Sip Salon - Why Does Music Do That to Us?
About this Event
You have a song. You know the one. It comes on and something just happens, a memory surfaces, your body wants to move, your eyes fill up, or you're suddenly somewhere you haven't been in years. You probably assume it's the music doing that.
Turns out it's considerably stranger than that.
Welcome to the Sip Salon where we gather to learn together through articles and discussion. Read the article, join the discussion. Just curious folks coming together to discuss topics. Whether you know a little or a lot, we hope to grow together in our understandings. With drinks.
Research now shows that our experience of music has surprisingly little to do with the notes themselves. In one study, people rated a piano performance as more expressive and emotional based on the performer's body language, even when the audio didn't match. In another, the world's greatest violinist played in a Washington D.C. subway station for 35 minutes and almost nobody stopped. People have rated the exact same recording as higher quality when told it was played by a professional rather than a student. We hear music not just with our ears but with our eyes, our bodies, our memories, our expectations, and the entire cultural world we grew up inside.
And when it comes to musical taste? A massive Cambridge study of 350,000 people across 50 countries claims your personality predicts what you listen to. One music critic, who has spent her career in the industry, says that's completely wrong, and makes a pretty compelling case.
This month's Sip Salon takes on the hidden psychology and neuroscience of music: why it moves us the way it does, what our taste actually reveals about us, and whether two people listening to the same song are ever really having the same experience at all.
Come with your opinions, your favorite inexplicable song, and a drink in hand. No musical expertise required, just ears and curiosity.
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