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Singing

Medical Mysteries of Music 

Scientists have narrowed down where music lives in the brain even more

March 7, 2022March 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brain, MIT, Neuroscience, Singing

Scientists have known for a while that music has its own special repository in our brains. Musical memories are stored

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Cool! 

Holy crap! Listen to this singer hit a super-high note!

December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Sarah Aristidou, Singing, Soprano

French-Cypriot soprano Sarah Aristidou has a helluva voice and amazing control, Most sopranos top out at high C (C6). Sarah

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Tech 

Auto-Tuning Freddie Mercury: A good idea?

November 10, 2021November 10, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Auto Tune, Freddie Mercury, Queen, Singing

Freddie Mercury had one of the great voices not just in rock’n’roll but in music, period. Few people can match

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Why do humans sing?

November 1, 2021October 30, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Language, Neanderthals, Singing, Steven Mithen

Why do humans sing? A British archeologist name Steven Mithen has written a book called The Singing Neanderthals and suggests

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Apparently, there are physical and mental health benefits of singing in the shower

August 6, 2021August 6, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Mental Health, Showers, Singing

Here’s another one of those surveys from the UK that’s actually a commercial in disguise. In this case, Harvey Water

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Some good news and bad news about singing during the coronavirus pandemic.

May 20, 2020May 19, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Coronavirus, COVID-19, Singing

Stressed about everything to do with the coronavirus? Here are two seemingly contradictory pieces of advice. 1. Singing is “the

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WTF? 

This dude broke the world record for the highest note sung by a dude

October 12, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Highest Note, Singing

Mean China’s Wang Xiaolong. During a game show called Happy Camp, he sang the highest note ever recorded by a

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Music News 

Because it’s Sunday, we could use a singing dog

April 1, 2018April 1, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dog, Singing

It’s Easter Sunday. which means it’s a slow day for music news. On the plus side, we have this singing

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Music Industry 

Why Stars Like Adele Keep Losing Their Voice

August 11, 2017August 11, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Liam Gallagher, Singing, Voice

One of the reasons I don’t like loud parties and clubs is at the end of the night, my voice is

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

What’s the Neuroscience Behind Singing?

April 13, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Neuroscience, Singing

Why do humans feel the need to sing? And why does singing seem to be so good for us? Tom

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Music History 

Donald Trump Advisor Kellyanne Conway Once Tried Standup and Singing. Watch.

January 26, 2017January 26, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Comedy, Kellyanne Conway, Singing, Standup

Before she helped Donald Trump become president of the US, Kellyanne Conway–then Kellyanne Fitzgerald–tried different things, including standup and singing.

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