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Performance – the hidden power of the visual
Hello Dear Reader, One of the things I enjoy about the world of music psychology is the sense of community. We are \ a relatively small discipline so you tend to see similar faces at conferences and social events, and I very often bump into colleagues and ex-students either in person or when perusing the literature. Recently I came across a fellow music psychology academic who I have known since we completed our MAs in the Psychology of Music at the University of Sheffield in 2005. Dr Noola Griffiths is a charming and bubbly person, always smiling and full of enthusiastic energy for her work. I once interviewed Noola for…
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Music for a Desert Island
Hello Dear Reader, I am sometimes get asked when and where I like to listen to music in my personal life, given my professional interest in the subject. It may surprise you to hear that I almost never listen to music whilst commuting to work by train. If I am not working on my laptop (when I prefer silence) then I prefer podcasts. There can be times, on tough days, when I am drawn to music for emotional reasons, but in general I am put off by the low quality of my commuting headphones combined with the low resolution of music files on portable devices. ‘Tinny’ music feels like a…