Michael Tilson Thomas: Music and emotion through time | Video on TED.com.
This TED talk from Michael Tilson Thomas made me think again about something I think about all the time and that is how the availability of any music on demand makes this a great time to live. Sure, clean air and clean water and an abundant supply of food is great, but music? MUSIC? I can listen to anything I want on my Google Nexus S via Spotify anywhere at any time and that never ceases to amaze me and I am grateful for the wide variety of music that is available to me…
In May of 2005, I was blessed to attend a high mass in the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany. The sun streaming through the stained glass, the incense, and the music, ah, the music — an all Mozart mass — I tried hard to imagine what an incredible experience that would have been in the 19th century when music was in short supply but with 5,000 songs on my iPod, it was hard to do!
I have very eclectic tastes in music; thanks to services like Pandora, I continue to get exposed to a wide variety of music. Just last night I found ‘Relaxation Radio’ and ‘Calm Meditation Radio’ channels on Pandora — great background music for massage. :-D
Before I sign off to go pick weeds in the garden, here’s another TED talk from one of my favorite musicians, David Byrne…
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Bright, shiny objects! 
Todd, it is a really great time to be a musician, especially a female musician. 10 years ago my life wasn’t so easy in the music world. 20 years ago it was down right impossible. I love this era we are in where music is so widely available to the masses, kind of like when they printed the first Bibles and made them widely spread and available to the masses instead of the select elite few. Thank you William Tyndale for a brilliant conception. Peace Jaz
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I did not know you are a musician. Where can I hear your work?
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I will send you a couple of youtube links. I have more work to do but here’s a couple….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09X_gzspXrw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY2ZRzp_Rp8
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Very nice, Jaz. Do you have these posted on your site?
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Some are on my blogs. I didn’t want to post them until I had all the videos made. LOL Slow going process….Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed!
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