Effects of Sound

30-Day Challenge #1
Day 11

Keeping with the theme of music I came across this talk by Julian Treasure about the way that sounds affect us. They affect us physiologically, psychologically, cognitively, and behaviorally. Now he's of course talking about any sounds, and not just music but I thought it was very interesting to think about the ways sound affects us. I've certainly demonstrated the psychological side with my many playlists for my different moods. He talks about the way it affects our productivity though and it's amazing at how sound can highly affect it. I'm not surprised though because as I thought about it I thought about the fact that when I'm working on an assignment or a paper I go to Pandora and put on my Hans Zimmer based station. Listening to that music, which I deem my 'thinking music', makes me more focused on my work. I get done faster, and I feel that my work is of better quality.




I hope you found that as fascinating as I did. I love music, and I love the way it interacts with our lives. As I mentioned yesterday I have been listening to a lot of Hot Chelle Rae recently. I totally love their music. I also love their video for their song 'I Like It Like That' which is free on iTunes for a limited time (about a week) so if you're interested I recommend you go grab that. I can't even explain why I love the video so much. It just really makes me smile. I guess it's because it's a pretty upbeat song, and they just look like they're having fun. Here's what I mean:




See what I mean? Or maybe it's just me. Anyway. Okay bye.