Record producer-turned-neuroscientist Susan Rogers breaks down what music is for, how heavy metal and classical are closer than we think, and what makes a perfect night in the studio.
I was a clinical professional working with neurology before I was an artist. Of course art/music making was influenced by that work. It still is. I lived in the country the inverse of Jennifer. Now one of the thousands of artists hidden away in the city who chooses to not brutalize my self and psyche or neurology in the pursuit of creating art or music in commerce. My premise as an artist was to create things of beauty that I loved. Our culture makes that almost impossible in commerce. The trauma of trying injures the brain. It is that simple. I say this as I listen to Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers latest 'Bloom'.
This is such a good point! We so rarely learn about the artists who, as you so eloquently say, "choose not to brutalize themselves." Capitalism has warped our sense of art to such an extreme.
I was a clinical professional working with neurology before I was an artist. Of course art/music making was influenced by that work. It still is. I lived in the country the inverse of Jennifer. Now one of the thousands of artists hidden away in the city who chooses to not brutalize my self and psyche or neurology in the pursuit of creating art or music in commerce. My premise as an artist was to create things of beauty that I loved. Our culture makes that almost impossible in commerce. The trauma of trying injures the brain. It is that simple. I say this as I listen to Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers latest 'Bloom'.
This is such a good point! We so rarely learn about the artists who, as you so eloquently say, "choose not to brutalize themselves." Capitalism has warped our sense of art to such an extreme.