Heath - 27 Minutes 59 Seconds

Classic music2work2 - pianos, strings, alternating time signatures and themes - oh, and it's long.

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2007 was the year that music2work2 really started to take shape. I was working with a Korg Triton and my recording and mixing chops were getting better. New gear is funny - there is just something about sitting down at a new toy and playing with it - experimenting with what sounds good and what doesn't. As usual the piano track was played first and then subsequent voices recorded on top - you can hear strings, electric pianos and even some funky frequencies as I got deeper into wave forms - Ooooh!

There are a number of different themes going on in this piece - Heath was a guy I met through the Kelli gig - he was a freelance template developer who also happened to be a musician. We collaborated on a couple of things musically but the tech work would get in the way. I learned a lot from Heath including how to manipulate photoshop and how to freestyle on beat tracks - it was fun while it lasted but we eventually went our separate ways.

There's a theme that comes in around 17 minutes - it's called "Andy The Barman" and is a theme that I have promised myself I will develop further. It reflects a particularly bizarre time of my life when I was indeed working a bar in London - strange times but all good grist for the creative mill.

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We've been doing stuff...

Honest! Been a very busy week - getting into new rhythms and things - I am digging the new Friday.  I'm currently re-writing all the liner notes on the music2work2 website and re-structuring the pages - things move so quickly and I am very thankful for that.

Getting in some early thanks:

http: //taxmama.com

http://alexanderhsimpson.co.cc/

Here's to a fabulous weekend and coming week.

The Effect Of Music Listening On Work Performance

When music2work2 was still somewhat in the planning stages, we decided to do some research and see if others felt as we do that “music is good for you.” Andrew's psychology degree influenced his thinking on this and you can read the write up of his final year dissertation here - Why listening to music can make you smarter.

One of the articles that pops up regularly for this search is “The effect of music listening on work performance” by Teresa Lesiuk at the University of Windsor. She reports on the results of a Canadian study that measured work quality, time-on-task and workers’ mood when listening to music. The study showed a positive affect - that quality-of-work was better with music, and time-on-task was longer when music was removed. The workers also noted a positive mood alteration when music was played.

See - we knew it - music is good for you - particularly when you want to get things done. So - if you have that blog post to write or paper to finish, why don't you head on over to Identification - get yourself some music2work2 and get to work!