Monday, December 21, 2009

Bobby McFerrin

Here are a few notes from the maestro as a special treat.
This is part of a symposium about music and the brain, which I found totally absorbing since it touched on cultural differences in music using Indian and Western music as examples...

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Improvises A Cappella, Song One of Two from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

2 comments:

Zhoen said...

I found McFerrin's work back about 1982. Amazing guy.

Rosie said...

I find it amazing the way he can sing quite high lyrical phrases and drop effortlessly into a bass note at just the right moment.
I shall take the dog for a walk in the forest and explore my resonnances.
If this saves the lives of a few birds as the result of my singing disturbing the hunters, so much the better...