What's the psychology behind EXTREMELY loud music in nightclubs, concerts, and even some stores? [more inside]
posted by sixcolors on Nov 24, 2008 - 29 answers

The last few weeks different musical themes have been looping inside my head. How concerned should I be and/or how can I do something about it? [more inside]
posted by jeremias on Oct 7, 2007 - 13 answers

Why do bars, restaurants, clothing stores and shoe stores play such loud music? Why when I'm buying a pair of business blacks do I have to listen to the latest dance hits at high volume? More inside. [more inside]
posted by sien on Sep 6, 2007 - 32 answers

Why do songs get 'stuck in your head'? [more inside]
posted by matty on Sep 2, 2006 - 18 answers

When I was a music student, we had a visit from a music psychologist who worked in a conservatory in London... I think it was The Royal Academy. During her lecture, she described an experiment where performers were asked to play either with no physical movement, or with obviously physically expressive movements. The performers who had no physical movement were divided into 2 groups; one group was asked to play in an emotionally expressive way, and the other group was asked to play mechanically. The result of this experiment was that non-musicians could not tell apart the 2 groups of motionless performers, they could only tell a performer was being expressive if they could see them moving. In short, non-musicians cannot tell if a musician is playing expressively by listening alone. Musicians could of course tell the difference between all of them. I'm now a music photographer, so these findings are of huge interest to me, especially when it comes to persuading musicians just how important it is to communicate on a visual level as well as a musical one. Does anyone have any idea where I can reference this study, or anything remotely similar? Thanks!
posted by BobsterLobster on May 30, 2006 - 4 answers

FortySomethingAttachmentFilter: I'm thinking of selling-off a rather large collection of LPs and CDs , accumulated over the past 30 years, at our next garage sale. [more inside]
posted by ZenMasterThis on Aug 22, 2005 - 25 answers