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I'm a physicist, and a performing jazz musician. I've read articles about certain occupations being associated with musicians, and speculating about the connect
by analog31 3y ago
I'm a physicist, and a performing jazz musician. I've read articles about certain occupations being associated with musicians, and speculating about the connection. My mom believed that music would make her kids smarter. Classical music, that is.
Personally, I think it may simply boil down to music being a long term commitment to something you value, a way to mentally reboot, and a different cast of characters than you deal with in your day job.
- drivebycomment 3y agoThe biological effect of music on our brain has many studies. https://www.pfizer.com/news/articles/why_and_how_music_moves_us https://www.pfizer.com/news/articles/why_and_how_music_moves... Given how profound the impact seems to be, I would be very surprised if there's no biological component to the correlation between the occupations and the music - but almost certainly the cultural aspect would also play a major role.
- mewziq 3y agoLearning an instrument is the only skills based learning that activates both hemispheres and eases their collaboration: https://youtu.be/R0JKCYZ8hng?si=VA5zRZPZIWxHlmPP https://youtu.be/R0JKCYZ8hng?si=VA5zRZPZIWxHlmPP Other skills, tested via imaging, seem to dominate one side or the other.