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The Harmony of Souls: Exploring Music and the Brain with Neuroscientist Alan Harvey

The Harmony of Souls: Exploring Music and the Brain with Neuroscientist Alan Harvey

Update: 2024-06-17
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Check out this guest’s TED Talk!
Alan Harvey: Your brain on music


Lyrics referenced in this episode:
Nick Drake - "Hazey Jane II"
If songs were lines in a conversation
the situation would be fine.

Music referenced in this episode:
Sandy Denny - "Who Knows Where the Time Goes"
Henry Purcell - "Dido's Lament"

Other music mentioned on this episode: Sergei Rachmanihoff, Bonnie Raitt,  Karla Bonoff, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin.

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Books referenced in this episode:
"Music, Evolution, and the Harmony of Souls" by Alan Harvey
"Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain" by Oliver Sacks
"Dark Side of the Tune" by Bruce Johnson

Context for the mystery sound that was played:
"Hello, I'm a talking piano.
Can you understand me?"

Dreamcatcher Studio | Mixing & Mastering

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The Harmony of Souls: Exploring Music and the Brain with Neuroscientist Alan Harvey

The Harmony of Souls: Exploring Music and the Brain with Neuroscientist Alan Harvey

Donny Ingram