Thom, you mentioned George Winston... He did a ton of concerts here in Montana, donating proceeds to food banks. Loved him, truly. Another artist who you probably already know, had an album which was a big "go to" for my brain, hunter farmer whatever. He is TIM STORY. I know he is on Bandcamp, probably elsewhere. His album called "Music" was also just solo piano and I could never find an album that had the same profound concentration effect for me. Early 1980s, I think. I still have the vinyl. - Rik
Well, double weird, am I the only comment? Weird for one thing, high recognition. Going to movies with girlfriends as kids, I would exit humming the tune, friends would barely have noticed, was there music? Wow, you can sing the whole song! But mostly, really bad at getting the WORDS with the music. Huh. Just like you say. Highly sensitive to what I learned is known to musicians as "program music;" i.e. music accompanying drama, intended to manipulate emotion. Sometimes I rush to change TV channel because of sad music. Random restaurant or wherever: I am hearing the music. (Distracting!) I wonder if there is investigation about harmony? Childhood friends used to get frustrated with me because I would sing harmonies with the radio songs. "Can't you just sing the tune?" (Long story: I had reputation as a singer.)
But the harmonies were same as the tune to me; I had to work to conform to the tune. Strange.
Thom, you mentioned George Winston... He did a ton of concerts here in Montana, donating proceeds to food banks. Loved him, truly. Another artist who you probably already know, had an album which was a big "go to" for my brain, hunter farmer whatever. He is TIM STORY. I know he is on Bandcamp, probably elsewhere. His album called "Music" was also just solo piano and I could never find an album that had the same profound concentration effect for me. Early 1980s, I think. I still have the vinyl. - Rik
Well, double weird, am I the only comment? Weird for one thing, high recognition. Going to movies with girlfriends as kids, I would exit humming the tune, friends would barely have noticed, was there music? Wow, you can sing the whole song! But mostly, really bad at getting the WORDS with the music. Huh. Just like you say. Highly sensitive to what I learned is known to musicians as "program music;" i.e. music accompanying drama, intended to manipulate emotion. Sometimes I rush to change TV channel because of sad music. Random restaurant or wherever: I am hearing the music. (Distracting!) I wonder if there is investigation about harmony? Childhood friends used to get frustrated with me because I would sing harmonies with the radio songs. "Can't you just sing the tune?" (Long story: I had reputation as a singer.)
But the harmonies were same as the tune to me; I had to work to conform to the tune. Strange.
Replying to myself; maybe this correlates to paying attention to multiple stimuli simultaneously?