FW: The most relaxing–and most boring–music ever

 

Weightless…   Feed: Cranach: The Blog of Veith Posted on: Monday, October 24, 2011 4:00 AM Author: Gene Veith Subject: The most relaxing–and most boring–music ever   Scientists measuring brain waves have discovered the most relaxing piece of music ever, an artificially composed tune called "Weightless."  It's so relaxing that they are warning people not to drive while listening to it.  To say it's relaxing is  another way of saying that it's the most boring tune ever.  You can listen to it, below, if you dare. British band and a group of scientists have made the most relaxing tune in the history of man, an Mp3 of which is at the bottom of this article. Sound therapists and Manchester band Marconi Union compiled the song. Scientists played it to 40 women and found it to be more effective at helping them relax than songs by Enya, Mozart and Coldplay. "Weightless" works by using specific rhythms, tones, frequencies and intervals to relax the listener. A continuous rhythm of 60 BPM causes the brainwaves and heart rate to synchronise with the rhythm: a process known as 'entrainment'. Low underlying bass tones relax the listener and a low whooshing sound with a trance-like quality takes the listener into an even deeper state of calm. Dr David Lewis, one of the UK's leading stress specialists said: "'Weightless' induced the greatest relaxation – higher than any of the other music tested. Brain imaging studies have shown that music works at a very deep level within the brain, stimulating not only those regions responsible for processing sound but also ones associated with emotions." The study – commissioned by bubble bath and shower gel firm Radox Spa – found the song was even more relaxing than a massage, walk or cup of tea. So relaxing is the tune, apparently, that people are being Rex advised against listening to it while driving. via Scientists discover most relaxing tune ever – Music – ShortList Magazine. First of all, music or any art form is not supposed to be relaxing!  On the contrary, it's supposed to seize and focus your attention!  It is not a good thing when music puts you to sleep.  I defy you to listen to "Weightless"–an appropriate name, since the music indeed is weightless–all the way through (beware:  it's 8 minutes, which is part of what makes it so tedious, I mean, relaxing): Marconi Union – Weightless Powered by mp3ye.eu   HT:  Joe Carter View article...

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