Thursday, March 4, 2010

Bobby McFerrin hacks your brain with music | Video on TED.com

Bobby McFerrin hacks your brain with music Video on TED.com


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Video: 3 MIN, 4 SECONDS

Bobby McFerrin hacks your brain with music

About this talk:

In this fun, 3-min performance from the World Science Festival, musician Bobby McFerrin uses the pentatonic scale to reveal one surprising result of the way our brains are wired.

Why you should listen to him:

Bobby McFerrin is one of the world's best-known vocal innovators and improvisers, a world-renowned classical conductor and a passionate spokesman for music education. His recordings have sold over 20 million copies, and his collaborations including those with with Yo-Yo Ma, Chick Corea, the Vienna Philharmonic and Herbie Hancock have established him as an ambassador of both the classical and jazz worlds.McFerrin has worked with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic.

"McFerrin has juiced up appreciation for the classics immeasurably. He's a natural-born teacher. The performing arts need him."
The Mercury News

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http://dreamlearndobecome.blogspot.com This posting was made my Jim Jacobs, President & CEO of Jacobs Executive Advisors. Jim also serves as Leader of Jacobs Advisors' Insurance Practice.

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