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The Power of Music
If you want to do something good for your brain, turn on your music player and sing along to a few songs. Better yet, sing and dance at the same time. Music stimulates many areas of the brain, including those responsible for memory, movement and mood, according to a new report from the AARP-founded Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH).
I've always loved music. My parents have home videos of me as a wee baby, and I'm intently listening to the music playing and ignoring everything else going on. I've been singing since I can remember, and I took piano lessons for a time and played the flute for 6 years. I also recently learned that my great-grandmother was an opera singer! My grandma on my mom's side was a piano teacher. Music is in my genes! Music has also helped me process my feelings, and is always there to soothe my soul when I'm going through a rough patch. I even met my partner at a music festival!
Do you listen to music to boost your mood? How has music helped you? Share your story today!
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@AARPRachelAwrote:If you want to do something good for your brain, turn on your music player and sing along to a few songs. Better yet, sing and dance at the same time. Music stimulates many areas of the brain, including those responsible for memory, movement and mood, according to a new report from the AARP-founded Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH).
I've always loved music. My parents have home videos of me as a wee baby, and I'm intently listening to the music playing and ignoring everything else going on. I've been singing since I can remember, and I took piano lessons for a time and played the flute for 6 years. I also recently learned that my great-grandmother was an opera singer! My grandma on my mom's side was a piano teacher. Music is in my genes! Music has also helped me process my feelings, and is always there to soothe my soul when I'm going through a rough patch. I even met my partner at a music festival!
Do you listen to music to boost your mood? How has music helped you? Share your story today!
👉 (12/1/22) @AARPRachelA , it depends on my mood. Sometimes I want to dance away my worries. Other times I want lay around and chill. Reggae music is my dance music. 1970's music is my chill music. Nicole 🙂 👈
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I don’t know if this counts as music...
But, usually about 6am my big black cat Jet, silently jumps on my pillow, and lays on my head. The loud, contented purring is music to my ears and my brain! By the way, he doesn’t do this to get me up...Jet would be happy to stay this way all day 😻.
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@SLOTCwrote:I don’t know if this counts as music...
But, usually about 6am my big black cat Jet, silently jumps on my pillow, and lays on my head. The loud, contented purring is music to my ears and my brain! By the way, he doesn’t do this to get me up...Jet would be happy to stay this way all day 😻.
👉(12/1/22) That is so sweet @SLOTC and in my opinion that is music. Tell Jet we said hello. 🤗 Thanks for sharing with us, Nicole 🙂 👈
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It certainly counts as music to me! Did you know that cats are great at relieving human stress as you pet your cat? People also live longer who are cat owners.
I love hearing my cats purr. Their purring makes both of us happy and content. (Love the name you've chosen for your cat, by the way.). 😁
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@RosemaryF433825wrote:It certainly counts as music to me! Did you know that cats are great at relieving human stress as you pet your cat? People also live longer who are cat owners.
I love hearing my cats purr. Their purring makes both of us happy and content. (Love the name you've chosen for your cat, by the way.). 😁
👉(12/1/22) Hi @RosemaryF433825 , what are your furbabies names IF you do not mind sharing with us? 🤔 Thanks, Nicole 🙂 👈
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Sure @SLOTC, I think your cat's purring while laying on your head could constitute "music to your ears" much like a baby's breathing while napping or one's lover's melodious snores as you lay awake wishing he or she would put muzzle on it. It all counts!
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@LydiaN586309wrote:Sure @SLOTC, I think your cat's purring while laying on your head could constitute "music to your ears" much like a baby's breathing while napping or one's lover's melodious snores as you lay awake wishing he or she would put muzzle on it. It all counts!
👉 (12/1/22) Lol @LydiaN586309 , yes those snores!!! 😂🤣 Nicole 🙂 👈
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I love the Beach Boys music! I'm a 70 y/o male and I know all of the lyrics and for my 67th birthday, my wife took me to the 50th anniversary Pet Sounds Tour when it came to New Orleans. Bunch of grey hairs and no hairs singing along like we always have>
As to an uplifting song, my go to tunes are "How Great Is My God" by Chris Tomlin, "Go Rest High on the Mountain" by Vince Gill, "Eagle When She Flies" by Dolly and "God on the Mountain" by Linda Randle.
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Ok, here's a few y'all missed, enjoy.....
1) Fire With Fire, Kansas (1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuFkavneS60
2) Live Every Moment, REO Speedwagon (1985)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZHYVYI-9Nk (official)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PmJFr9Km4Y&feature=youtu.be (lyric)
3) What Is Life, George Harrison (1971)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiH9edd25Bc
4) Victory, Kool And The Gang (1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJhf4zK_RKA
5) Is This Love, Survivor (1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d812E8q7I4A
6) Sugar, Sugar, The Archies (1969)
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