This level of great presentation, intelligence, and humor is rare. Really enjoying your content, keep up the good work!

Keep in mind that 150, 200 years ago, we weren't constantly bombarded with music (TV, movies, radio, ambient musack, and so on) the way we are today. It was not possible, as there was no recording/storage/playback technology available. You could go weeks, months or even years without hearing any type of music! Three hundred years ago, someone may have only had the opportunity to hear Beethoven's 5th ONCE in their entire lives. Yet, I can sit here and replay it over and over, whenever I want, wherever I am.

I'm depressed and have difficulty holding focus. Music has enabled me to do so many things I otherwise couldn't do. I am constantly playing and making music in my head and without it things would be so much harder.

Music is one of those weird things that you can have a craving for, but also overdo. I like to mix up my routine without music. Leave my headphones at home for my morning walk. Or turn off the radio during the commute. Mute the BS workplace pop music for a bit. If you're lucky, you'll catch that strange noise your car has been making. If you're unlucky, you'll learn how many people haven't figured out how to close their lips when chewing, cover their mouths when coughing, or breathe through their nose.

I'm a composer, and I don't normally listen to music all the time. It does help me when I'm doing chores and exercise, but in other cases, I prefer silence

Love your stuff. I’m an old guy (graduated high school in 1974) and i find your work entertaining and informative. I studied music composition in college and have always used music to help me focus when doing a task. It feeds my brain with a stream of tangential information to help keep it from wandering as well as acting on my emotions. I will alter the style of music depending on my needs ( do i need to speed up or slow down?) Good stuff, man.

Solid video young man keep it up 👍🏾

6:04 funny story I heard that also illustrates the point you're making here: apparently once astronauts come back down to earth it's a common problem for them to have to break the habit of dropping things in midair and expecting them to float. Dont remember exactly who, but I heard someone got off the shuttle and their first action back on solid ground was to sign an autograph and then basically yeet the pen away on accident 😂

I binged a few of your videos. Great content and videography skills. 25k is a crazy achievement, but I see you hitting well over a 100k. Keep going man 🤝🏻

@0:29 Thank you for introducing me to that Vampire Kermit gif. Did not know that happened. That on repeat, just makes me laugh.

Music as a pattern recognition reward. Amazing. That is a thought I've never had before. Thank you.

Love the shirt. "A stranger, from the outside....ooooHHH!!"

Music has been the best part of my life as a coping mechanism…..my parents had a good stereo they listened to many albums, country, classical, musicals blues, etc. Despite growing up in a trailer park music and books were my escape. One of the best jobs I ever had was working at a record store. Thankfully these days I can down load my music from my collection onto my headphones and I can listen to whatever music 24-7, at work at home, out for a walk whatever…as I tell my other music has charms to soothe the savage laurie 🙃 btw my plants like it too….

When I’m having a depression episode, music helps return me to joy. (In varying amounts of time) I have a return to joy playlist.

I have this thing I call Music Therapy. I have a playlist of all these ballads and anthems that you can sing along with and feel the emotions of the songs. And that’s what I do. I sing along and as I belt it out I’m expressing emotions through it. Sometimes I’m surprised by what’s songs get to me the most. I always feel better after, like I’ve released a lot of stuff I’ve been holding onto unintentionally.

Yo I just found your video, liked it, subscribed 🤝

I'm a musician and I've now subscribed

I used to listen to music all the time but now I don't listen to music anymore, unless it is in a movie, game, etc. In the car, no radio on. Strange since I grew up playing music and listening all the time. I like the quiet, especially when driving, to be left to my thoughts.

Music puts me in a flow state. New music sets a memory marker to create a memorable moment every time I hear it.

I have ADHD, music drowns out my inner monolouge so I can focus on what I have to do lol

Lolol dopamine sucking vampires! That was funny. Why survival was maximized when we needed a fix to do ANYTHING is astounding...

I find I have a hard time working to other people's music -- it's too distracting, grabbing too much of my attention. Though for more physical tasks I do often sing to myself as I work. My own self singing doesn't grab my own attention, and I can change tempo or even stop when I need to focus more.

so happy to be here before this channel takes off

Music was created as a tool for storytelling before we even figured out how to write. Many cultures still have dedicated traditional genres to the spread of stories and information because the format is catchy and easy to remember.

Music is something I can't go a day without...it has always been very strange when I go to someones home, & there is no stereo, cd's, albums, streaming, etc. Music is a very important part of my life. Love your ideas in this video.

3:15 that's why jingles get stuck in our head , purchase products because of music #nontoxicliving

1 laecre is legit and under rated for pure rapping talent 2 I just found your channel and am binge watching with headphones whole making and eating breakfast

People still wanted to listen to music anywhere and everywhere. There's even an old mansion in Britain (I believe it's there) where there are sound holes going from a music room to multiple rooms so music music could be heard as a background enjoyment.

With whatever purpose you listen to music, that purpose will be increased. For instance: there will be a concert given for the poor and unfortunate, and if you go there thinking of the aim, the music will increase your compassion and generosity. This is the reason why music is used in war. And so it is with all the things that cause the excitation of the nerves. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Bahá'í Writings)

I feel a reaction video to Close to the Edge by YES is in order. Thanks for the awesome channel, info and community, Johnny!!

I rarely listen music. I usually listen audiobooks. I value music quite a lot, but almost never by itself alone. I use stories much more than music for my emotion, pattern completion and dopamine adicction needs.

If our minds like predictability, why is comedy both unpredictable and satisfying

I’ve brought a waterproof boombox into the shower for years, because disco showers are awesome In basic training you never hear music and you end up actually craving it after a while

I'm one of those weird people who just can't focus on what I'm doing if there's music. If I'm listening to music, it's in my room with the lights off and the over-the-ear headphones on.

Plus people singing the same known song brings them together...there may be a survival strategy, such as gettkng everybody in the group on the same emotional level, maybe weeding out the undesirable for whatever reason that the song is bringing you together for....war, hunting party, religion, pub crawls, nationally known songs that bring the locals to tears. Some children with learning disabilities have rythme problems. They can be educated in most cases. It has been recognised (or at least considered) lately as instrumentational to language learning, as each language has a certain rythm to it. Thanks for the video

So damn true, if a so I love is on the radio and I am at my destination, I stay in the car and wait until the song is over.

Always make me laugh when learning, one of the best channels to start my morning with.

I have KZfaq on basically 24/7. Making food, cleaning, going out to play Pokémon Go, showering, sleeping… the list goes on. It’s not usually music for me though, but it’s something I can usually follow without seeing the screen consistently. I’ll even take it with me to get a glass of water.

This channel is dope af 😎

Interesting... When I am in the kitchen, either cooking a familiar dish or a new one, I need soft, instrumental music playing - its quite relaxing ESPECIALLY when trying to figure out or follow a new recipe. For the most part, though, I have a random show playing on the TV when doing house chores, I just need background noise. Your videos are great, by the way, loved the little dancing kid in this one! Onto another one....

I have found what you say is true and I enjoy you have but as I've gotten older, when my significant other leaves for work I turn TV off, and I and enjoy the silence, not total silence but I listen to the birds and the noise of my neighborhood. No music or TV till he comes home and I enjoy it a lot

Great video. Just stumbled upon your stuff recently. As someone with a BA in Music, I'll chime in. I don't necessarily NEED music to be playing. For me, silence can truly be golden. Not absolute silence. There's always some kind of background sound and our brains are pretty good filters of it. I've always known this, but now that I've also had my channel since 2009, I'm more "in tune" with sounds other than music since they can ruin a video. Anyway, I've always enjoyed times of "silence" throughout my life. Like right now typing this long comment. With that said, music does evoke emotional response. You're absolutely right that the right kind of music can set the mood, or entice us to donate to a charity, can make or break a scene in a movie, etc. It can be soothing in times of stress. And it doesn't have to be music that is "calming," as I have several non-musician friends that listen to heavy metal and similar to calm down. Even I've done similar. We each have styles of music to improve our mood and reduce out stress levels. It can also energize us. Get us pumped up for a workout, to do something challenging, etc. It can help pass the time and break the silence while doing tasks or driving in the car. And it can help us focus. I'll use it mostly for this in my wine studies. But I'll also use calming music when sleeping sometimes. In relation to syntax - pattern, predictable, meets expectations, we call that Music Theory. At its most basic level, a musical phrase will have a pattern (chords and melodies along with rhythm) that we've been trained through our cultures that needs a resolution. We inherently "know" that resolution and derive pleasure when it does resolve musically, therefore meeting out expectation. Composers will usually resolve the phrase in a predictable rhythmic and/or melodic pattern. i.e. in a set number of measures based on the style of music. However, sometimes they will play around with these patterns and intentionally keep the phrase unresolved for longer than expected, only to finally resolve it. It creates tension. Call it a musical tease. Or when the beat drops as the kids used to say, I guess. The most common or best example I guess would be what has been called the "Amen chord progression." It's been extremely common in church music for centuries and tends to happen when we sing "Amen." There are other similar chord progressions that result in a resolution. But like I mentioned before, we also have unresolved chords that make us uncomfortable when we hear them. They are much less common, especially in popular music of all genres. However, certain styles of music will more likely have them. Then there's improvisational music, like Jazz, that an earlier commenter mentioned. At some point a musical phrase will resolve, but we can be taken on long, meandering rhythmic and melodic journeys that can last many minutes before there's a resolution. Other forms of modern music really jack with our notion of tension and resolution with dissonance and other things. In the end, however, we grow up innately understanding when a piece of music just works. Whether it's the latest formulaic song for the masses or something more "serious." We use our musical lexicon to make sense of it. What's even better is when we broaden our exposure to music from cultures that are outside our own and learn their language, aka theory. Not unlike understanding other cultures as a whole. A couple commenters mentioned the 440 vs 432 Hz thing. The Cliff's Notes version is that until somewhat recently (like since the 18th century recent), orchestras in Western Music didn't have a standard tuning. So you could listen to a piece of music in one city and it would sound "off" in another. Eventually it was decided that 440 Hz would be "Concert A" and the rest of the notes would be evenly spaced (known as equal temperament). There are plenty of videos out there that can expertly explain this. There's also some deep conspiracy/new age rabbit holes to go down with these and other frequencies and I'll let you have fun with that. Hope that helps explain things in a more musical way. Again, great material.

This is so wild to me because I almost never listen to music while doing things like showering or cleaning. If I’m listening to music while doing those things it usually means I’m in a bad place. I rarely listen to music unless I’m driving.

I can't relate. The only times I ever listen to music while doing something is sometimes during long drives in the car, and maybe a couple of times a year while working (which is more accidental than intentional). I don't feel the need at all. I did grow up with music everywhere, but it's faded away over time. When I listen to music, it's 100% for the music itself. I don't do anything else while listening.

Great video and presentation. As a life long percussionist, I've been around or had music going most of my life. But it goes beyond playing instruments or just liking tunes. So much of what we do everyday can and is rhythmic. I'll be walking and find myself stepping to the beat, either in headphones or just in my head. I'll have beats or songs pop out of nowhere from a phrase, a sound, or any number of suggestive sources. While a lot of comfort comes from those old songs you've listened to for a long time, ie the expectations, the comfort, etc, I think there's also a base component that rhythm and flow are a time immemorial part of life. Music is an audible embodiment of it. Keep up the good work.

I could understand listening to music while running, but when it comes to walking especially in nature, I find it's best to leave the earbuds in my pocket and just immerse in the natural ambience.

I enjoy listening to music, but i equally enjoy silence. I can listen to nothing for hours, it calms me down, even when i am not doing anything. Am i not human? Or just over 40?

Our cells dance when they hear music. Even babies gotta move to the beat🎉⚡😘🙃

The worst part of doing things while listening to music is that you start frying out of nowhere and forget to focus on your main task

Dopamine sucking vampires that can't handle silence is where I am.

Expectations and then the fulfillment showering you with dopamine is why I feel depressed when I get socks on Christmas instead of an airport pistol

i started teaching myself piano in 2020 and now i see music is my fuel for life!!

I don't need to listen to music when I do anything really, and it annoys me to no end when other people play music all the time. Most people just don't like peace and quiet I guess. A couple of times at work, the incessant noise actually stopped for awhile, and I felt such a weight lifted from my morale that even I was surprised. A feeling similar to walking outside on the first nice day of spring after a particularly harsh winter.

Thanks for the song tip.. The other stuff is cool too.

I've felt for years we've pushed it to the limit for political profit an ear worm as it is used today

If I look back at my life as a whole, the times I have been overall the happiest also generally correlate with the times I have been the most into music, and vice versa. I never really made a connection before this, but now that I look at it there definitely seems to be some kind of link.

Music is my life🎶🎤🎧 I have Bluetooth headphones so I can move about the house and have my tunes without bothering my roommate.

Great content on your channel hitting the subscribe button!

So, why do cafes with WiFi insist on Muzak? Self-defeating!

This guys good. Can’t wait for him to talk about growing fuel with hemp. Like Henry Ford did.

Speaking figuratively here, the heart is the seat of emotion, and the brain is the seat of calculation. While they can and do work back and forth, things usually work out better when the brain is in control. One way to reduce the brain's influence on behavior is to use music. That's why most video is accompanied by music, to remove a person's thinking capacity and increase the influence of emotion. The emotion will then drive the behavior. Please see, first, Jeremiah 17:9. It describes the default condition of the heart. The brain, or mind, should be used to protect the heart. Please see Proverbs 4: 7-23, especially Verse 23. People should be mindful of allowing music to influence them. There are all kinds of instances where music is used to lead people to perdition.

I found this pretty funny to listen to. I very rarely listen to music and am unable to function while listening to it.

I must be an exception. I rarely have music on, and I don't need it to do anything.

Shout out to all the church kids boppin to Lecrae

Can you do a 440 hz vs 432 hz tuning of instruments?

Banger

...literally sitting here practicing the trumpet while I watch this video.

Yup that's me when I get a phone call!

After playing Metal: Hellsinger.... Yes, yes we do need music to survive xD

6:10 unless you are listening to 'we are the champions' and are expecting 'of the world' at the end (it's actually in the middle) I know a lot of people oddly perplexed when they hear it and that expectation isn't met.

Not just music. I'm a musician, I've studied music in college for 5 years now. But most of the time I'm not listening to music actually. I listen mostly to podcasts, debates, video essays like this one, and documentaries.

This is why Spotify is awesome. We find songs from movies and all kinds of sources. And music files for cooking relaxing picnics Christmas etc. but I’m old /retired. But I have radios everywhere. Garage porch (enclosed) dining room bathroom and tv sound bar. Spotify is so cool because it tracked how many artists genre most played song and top 100. But I also keep track of time. Most songs are 3 minutes. Especially the radio. It’s like a timer. But also news and weather.

I use audio books to drown out the thoughts of the dark abyss that wait for us all

this is fucking dope

I actually rarely listen to any music. I do like some songs, but I don't want to hear them. I know I'm not in the majority. I have very keen hearing. I hear both above and below what most humans can hear, so I thought that might have something to do with it.

I started bushing my teeth in the shower as part of morning workouts. To this day I brush my teeth in the shower.

What about those who Love the Sound of Silence?

channel is a hidden gem.. criminally low subscribers

I always have tunes playing in the house.

Dude! Lecrae! 🤗

Bruh this is the funniest thing bc I was just thinking abt this literally a few hours ago bc I kid you not, I was listening to songs on Spotify from the Irish brigade, Elvis Presley, bo Burnham, and kind of military song things from like the us army chorus or smth, while I was practicing piano. And the worst part, is that I was practicing fantasia nr.3 by Mozart, so it's not even like I was playing music similar to the other music I was listening to. And I'm not going to lie, it was a really good practice "session" (for lack of a better word). I fixed up a lot of mistakes I kept on making lol. I was also like vibing to the other music I was listening to so it's not like I was tuning out the Spotify music, like bruh I can't tune out anything for the life of me. Music is like the law that overrules all the other laws to the point where efficient multitasking is possible

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Commenting for the algorithm.

Do we need music to live? Short answer is "yes", while the long answer is "yyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeessssssss"

I love music but I can’t stand listening to music while I’m working. I can’t concentrate on my job if I’m listening to music. And while I’m driving I play podcasts or turn on a long KZfaq vid and listen to it.

I prefer silence and having to put up with others' noise drives me nuts.

Bro if I die tonight was my middle school jam!!

You're dead on right. I say all the time, "No music, no work." Even beyond that, I don't care if the wheels are falling off my ride, it HAS to have tunes. My unfailing go-to for mundane tasks to relaxation to even social events? MUSIC. It takes me to good and helps me through bad. It reminds me but can distract me. I've said a million times, if it weren't for music, I wouldn't be living.

@3:58 one of the biggest reasons I got a DAP aka an Mp3 player. Phones are lame. Also becoming an audiophile now prevents me from playing music everywhere I go bc hardware. Now I end up playing KZfaq videos everywhere. Perhaps I can solve the issue by becoming a cinephile 🤔

I can whistle fur elise

I like silence. I listen to music when I mow grass, though.

Unless I am actively listening I prefer silence.

interesting. I rarely listen to any music, which isn't to say I don't like it. I just don't go out of my way to listen to it.

I barely ever listened to music. I don't get people that have to have constant noise. Like just sit alone with your thoughts for 5 minutes people.

but i do .. a heck of a lot, without music

we don't need music !

I’m still trying to figure out why I’m so addicted to Danny Elfman/Oingo Boingo music. It’s like he wrote it for ADHD crack babies.

I wonder if 432hz vs 440hz has anything to do with this?

Sooo, can i keep listening medieval music while reading complicated thing?

But more importantly: Why do I hate music?