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Image via Wikipedia According to an article on Discovery news researchers have discovered that people are drawn to music for the same reason they like life’s other pleasures. Listening to music you like causes the brain to release dopamine, a feel-good chemical. Dopamine-induced pleasure may help explain why music has been [...] This was an interesting year for music which saw Justin Bieber have the most watched music video on YouTube, but was only number 46 on Pandora’s list. As the year comes to an end there are endless sources of top songs of the year. Here are a few sources of top songs for 2010. Pandora Top [...] There are only 4 days to Christmas and as Sean Means of the Salt Lake Tribune reminds us that means 4 more days of listening to Christmas music. Some of us listen even longer. Sean’s article “Which songs bring out the Grinch?” shares the songs that put him in a most un-Christmas mood. Here they [...] Internet radio and streaming music have grown dramatically in the past decade. Over the past several years Pandora, Slacker, Rhapsody and many others have been growing in popularity. A Pew research study showed a 17% increase in streaming music listening from 2004 to 2009 among adults of all ages. The largest group of listeners fall [...] Image by doug88888 via Flickr Researchers Emily Nusbaum and Paul Silvia of University of North Carolina at Greensboro asked students about how often they felt chills down their spine, got goose bumps, or felt like their hair was standing on end while listening to music. They also measured their experience with music, and five main dimensions [...] Thirty years ago today John Lennon was murdered by a crazed fan outside his New York home. Whether you loved him with the Beatles, during his solo career or not at all, his effect on the music world has been profound. As part of that celebration of Lennon’s life, Rolling Stone magazine has devoted its [...] It’s Veterans day and we here at Marantz wish to say thank you to all the veterans who’ve faithfully served our country. Over the years music has played multiple roles in our military tradition. Perhaps no musical notes are more recognizable than the simple 24-note melody played at our Military funerals. NPR has a short [...] It was this day in 1997 that Elton John’s hit “Candle in the Wind” went number 1 on the US singles charts. This version of the song was released as a charity fundraiser for the Diana, Princess of Wales fund, after her death in Paris. Do you know what year the song was previously released [...] On September 30th 1995, Mariah Carey made music chart history when she began an eight week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Fantasy’, making her the first female act to enter the chart in pole position.She made her recording debut, in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola and [...] |
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