[Bards] Bard Brain!

[Gerald Norris]

I dunno.  I can hardly think of a time when I DON'T have music playing in my
head.

If it's not an Irish piece that I'm learning, it's a symphony, or a scottish
piece I'd like to write, or a song that comes to mind from a rhythm I hear.

The bad thing is that it can be distracting, but I prefer the distraction to
the white noise of something like television.  The good thing is that I'm
never without music, which is fine by me.

As for getting the song out of your head?  Better exercise; do variations.
Think modal.  Try to take Gilligan's Island (or whatever tune/song you're
currently having to suffer through) and change the music to something worthy
of a hafla, or a dance.  Or, sing it with an accent (scottish usually works
for me).

But then, I'm wierd that way.

Gerald.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: bards-bounces+jerryn=houston.rr.com at ansteorra.org
[mailto:bards-bounces+jerryn=houston.rr.com at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Dawn
Rummel
  Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 8:43 AM
  To: Bardic
  Subject: [Bards] Bard Brain!


  Does anyone else get bard brain?  Where you're in the middle of learning a
piece, and your brain just... won't... shut... up... about it.  I got very
little sleep last night due to two separate songs bantering about in my
head.  And they're two songs that don't particularly go together.  Now I'm
at work and they won't leave me alone.  Ack!


  Antonia/Dawn

  It's the little things in life...


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