"The Resonant Human: The Science of How Tempo Affects Us"

[lingyai]

Super interesting article https://sonicscoop.com/2014/06/19/the-r ... ffects-us/

[Bodhisan]

And I don't think "super" is a bad adverb here. It made me wonder if those average tempos in the specified decades were a natural phenomena or well-thought-out by producers/songwriters. I think I remember Pro Tools's template tempo was 120 - as well as Logic's, probably, but since I made mine 110, I can't remember, but I do recall using that 120 as a beginning spot every time, as it "felt right."

Along these lines, and just as interesting as how even the moon affects us, this makes me think of back in the 70's (or was it the 80's?) when families were suing rock bands because they thought their childrens' suicides were influenced by the music. At the time, I remember thinking, "Well, if music can inspire you to feel happy and get up and dance, why couldn't it work oppositely?" When a friend introduced me to Billie Holiday, it was "Strange Fruit" that he played (or was it "Gloomy Sunday," I wonder?), and he told me that "many people" (I don't know if this is true, and to keep this thought as a pre-Google thought, I'm not going to research it now) were found dead, having committed suicide, next to a record player with that song playing or having been played.

At any rate, my mind has always known that playing "This Year's Model" will put me in a good mood any time - even if I'm depressed, and that those quicker bpms lift me from those doldrums. "There's no actiooooon!"

[woggle]

Super interesting article https://sonicscoop.com/2014/06/19/the-r ... ffects-us/

perhaps the most famous of these is the Bee Gee's "Staying Alive" being used for CPR - it is a a good tempo and people have a fantastic ability to remember the tempo of songs. There have been recent criticisms because getting the tempo right isn't everything, but using Stayin Alive does get the tempo right and that is at least part of the technique