Why Do Some Songs Stick in Our Minds Forever?

How and why are certain songs -- not necessarily our favorites -- seemingly imprinted on our brains? Why are songs we learn later in life -- even those we love -- less likely to imprint in the same way?

I must admit, I do find it slightly harder to connect with songs released more recently, compared with those released 5, 6 or even 15 years ago. Granted, I am only 27, but I certainly do notice a difference there.

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Effortless Creation

Our most creative ideas come in unexpected moments. You might be in the shower, on a walk, or driving when that brilliant new idea hits you. In these moments, creation is effortless. There’s no strain, no effort, no real work. You can do in a matter of hours or even minutes what it might take weeks to do through “hard work.”

So the key question is: how can we experience more moments of “effortless creation”?

 

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On Following Your Passion

There will (almost) never be a time where the stars align and everything will be perfect in your life so that you can go after your passion.

 

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A Pro Tools plugin store: a novel idea

Usually when I request features, it’s something I want added to the Pro Tools application itself. Today is a little bit different.

I’m sitting here with my morning coffee, browsing the (relatively) new App Store – not the one for iPad and iPhone but for the Mac – and it’s quite simply brilliant. I’m browsing around for products I don’t know because it’s fun. I grab some freebie that I haven’t heard about. I buy something cheap because it sounds like a clever solution to a problem someone else haven’t thought about before.

Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a plugin store like this? It could be a separate app that installs with Pro Tools or it could be a simple link to a cleverly made website.

I completely agree!

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The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind

Why is it so hard to break free of a life that’s good enough to pursue the life we truly long for? We like to think these things are complicated, but the root cause is pretty simple: change is hard, so we tend to put it off until it becomes urgent. When the time comes to change, it becomes an overpowering presence; something that must be resolved one way or another. Maya Angelou put it this way:

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.

It's even harder when you are unsure of exactly what it is that you want. I'm getting back on track, I just need a little time to figure it out.

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Affectation

There's a saying "don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he is only trying on one face after another to find his own", and, for me, this goes to the heart of the issue.

Affectations are usually put on by people searching for themselves - such as kids smoking cigarettes to look tough - so they reach for an archetype and hopefully later move on to something more genuine and healthy.

Sometimes, though, people don't move on and can become so affected, they veer into self-parody.

I have actually pondered this topic extensively & still haven't come to a decision. Sometimes I see some of these eccentricities played out & think 'each to their own,' and at other times 'wanker!'

We are all faced with the challenge of fitting in whilst still being an individual, and perhaps some people just aren't able to balance these things out. I don't think I've done a good job of it myself, perhaps that is why I flew through my years at school as if wearing Harry Potter's cloak of invisibility. I'd like to think I'm doing a better job of this balance now.

I am.

I would never tattoo ‘I am sad’ on my body so why would I dwell on it in the mind?

 

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Burning bridges

That's the essence right there - if you burn bridges in relationships, in business, in your family - you'd wanna win all your fights ahead of you, because you don't want to be coming back to ask for help from someone you've set on fire.

I've always jokingly told friends who are unhappy with their current place of employment that if and when they chose to leave they should quit 'in style'.

Anything you can do I can do better

I must admit, I've been guilty of this 'one-upmanship' many a time.

Sometimes, whilst listening to another person's amazing story, I will remember one of my own, and this anecdote will slowly cloud my mind. I am no longer listening to story-A, as my mind is focussed on that moment when story-A has been told, so that I can chime in with my award-winning story-B.

I wonder how many anecdotes I've one-up'd in my life.

The art of conversation is pretty simple: you listen, then you ask questions, and it's bloody amazing where it leads you.

You get to know people's backgrounds, motives, attitudes, loves and hates, which are pretty handy knowledge as you navigate relationships.

A stunning thing also happens - the talker warms to you; they feel valued, because you're not immediately charging in with your attempt to diminish their experiences.

Source: http://blogs.watoday.com.au/executive-style/allmenareliars/2011/02/17/oneupmanship.html

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Survivor of the 80s, 90s and noughties. Now doing my damndest to figure out what this next decade is called so that I can survive it too. ♥ Bob

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