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>Genres like indie, folk, and country are prime targets. Rap, electronic, and pop would be great because they're poplar, but they're also more resistant to our opinions.
I disagree. You can use any genre and add lyrics that help people get a better understanding of the world,
Having said that, there's virtually no music out there, that meets this criteria, regardless of the genre.
The best we can do right now is music without lyrics that uplifts the spirit.
Metal, punk, dubstep, rap, etc. are low-spirit types of music that resonates with people's animalistic, libidinal side
Dubstep in particularl reminds me of the line from 2081 "The strong wear weights, the beautiful wear masks and the intelligent wear earpieces that fire off loud noises to keep them from taking unfair advantage of their brains."

>>153
It's difficult to explain music, but when you contrast the dubstep noise with the calm serenity of pachelbel, you'll understand what i mean.

One of the most important things to consider when it comes to music is the effect on brainwaves and the body.
We know that the beats per minute and the type of beat used has an impact on the listeners heart rate, pulse and blood pressure, as well as the respiratory rate and organ functions.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/music-therapy-heart-cardiovascular/

We also know that music can induce various brainwave states by rythmic oscillation of neural activity.

Delta wave – (0.1 – 3 Hz)
Theta wave – (4 – 7 Hz)
Alpha wave – (8 – 15 Hz)
Mu wave – (7.5 – 12.5 Hz)
SMR wave – (12.5 – 15.5 Hz)
Beta wave – (16 – 31 Hz)
Gamma wave – (32 – 100 Hz)

> 40 Hz Gamma waves
Higher mental activity, including perception, problem solving, fear, and consciousness
13–39 Hz Beta waves
Active, busy or anxious thinking and active concentration, arousal, cognition, and or paranoia
7–13 HzAlpha waves
Relaxation (while awake), pre-sleep and pre-wake drowsiness, REM sleep, Dreams
8–12 Hz Mu waves
Mu rhythm, Sensorimotor rhythm
< 4–7 Hz Theta waves
Deep meditation/relaxation, NREM sleep
< 4 Hz Delta waves Deep dreamless sleep, loss of body awareness

>Binaural beats
Binaural beats, or binaural tones, are auditory processing artifacts, or apparent sounds, caused by specific physical stimuli. This effect was discovered in 1839 by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove and earned greater public awareness in the late 20th century based on claims coming from the alternative medicine community that binaural beats could help induce relaxation, meditation, creativity and other desirable mental states. The effect on the brainwaves depends on the difference in frequencies of each tone: for example, if 300 Hz was played in one ear and 310 in the other, then the binaural beat would have a frequency of 10 Hz.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binaural_beats


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainwave_entrainment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_oscillation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaural_beats
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isochronic_tones

All of these techniques have one thing in common, they are frequencies.
Tonal frequencies, vibrations, electromagnetic frequencies, light flickering, etc.
Tesla was right when he said that the universe is nothing but energy, frequencies and vibrations.
The manipulation of which can manipulate human beings.

>>160

Thanks, this is super cool!

Should we brainstorm some things that might be easy put subtly put into a song?

I think maybe writing love songs about wives would appeal to women, and maybe songs about self-reliance would draw men's attention.

>>164
Do you know any musicians?
Your ideas are good, but useless in the hands of non-musicians.

>>169

Yeah, I don't. Guess I'll have to learn music theory. But throw me bone and give me some ideas for what to put in the songs, if you please.

>>169

Okay, I found these:

https://archive.org/details/ost-art-col10714

https://archive.org/details/ost-art-col10716

https://archive.org/details/ost-art-col10717

https://archive.org/details/ost-art-col10730

https://archive.org/details/ost-art-col10731

http://www.musictheory.net/exercises

http://www.jeremiasnicacio.com/partituras/poprock/How%20to%20Play%20Popular%20Piano%20in%2010%20Easy%20Lessons.pdf

http://makingmusicfun.net/pdf/sheet_music/mmf-piano-book.pdf

>>172
Good stuff. You can play around on beepbox if you don't have an instrument.
http://www.beepbox.co


http://www.beepbox.co/#5sbkbl04e0jt7a7g0njdi0r0w4361f0000d1111c1010h0000v0000o4210b4xd5hDxWLbR5hAl64xt5hx8j4xe24N8j000i4Qt64xki4Qt6008h4j0Oh48h4j0Op27Dzj7m793F7j78zAhQzFzH70zw1QWHmoYA6llAzVlmjullATPXYAvaGOhYGH9LaGOrVQ3AzVlmifBlogc6lnAVMxwlecI01jz7CkOXUDbFMbJTIXKEPIXejjBtyZDqSJSZLcFOKNCPJrsXeEVde9usnKJFNBwb0decuGFCnTskLD_nu1c7v_ZGJiodRwLqHqLbKKYTuPfrlrCrz03LtLtyb1nurGCeAFxxg1cedzo1Ir6M3oSdw6NQfo1Ir6M3oSdw6NIr0dzIr0dzoS0r2AFRwI7xqM6NAQQQsi3oSqqs9q38Oqqqagp6jjjEF1ApdddBEcz9FFRX0dzoS0r6QCd0dzoS0r5FNJij4o5CRN2MV1wIRVduo1NpJuAgUcwJdjaCmi-2fjq_qq_yAFRSMsF9jFcLLd0aoDk9wjjAcNc0Swr56njArtXlt4ikg83gA92g40E1T7k1EOeMfEOARBZzy0Qp6g6z8O0Qp6g6w00

>free trackers
http://schismtracker.org/
http://www.milkytracker.org/

Trackers allow you to focus on the fundamentals, they're great for beginners,
because it is a very restricted environment that is relatively easy to master.

Here's an example of a tracker in action.
As you can see, it's all about the basics.

>How Music Works
Great documentary, unfortunately i'm not sure if it is on youtube in its entirety

>p2p magnet link
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:d07d62b754472a727e5e432802d72cbf2b742420&dn=How+Music+Works+with+Howard+Goodall+%282006%29+Xvid+MP3&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.demonii.com%3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexodus.desync.com%3A6969

>>174
>>175

Thanks dude! This stuff looks like a great place to start!