Good reasons why your child should study music

The Benefits of Music Education

In Business: The Music Industry 02.01.14

Peter Day investigates how much the music industry has changed in the past decade and asks how businesses, and musicians, have had to adapt as a result.

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio/worldbiz/worldbiz_20140102-2100a.mp3

Has the internet changed the way you listen to music?

Practically every song you can think of is available to download on the internet.
Listen

Can music improve behavior?

Music and the Effects on your Mood

Music and the Effects on your Mood

How Music Affects Your Mood

How Music Affects Your Mood

Tina Turner CBS Interview

The Importance of Music in Your Life

Favorite Music

Listen to six people talk about their preferences in music.

Faith. George Michael

Well I guess it would be nice
If I could touch your body
I know not everybody
Has got a body like you
But I've got to think twice
Before I give my heart away
And I know all the games you play
Because I play them too
Oh but I
Need some time off from that emotion
Time to pick my heart up off the floor
And when that love comes down
Without devotion
Well it takes a strong man baby
But I'm showing you the door
'Cause I gotta have faith...
Baby I know you're asking me to stay
Say please, please, please, don't go away
You say I'm giving you the blues
Maybe
You mean every word you say
Can't help but think of yesterday
And another who tied me down to loverboy rules
Before this river
Becomes an ocean
Before you throw my heart back on the floor
Oh baby I reconsider
My foolish notion
Well I need someone to hold me
But I'll wait for something more Yes I've gotta have faith

The Next Mozart 6-Year-Old Piano Prodigy Wows all

Transcription
How many 6-year-olds can say they performed at the White House? Emily Bear can make that claim.
The little girl from Rockford, Illinois, was born to play the piano. And she writes much of her own music.
So maybe, just maybe, we've found the next Mozart.
This is the story of a little girl who was born with a gift. And she opened that gift early.
-This comes out to me…this comes out. -Where does it come from?
-I don't know. Probably in my… -In your…? -…heart.
You could call her a piano prodigy, though the "P word" is never used in the Bear home.
This is all unknown territory for all of us. I've heard about kids like this. I never thought I'd have one!
Her siblings, 12-year-old Benjie, and 7-year-old Lauren, are also talented musicians.
My brother plays electric and acoustic guitar, my sister plays the harp and piano, and I only play the piano.
But I would like to play the flute.
Emily was "discovered" four years ago by her grandmothers – one of them, a concert pianist…
…who's made a career of teaching musically gifted children like Emily.
I just love music. It's my passion.
Four years ago, Emily's mom and dad took a trip, and left Grandma in charge. She heard someone playing piano and thought it was the eldest child.
I was overwhelmed. It was the baby, who was 2 years old and 1 month, playing a C-scale, with three fingers.
-Play your scale, Emmy. -Grandma Murrow immediately contacted the prestigious Julliard School of Music in New York.
He said there's only one person in the country, his name is Emilio Del Rosario, he teaches at the Music Institute of Chicago.
With instruction from Del Rosario and many generous mentors…
…including Mary Sauer, the Chicago Symphony's principal keyboardist, Emily has blossomed.
They're practicing Mozart's Concerto No. 23 that Emily will play next March with the Rockford Symphony Orchestra.
What she does in her music in all the styles that she plays in, she is speaking directly from inside of her……which is why jazz is so comfortable for her.
Yet her favorite song is not Jazz or Mozart, but one she wrote herself for Mr. D, her loving piano teacher, who is now ill.
-What are you gonna be when you grow up? -Composer. I like Mozart because he's kinda like me, and I'm kinda like him.
Like her playing, Emily's composing pours from her heart. It's her patience with fumble-fingered adults like me she has to work on.
With keyboard chops that would be the envy of most adults, it's easy to forget Emily is still a child.
-But this one is my favorite. Do you know why? -Why? -I got it at the White House.
-What is your hope for her? -To be happy. Seriously, to have good values, to be at peace in her heart. To be a really good grown-up.
-But until then, the one thing Emily wants you to know… -Actually, I'm just a normal kid that plays piano. And most…I like inspiring kids.
-Oh, wow. -Wow. Emily will play at Ravinia again in September. She played there last summer at the age of 5.
We've compiled a number of Emily's recent performances on our website, along with her latest CD.
-You can check out wgntv.com. Allison, she is such a joy to listen to. -You know what, Steve? You're right. I'm in love.

The Coors- Bono When the Stars Go Blue

Dancin' where the stars go blue
Dancin' where the evening fell
Dancin' in your wooden shoes
In a wedding gown
Dancin' out on 7th street
Dancin' through the underground
Dancin' little marionette Are you happy now?
Where do you go when you're lonely
Where do you go when you're blue
Where do you go when you're lonely
I'll follow you
When the stars go blue, blueWhen the stars go blue, blueWhen the stars go blue, blueWhen the stars go blue
Laughing with your pretty mouth
Laughing with your broken eyes
Laughing with your lover's tongue In a lullaby
Where do you go when you're lonely Where do you go when you're blue Where do you go when you're lonely I'll follow youWhen the stars go blue, blueWhen the stars go blue, blueWhen the stars, when the stars go blue, blue When the stars go blueWhen the stars go blue, blue, blueStars go blueWhen the stars go blueWhere do you go when you're lonely Where do you go when you're blue, yeah Where do you go when you're lonely I'll follow you, I'll follow you, I'll follow youI'll follow you, I'll follow you, yeahWhere do you go, yeahWhere do you go, Where do you go

Talking about music

Which type of music do you prefer?

MUSIC GENRES/ˈʒɑn rəz/:Reggae, rock, pop, hip hop, country and western, rap, folk, blues, jazz, salsa, swing, disco, heavy metal, Latin music, classical music
What kinds of musicCheer you up? help you relax?, evoke particular memories?, would you find it hard to live without?
Bore you?, get on your nerves?, do you find too highbrow? /ˈhaɪˌbraʊ/superior intellectual interests and tastes. Do you find too trashy? inferior in quality; rubbishy

Useful vocabulary: Expressions to describe how you feel about the different kinds of music.

You like it
It’s got a good beat/ it’s catchy/ It’s nice and relaxing/ It’s good to dance to/ It’s’ got loads of energy/ It’s got a nice tune/ It’s pretty mellow/ I like the baseline, the drums, the vocals/ the horns. She’s got a good voice.
You don’t like it
It’s a bit boring/ it’s a bit repetitive, it’s got no tune/ It’s rubbish/ It’s a bit too fast, loud, slow, weird for me. I don’t really like her voice.

Talk about the following.- What kind of music you are into/you like. If you’ve always liked the same kind of music.
- Your favourite band/singer at the moment.
- If you have a special song or piece of music that reminds you of someone/something.
- The kind of music you like to listen to if you’re feeling a bit down/in a romantic mood/when you want to wind down/ just before going to sleep.
- If you’ve got a big music collection. Your all-time favourite album. Your favourite track.
- Any kind of music you don’t like and why.
- If you go out to hear live music. Where you go and what kind of music.
- The last time you went to a gig/concert. Who you saw. What it was like.
- If you like dancing. The kind of music you like to dance to. Where you go dancing.
- If you can play any musical instrument. What? How long? And if you are any good.

Treating Stress, Speech Disorders With Music

Is Music a Good Tool for Health

How Does Music Affect the Brain?

Different Types of Music Genres

Musical ages: How our taste in music changes over a lifetime

A Fairy Tale Gone Wrong: Spain's Princess Accused Of Fraud