it is not a musical note.)
According to BBC radio host Tom Service, the motif is played at the piece’s “greatest and most aching release,” likely signaling Brahms’s heartache. In a letter to his friend Josef Gänsbacher about the sextet, Brahms wrote, “by this work, I have freed myself of my last love.” www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/cb7ac9cf-207e-4244-8302-2436f2c2ba5a
Well before Brahms’s time, the prodigious Johann Sebastian Bach spelled out his own name in compositions using a succession of the notes B-A-C-H (B-natural). This short music monogram is now called a Bach motif, and Bach wove his name in various pieces such as his final work, “The Art of Fugue.”
Brahms’ close friend and Romantic-era composer Robert Schumann also integrated music cryptograms into his compositions. Schumann placed the cryptograms, A-S-C-H, A-s-C-H, and S-C-H-A in his piece, “Carnaval.” (In German nomenclature, E flat equates to S and A flat equates to As.) The three codes represent the name of his then fiancé’s birthplace of Asch, Germany, (now in Czechia). The second is the German spelling of ash to honor the Christian holy day of Ash Wednesday. The final cryptogram is selected letters from his name.
books.google.com/books?id=dOEzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA131&dq=schumann+cryptogram&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQxtT9sP7ZAhXBrFkKHSfOD4UQ6AEIMjAC#v=onepage&q=schumann%20cryptogram&f=false
J . Bücking, Anweisung zur geheimen Correspondenz systematisch entworfen c. 1804. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, LIBRARIES, INSTITUTE ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Even as musical styles evolved in the 20th century, music composers such as Joseph Maurice Ravel, Achille-Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc, Olivier Messiaen, and Dmitri Shostakovich continued experimenting with musical motifs, some up to 26 notes, to spell out their names in compositions.
French composer Olivier Messiaen’s cipher, which matches a different note for all 26 letters in the alphabet, created words that sounded similar to his organ work “Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité.” Code says the notes deciphered translated to the French words from Summa Theologica by philosopher Thomas Aquinas for essence, humankind, paternity, and illumination. Known for his rich tones and complex rhythms, Messiaen was one of the few to develop a cipher that closely mirrored his own style.
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WHAT IF YOU WANT TO create your own composition with a hidden message or a shout-out to a friend? It’s possible. Code has developed a site called Solfa Cipher that turns text into singable melodies. Rather than use 26 different pitches for each letter of the alphabet, “Solfa Cipher maps letters onto only seven notes of a musical scale (Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti) combined with unique durations,” says Code. The site also includes a decoding grid and tool. www.wmich.edu/mus-theo/solfa-cipher/
Original author unknown, cited in Abraham Rees, Cyclopædia (1778) DAVID LOBERG CODE
If you’re more interested in cracking codes, there are cryptography groups that exist, too. Last year, some professional and student cryptanalysts met at an applied cyber-security contest and event called NorthSec conference in Montreal, Canada. Among the challenges created by NorthSec, an encoded Solfa Cipher, which the attendants solved using an encryption key that is defined by four elements: a clef, a tonic, a mode, and a rhythmic unit. In his blog Infected Packages, attendee Jonathan Racicot wrote that participants then translated using a English language translation matrix. The message read: “The first half of the flag is the word subdermal. Concatenate with the second half to obtain a complete flag. Glory to Rao.” www.nsec.io/team/ thecyberrecce.net/2017/06/10/the-solfa-cipher-nsec17-write-up/
Whether a musical cipher encodes a composer’s name or a more complex message like the above, for most music theorists and cryptographers, decrypting is not always the desired trophy. Sometimes the thrill is knowing that the music holds intricate patterns and meaning that are beyond deciphering.
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Post by the Scribe on Sept 28, 2021 8:43:14 GMT
AUTHOR INTERVIEWS How Our Brains Create Meaning From The Sounds Around Us www.npr.org/2021/09/27/1040983286/how-our-brains-create-meaning-from-the-sounds-around-us September 27, 20214:31 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered Ari Shapiro ASHLEY BROWN NOAH CALDWELL
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How do our brains create meaning from the sounds around us? That is the question at the heart of a new book from neuroscientist Nina Kraus, called Of Sound Mind.
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:
As the sounds that I'm making right now enter your ear, your brain is effortlessly turning those air vibrations into a sentence that has meaning. Now, if we start to distort my voice, your brain has a harder time deciphering what I'm saying. And if we auto-tune my words, turn them into music and put a beat under them...
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
SHAPIRO: ...Your brain processes this sentence in still different ways. So what exactly is going on in your brain to make sense of those sounds? Well, that's the focus of neuroscientist Nina Kraus' new book "Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs A Meaningful Sonic World." Welcome to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
NINA KRAUS: Oh, thank you. I'm glad to be here.
SHAPIRO: Well, let's talk about those two examples to start. As my voice distorted there, what was actually happening in our brains?
KRAUS: Well, you know, our brain does a really good job picking up what is going on in our sonic world. And so if we're getting garbled information, if we're getting information that has background noise, it's going to affect the signal that the brain hears in the first place. That said, each one of our brain - our hearing brains is different, and it will process the information that we hear based on our life in sound. As we have, throughout our lives, made sound to meaning connections, eventually much of what we do happens automatically.
SHAPIRO: Well, let's talk about that experience. You write that in your biography, there are at least a couple of things that make your brain different from other people. For example, you were raised in a bilingual household. Your mother was a pianist. How did growing up with those kinds of features change your brain or anyone's brain, for that matter?
KRAUS: It's hugely important. Music is really the jackpot if you think about the hearing brain. So the hearing brain engages how we think and feel, what we know, what we remember, how we move, how we interact with our other senses. So if, as a child, you know, you have made music and you have associated musical meaning with the ones you love and feeling safe, you're going to develop a nervous system that reflects that experience.
SHAPIRO: You've also researched the connection between music and emotion. And you spoke about this at an event a few years back with the opera singer Renee Fleming, where she sang "Song To The Moon" from the opera "Rusalka" by Antonin Dvorak. Let's listen first to a bit of this piece of music.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SONG TO THE MOON")
RENEE FLEMING: (Singing in Russian).
SHAPIRO: The beauty of this seems almost to defy science. And yet you are a scientist who has studied, among other things, why this feels beautiful, why this feels emotionally compelling. What can you tell us?
KRAUS: Well, you know, it brings back - just listening to this brings me back into the moment.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SONG TO THE MOON")
FLEMING: (Singing in Russian).
KRAUS: When you're listening to a beautiful piece like the "Song To The Moon," your limbic system is being activated by sound. And it will also be producing dopamine that will occur, if you know the piece, as you anticipate what's coming. And also, when you reach the musical climax of the piece, then the dopamine will be increasingly released.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SONG TO THE MOON")
FLEMING: (Singing in Russian).
KRAUS: So, again, one's experience with sound is going to affect that reaction that one will have when listening to a beautiful voice like Renee's.
SHAPIRO: You run a lab at Northwestern University called Brainvolts where you research the connection between sound and the brain, some of these issues we've been talking about. And you brought a demonstration that sort of vividly portrays some of your research's findings. Can you walk us through it?
KRAUS: OK. So listen to this sound, and see if you can figure out what words are being said.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: The juice of lemons makes fine punch.
SHAPIRO: Wow. That sounds incomprehensible.
KRAUS: Now listen to what the sentence actually is when it's not garbled.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: The juice of lemons makes fine punch. The juice of lemons makes fine punch.
KRAUS: Now listen to the first sentence again.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: The juice of lemons makes fine punch. The juice of lemons makes fine punch.
SHAPIRO: Now it sounds totally clear. I absolutely hear, the juice of lemons makes fine punch. What are you showing us there?
KRAUS: All right, so do you believe me that what you know about sound influences how you make sense of it?
SHAPIRO: Interesting. Our previous experience shapes our interpretation of the sounds we encounter in the world.
KRAUS: Bingo.
SHAPIRO: So your research can actually show us what the brain experiences when it encounters sound. How does that work?
KRAUS: Absolutely. As I'm talking to you now, the neurons in your brain that respond to sound are producing electricity. And with scalp electrodes, we can measure that electricity. I can then sonify it so that we can listen to what your brain produced when it was listening to whatever it was that you were listening to. And what is remarkable is that when we play back the brain's response to sound, it will actually physically resemble the sound that stimulated the brain in the first place.
SHAPIRO: OK, let's do it. What do you want to play for us?
KRAUS: So here is a person listening to "Amazing Grace." So here's the sound that we're hearing.
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
KRAUS: And this is the response that we captured as they were listening to this particular clip of "Amazing Grace."
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
KRAUS: Pretty recognizable, right? So we have so much to work with. We can listen to this person's response to sound, so you can imagine we can compare different kinds of people and different kinds of brains. Another really nice example that I have is three healthy brains listening to "A Hard Day's Night." Listen to how three different healthy brains process that sound - brain one.
(SOUNDBITE OF BEATLES SONG, "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT")
KRAUS: Brain two.
(SOUNDBITE OF BEATLES SONG, "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT")
KRAUS: Three.
(SOUNDBITE OF BEATLES SONG, "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT")
KRAUS: So I think it's a really compelling point that each one of us hears the world differently. And here is a biological example of how this is the case.
SHAPIRO: That's neuroscientist Nina Kraus. Her new book is "Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs A Meaningful Sonic World." Thanks a lot.
KRAUS: You're welcome. Thank you so much.
(SOUNDBITE OF BEATLES SONG, "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT")
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Post by the Scribe on Oct 10, 2021 20:56:31 GMT
scientificsounds.com/ www.youtube.com/channel/UCm9g3hmhCaVkeM9O4BEhB3Q Dr. Jeffrey D. Thompson, D.C., B.F.A., C.N.S.T. Diplomate
"Healing the Body, Heart, Mind and Spirit with Sound"
Dr. Thompson is the Founder/Director of the Center for Neuroacoustic Research in Carlsbad, California, a research center which is actualizing its vision of “Healing the Body*Heart*Mind and Spirit through the Scientific Application of Sound.” Dr. Thompson is considered the world’s premier sound healing researcher, brainwave entrainment expert, and high-tech personal transformation innovator, motivator and futurist. He is a physician/ musician, composer, inventor, educator and author. His work addresses harmony between the body/mind/spirit and is clinically proven to foster deep personal wellness and expansion of consciousness. Certified in multiple healthcare modalities, Dr. Thompson draws people nationally and internationally to his clinical practice and to his cutting-edge auditory, kinesthetic and visual therapeutic products and services.
Chiropractic Expertise Dr. Thompson has been experimenting with sound scientifically since 1980. He first started in a Holistic Health Center in Virginia which he bought and which grew to be the largest Center of its kind in Virginia at the time. After experimenting with his wife and friends, he began using exact sound frequencies to make Chiropractic spinal and cranial adjustments, to stimulate and normalize organ function and to balance Acupuncture Meridians. He developed a very gentle and effective method of making adjustments, which he continues to use today. He is the creator of the patented and greatly appreciated Bio-Tuning® program wherein he uses one’s own voice to stimulate and facilitate Self-healing. This program and his certification and expertise in multiple healthcare modalities, draws people nationally and internationally to his clinical practice and to his cutting-edge auditory, kinesthetic and visual therapeutic products and services. His holistic and gentle, effective methods see great results.
Musical Expertise Dr. Thompson has been a pioneer in the field of therapeutic sound since the early 1980's, as mentioned above. (See Medicine for the New Millennium) He is world-renown for his clinically proven mind/body harmonious brainwave entrainment programs for sleep enhancement - physical, mental and emotional healing – memory and learning – and other areas of personal growth, through the scientific application of sound. He is recognized as a worldwide expert in the field of acoustic pacing frequencies incorporated into his composed musical sound tracks. A consummate musician and composer in his own rite, he has established a method for using modulated sound-pulses for changing states of consciousness for optimal "Mind-Body" healing and personal, frequently transformative, growth.
Therapeutic Audio Programs Dr. Thompson's first recording, Isle of Skye, was carried by major music distributors in the US within its first month of release. Within the first six months, it was adopted by the American Hypnotherapy Association for its use in hypnosis and continues to be used by multiple Hypnotherapists today. Since his first album, Dr. Thompson has generated more than ninety acoustic pacing compact disks and audiotapes sold globally, many of which have been best sellers at mainstream book/CD stores for many years. They are used by Holistic practitioners, including medical physicians, chiropractors, psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, massage therapists and other bodywork professionals as well as the general public. Each is created to offer every receptive listener something. His Musical Soundscapes™ have been carried nationally in major stores and catalogs: Barnes & Noble, Borders, Sam Goody's, Tower Books, Waldenbooks, Nightingale-Conant, Nautilus, and many others. His well-received and effective Delta Sleep System CD Set was carried through national TV ads by Time/Life for two years and continues to be a best seller. His work with Brookstone, Inc. and other companies are carried in their respective stores and websites.
Educational Expertise Dr. Thompson was a faculty member and continued his scientific clinical research at a graduate school and research center in Encinitas, California, for many years. He taught Behavioral Psycho-acoustics and Clinical Neuroacoustic Therapy courses, recognized by the State of California as part of the core curriculum for the Clinical Psychotherapy and Human Science Masters and PhD programs. He is a born teacher and continues to teach at various events and through sponsored seminars, workshops, intensives, internships and certification courses.
Collaborative Work Dr. Thompson has worked with Deepak Chopra, has created many self-improvement tapes with Louise Hay, and has created sound programs for conferences with Bernie Siegel, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Bru Joy, and Susan Jeffers. He has worked with NASA and JPL with plasma-wave audio recordings from Voyager I and II and researched their effects on the subconscious mind for healing and emotional release. His work has been part of research projects at the Neuro-Psychiatric Center at UCLA and has been researched at the Royal Ottawa Sleep Research Center in Canada, as well as multiple other companies who license his sounds to complement and empower their offering to society. His work was chosen to be part of the nationally funded CSCAT (Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies) Program at Duke University and the University of Virginia in the 1990s. His audio programs have been and are used with patients before and after surgery, and in various oncology/infusion departments and clinics. His patented Neuroacoustic/Vibroacoustic Sound Chair and Sound Table are used in medical and mental health clinics, wellness spas, professional and business offices, personal fitness clubs, and homes. He has played an active role in the Complementary-Alternative Medicine Research and Therapy Association at Scripps Hospital, San Diego, California. He continues to work with Fortune 500 and 100 Companies and other businesses as time permits.
Media Experiences Dr. Thompson has appeared on Fox Evening News Los Angeles, CNN Worldwide Reports, numerous cable access shows, San Diego Channel 10 Evening News, Good Morning America and other media shows, as many as twenty in 2005 alone. He and his work have been featured in many magazines, including the San Diego Magazine, ELLE Magazine, Psychology Today, Body and Soul, HOW, Pen (Japanese), Mein Olein (Finnish), Mind-Body (Korean), and Spa Business Magazine (England). Many newspapers across the country have featured his work, including the Wall Street Journal. He is interviewed widely for internet-based radio shows, podcasts, books and magazines.
Editor’s Note: The accomplishments and creativity of Dr. Thompson are nothing short of being truly amazing. He continues to be very prolific in his efforts and dedication to the healing of the Global Body of the Universe through the healing of individuals of which it is comprised.
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Post by the Scribe on Oct 31, 2021 8:31:23 GMT
wholetones.com/
How does it work?
Wholetones™ was created to heal the world through music. We have created an effective line of frequency based therapeutic music that has been clinically proven to improve sleep, relieve stress, calm and soothe your pet, and gain more energy for your day.
Wholetones ToGo (2nd Gen) removes stress & soothes anxiety through healing musical frequencies. Conveniently packaged in a portable high-fidelity speaker with 7 looping songs, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, Bluetooth mode & illuminated control buttons.
Sleep
Wholetones 2Sleep (2nd Gen) has been re-engineered to deliver our most calming frequencies specifically for sleep. Pre-loaded with 3 hours of looping music and utilizing all the same features as the To Go including a full metal body, rechargeable battery, Bluetooth and easy to use controls.
Pets
Wholetones Pets is designed to give relief to your furry companions that are dealing with separation anxiety, being overly stressed or being scared from loud noises such as fireworks, thunderstorms, loud vehicles, anti-social behavior in cats, etc.
Wind Chimes
A beautiful blend of style and utility, each wind chime is hand tuned to contain a Solfeggio frequency used in Michael Tyrrell's Healing Frequency Music Project. These wind chimes look great hanging in your garden, on your front porch or even inside your house.
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Post by the Scribe on Oct 31, 2021 8:36:59 GMT
The Illumination StationSOUND AND LIGHT HEALINGwww.lightandsoundhealing.com/We facilitate light and sound based bio-rhythmic sensory entrainment sessions that aim to produce deep meditative states of consciousness.
Our crystal healing bowls and light devices are tuned to specific frequencies that naturally and effortlessly guide you into a visionary and deep hypnogogic meditation.
This state of mind is associated with inward reflection, presence, heightened creativity, a quieting of the mind and a feeling of awe.
Let the sound and light waves wash over you and bring you back to the infinite.
SOUND HEALING
The body is made of vibrating energy. At times, this energy field can feel out of balance, disharmonious or even cacophonic. The Vagus nerve transmits acoustic energy and exhibits parasympathetic control over the heart, lungs, digestive tract and other organs. To re-align themselves, participants are bathed in the tuned resonance of our singing bowls. When carefully tuned quartz sound bowls are played, the body begins to resonate with the harmonic patterns and the body is gently eased back to stasis. The frequency of pulses induces your brain to harmonize and align to the frequency of the crystal bowls and assists the body to come to its natural state of balance and harmony.
LIGHT THERAPY
Our devices use sequences of flickering light at varying colors, intensities, and frequencies to induce geometric kaleidoscopic imagery that synchronizes the brain toward a theta based hypnogogic, lucid, and trance-like state. This is accompanied by a sense of awe, relaxation, balance, and sustained feelings of well-being. A person or group lies down, closes their eyes, and the light therapy device begins its Strobing sequence. Participants will instantly notice geometric psychedelic patterns behind their eyelids, an expansive feeling of space, creative enhancement, a calm meditative state and present awareness.
*epileptics and those at risk of light induced seizures should not view the light*
LIGHT & SOUND EVENTS
Based in Silicon Valley, CA, we combine modern strobing light therapy technology with ancient sound healing techniques to produce a dual-Sensory meditative experience. The harmonic inputs of pure sound waves from crystal singing bowls and Sound healing instruments, combined with the multi-color flickering light therapy technology stimulates and resonates the consciousness to drive an awakened, alert, peaceful state of mind. After a few seconds of relaxing into the experience, one is engrossed with sense of awe at the geometric visuals. this is followed by a sensation of extreme relaxation, followed by a deep meditative ex
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Post by the Scribe on Oct 31, 2021 8:42:58 GMT
www.energymedc.com/Healing with Light and Sound
Energy Medicine Center offers vibrational healing techniques and strategies to meet each individual’s unique needs for total balancing of body, mind and spirit. The energy room at Energy Medicine Center was created to help people re-balance their mind-body energies and re-awaken their intuitive-creative selves. In as little as 45 minutes, two to three times a week, without effort or self-conscious awareness, one can expect to see some amazing changes take place as they recharge and reinvigorate their mental and emotional energies with lasting results. Using state of the art light and sound technology, we are able to profoundly affect the brain-wave states and patterns of our clientele, thus enabling them to break through barriers which have prevented them from enjoying life to its fullest. Whether you need to relax, de-stress, be more creative, improve sleep, memory, learning abilities, visualization, meditation, be more energetic, we can provide a comprehensive program to suit every need, and make it a truly fascinating and enjoyable experience.
We also offer phototherapy, which is very effective in treating seasonal affective disorder. Unfortunately, many of us spend our working time under fluorescent lighting, which is known to cause eye-strain, headaches, fatigue, release of stress hormones, and decreased productivity. Full-spectrum light therapy has been shown to be dramatically effective in supporting fatigue, depression, diminished immune defenses (including the common cold), lymphoma, hormonal imbalances, thyroid dysfunction, atherosclerosis, skin problems, stress, psycho-spiritual problems, jet lag, weight gain, and many other problems resulting in a deficiency of natural light. Many biologists, quantum physicists, and naturopathic physicians now agree that full-spectrum light is man’s most important nutrient, as everything on earth, everything we call life, comes from the sun.
New mind / body therapies with ancient roots… come and experience at Energy Medicine Center.
Publications on the Science behind Vibrational Healing and Energy Medicine
If you would like to know more about the science behind energy medicine, the following may be of interest:
Molecules Of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine Candice Pert
The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles Bruce Lipton, Ph.D.
Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis of Bioenergy Therapies James L Oschman
Vibrational Medicine Richard Gerber, M.D.
The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life Robert Becker and Gary Selden
The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention Dawson Church The Holographic Universe Michael Talbot
The Hidden Messages in Water Masaru Emoto
Thought Vibration William W. Atkinson
Law of Attraction Michael J. Lighter
The Tao of Physics Fritjof Capra
Into the Light William Campbell Douglass
Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine A journal from the ISSSEEM - The International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine A Journal from the International Society for Complementary Medicine Research and the Society for Acupuncture Research A Story About Einstein www.energymedc.com/A%20story%20about%20Einstein.htm
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 13, 2022 5:49:32 GMT
Humans and Sound player.fm/series/the-pulse-48999/humans-and-sound 2 days ago 49:04
Play dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/whyy-od.streamguys1.com/thepulse/thepulse20220311.mp3
The soundscape of our lives changes depending on where we are — the murmuring of voices, birdsong in trees, the beeps and dings of technology, and the cacophony of traffic.
Our worlds are dense with sound. Often, it all blends together to the point that we barely notice it. But every sound has its own distinct profile — providing information, bringing joy or irritation, causing us to snap to attention or zone out.
In this episode, we explore the world of sound, how we interact with it, and the people who compose the sounds that define our lives.
We hear stories about the teams designing the hum of electric cars, how the sounds of a rainforest inspired the pings and dings coming from your computer, and a disorder that makes ordinary noises almost unbearable.
Also heard on this week’s episode:
We talk with physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski about what sound is, how it travels, how our sense of hearing evolved, and her favorite topic — the sound of bubbles. Czerski is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at University College London. Her book is called “Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life.”
Great cars make great sounds — the growl of a Porsche, the roar of a Mustang, the purr of a BMW. But what about electric cars? They’re known for being quiet, but in recent years, electric car makers have been working to create their own signature sound. Reporter Alan Yu finds out what automobiles of the future will sound like.
Who decides the sounds our electronics make: email notifications, event reminders, and error alerts? Pulse producer Nichole Currie talks with sound designer Matthew Bennet about the unlikely origin of the beeps and boops that define our daily lives.
We listen back to a conversation with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross about how different she sounds on the radio than in her head — and talk with William Hartmann, who’s part of the psychoacoustics group at Michigan State University, about why that is.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 20, 2022 3:57:08 GMT
MARCH 18, 2022
Noise Annoys
listen: dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/whyy-od.streamguys1.com/thepulse/thepulse20220317.mp3?sc=siteplayer&aw_0_1st.playerid=siteplayer
On a technical level, noise and sound are the same thing: vibrating molecules that travel in waves straight to our ears. But when sound is annoying, we tend to call it noise. From garbage trucks to car alarms, shrieking babies to nails on a chalkboard, noise can be really grating and irritating. In fact, some noises are so annoying, so loud, so obnoxious that they can take a toll on our well-being and health. On this episode — part two of our exploration of sound — we take a look at noise, how it affects us, and what we can do to reduce it. We listen to stories about a phantom beep in Brooklyn that had everybody on edge, the quest to quiet hospital alarms, and a day in the life of a noise detective. Also heard on this week's episode: Last fall, a mysterious beeping noise started plaguing Brooklyn Heights — a noise that no one could identify, and no one could find. Reporter Liz Tung tells the story of how a neighborhood came together to track down the phantom beep, and why experts say noise pollution is so bad for our health. This story is based on an article originally reported by Mary Frost for the Brooklyn Eagle, "Search for the mysterious noise in Brooklyn turns into massive crowdsourced investigation." We hear from listeners about their noise pet peeves, from screeching children to ice cream trucks. Alarms in hospitals are supposed to alert staff that a patient is in crisis. But too often, they blare for no reason — in fact, in the majority of cases, they are false alarms. They make patients anxious, disrupt nurses and physicians while they're caring for other patients, and lead to burnout and alarm fatigue. A few years ago, The Pulse met researcher and pediatrician Christopher Bonafide from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He was determined to find ways to change alarms in hospitals. We check back in with him to find out what he's learned. We also speak to nurse Meghan McNamara, who is a safety and quality specialist at the same hospital and participated in this research. We hear, too, from Joe Schlesinger, a physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and a musician who has created a series of new alarms that contain layers of important information. Alan Fierstein has an unusual job: He's an "acoustic consultant," aka a noise detective, who spends his days tracking down unwanted sounds in the noise capital of the U.S., New York City. Reporter Jad Sleiman follows Fierstein around for a day as he hunts noise in the Big Apple.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 20, 2022 9:16:10 GMT
We've Found The Magic Frequency (This Will Revolutionize Our Future) 11,717,446 views Oct 4, 2019 Video Advice 2.84M subscribers Nikola Tesla Was Right! "We've Found The Magic Frequency"
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Post by the Scribe on May 24, 2022 17:47:51 GMT
I can't help but wonder if the title "The Sound Of My Voice" Ronstadt documentary was born out of the following quote:LINDA RONSTADT RECALLS DODGING MANSON GIRLS & RECORDING WITH NEIL YOUNG nightswithalicecooper.com/2020/05/20/linda-ronstadt-recalls-dodging-manson-girls-recording-with-neil-young/ May 20, 2020 | 6:00 AM
Arizona-born and bred Linda Ronstadt went on to live the California dream — but she admitted she came within feet of a deep, dark nightmare. During a chat with Mojo magazine, the legendary singer revealed that she has an ugly connection to Charles Manson and his infamous Family, explaining, “They murdered my next door neighbor, Gary Hinman. We knew those girls. They used to hitchhike through the canyon all the time. After (the murder), I didn't go home for a couple of weeks. Eventually, I moved out. Topanga Canyon had a very dark undertone. A funky, dark place, with a lot of those communes; I always shied away from that stuff. And there were floods all the time. I moved to Beechwood Canyon, which was very handy for the Troubadour.”
In addition to her own string of '70s classics, Linda Ronstadt also sang backup on her friend Neil Young's 1972 Harvest album — including the era-defining tracks “Old Man” and the chart-topping “Heart Of Gold.” Ronstadt was asked what she remembers about the sessions, which also included James Taylor: “I can't remember why Neil wanted me to sing with him — I guess he just figured I was there and could do it — but we went in there and they were doing 'Heart Of Gold' and 'Old Man' and I thought they were such beautiful songs. I loved them. And I knew how to do harmonies — I'd listened to Buffalo Springfield harmonies and I knew how to get that 7th they always used. I don't think we started until midnight and it was dawn when we came out, and it was snowing. We came out to this beautiful snowstorm in the rising sun. It was really exciting. I just thought I had been part of something really wonderful.”
Linda Ronstadt has admittedly shared a microphone with the best in the business — and she says that all our secrets and personal information are audible by the sound of our voices: “I can hear their life, I can hear the state of their health, I can hear, y'know, whether they feel good about singin' that note — I mean, you can hear so much. I don't always listen with that intensity — I can hear lying, y'know? I think people in law enforcement get really good, they have a talent for it to start with. My brother was, is a good singer, but he was the chief of police in Tucson for years and you do not ever want to tell him a lie, because he's gonna know (laughs) in one word. He's gonna know halfway through the sentence, you're lying. So, you can hear that kind of stuff in a voice. I don't think we have very well trained ears in a lot of ways.”
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Post by the Scribe on May 31, 2022 14:00:49 GMT
DNA SONIFICATION
GO SONIFY DNA www.dnasonification.org/tool.php
DNA Sonification refers to the use of audio to convey the information content of a DNA sequence. Audio is created using the rules of gene expression and codons are played as musical notes. DNA can be processed in one of three different ways to read the open reading frame. Special codons called start codons and stop codons are used in biology to control gene expression... these are used in sonification to control the audio.
If this all sounds a bit complex then stop reading now and go start playing with the tool and listen to the sound of genes.
read more... BMC Bioinformatics doi.org/10.1186/s12859-017-1632-x An auditory display tool for DNA sequence analysis
Sonification: The Music of Data 10,505 views Premiered Apr 9, 2020 Data can sometimes be dense and difficult to look at. Today we look at a technique known as sonification that scientists and musicians collaborate to create, a technique that can give researchers a different perspective on the dataset.
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Post by the Scribe on May 31, 2022 14:02:15 GMT
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