WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:56.189 Thank you. Welcome, welcome, welcome to Why Make Music.. 00:00:56.189 --> 00:01:09.109 Episode 27. It feels like heaven. If you 00:01:09.109 --> 00:01:19.750 watch Stranger Things, do you have power? Your 00:01:19.750 --> 00:01:28.290 mental capabilities? Do you live outside your 00:01:28.290 --> 00:01:34.989 mind or do you live deep inside your mind where 00:01:34.989 --> 00:01:44.049 your dreams come true and you run wild? I am 00:01:44.049 --> 00:02:04.000 your host, ThinkTimm. T H I N K T I M M and I am the creator 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:13.379 and curator of this podcast. Why Make Music... 00:02:13.699 --> 00:02:24.300 Dot, dot, dot. On today's podcast, we will be 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:31.960 diving into the research that I looked up in 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:41.539 reference to the mental state of composers and 00:02:41.539 --> 00:02:49.580 producers those who are More than listeners of 00:02:49.580 --> 00:02:55.060 music, the professional musicians, the players, 00:02:55.240 --> 00:03:01.319 the creators, the ones who tickle the ivory, 00:03:01.580 --> 00:03:06.580 pluck the strings, pound the drums, write the 00:03:06.580 --> 00:03:15.060 lyrics. Yeah, but before... I get into it, I 00:03:15.060 --> 00:03:20.939 must ask of all. If this is your first time or 00:03:20.939 --> 00:03:27.379 your 27th time, please make sure you like and 00:03:27.379 --> 00:03:33.860 subscribe to the podcast on all of your podcasts. 00:03:34.379 --> 00:03:41.960 platforms on YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify etc 00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:50.740 because my analytics are showing that we are 00:03:50.740 --> 00:03:57.740 growing as an audience but no one is liking. 00:03:58.039 --> 00:04:04.520 In order for me to share and be suggested to 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:10.960 others, you must like, follow, share, and even 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:19.980 comment on the podcast. My history for those 00:04:19.980 --> 00:04:26.759 who are tuning in, I am a hobbyist musician, 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:33.680 born and raised to make music, but did not do 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:39.019 that as a career. But now that I have nothing 00:04:39.019 --> 00:04:48.879 but time on my hands, I am digging into my... 00:04:52.040 --> 00:04:58.079 tricks and putting out music and incorporating 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:09.699 artwork and writing a blog on www.ThinkTimm com 00:05:09.699 --> 00:05:26.339 that's T H I N K T I M M or purchase all of 00:05:26.339 --> 00:05:34.379 my music. I am new at this. I currently have 00:05:34.379 --> 00:05:40.019 six projects that are available for streaming 00:05:40.019 --> 00:05:46.879 on all major streaming platforms such as Apple, 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:56.269 Spotify, Amazon, YouTube. music uh Tidal 00:05:56.269 --> 00:06:01.850 still exists i am uncertain but on all major 00:06:01.850 --> 00:06:09.930 platforms you can type in T H I N K T I M M 00:06:09.930 --> 00:06:17.870 and you can listen to my tracks I say tracks 00:06:17.870 --> 00:06:23.529 because currently I was producing instrumentals 00:06:23.529 --> 00:06:31.269 and there is a total of six projects. Each project 00:06:31.269 --> 00:06:42.089 contains 26 tracks for a grand total of 156 individually 00:06:42.089 --> 00:06:50.079 unique. songs that are all written composed produced 00:06:50.079 --> 00:07:01.379 and played by me no samples no interpolation 00:07:01.379 --> 00:07:09.689 of other Material just original. My goals as 00:07:09.689 --> 00:07:17.850 a independent producer and artist is to attempt 00:07:17.850 --> 00:07:25.670 to get my music played. and commercials or on 00:07:25.670 --> 00:07:31.550 television or any type of media such as movies, 00:07:31.889 --> 00:07:37.769 anything that is called sync licensing. So I 00:07:37.769 --> 00:07:44.170 am diligently in the background trying to make 00:07:44.170 --> 00:07:50.240 that occur. Segue to the background. All the 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:57.319 music that you hear during the podcast in the 00:07:57.319 --> 00:08:04.120 background are tracks produced by me, played 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:12.240 by me for your enjoyment. If you need some sounds 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:18.759 to work out to, to study to, I'm not sure if 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:24.420 this stuff qualifies as lo -fi, but I know it's 00:08:24.420 --> 00:08:31.860 good because I'm not just the maker. I listen 00:08:31.860 --> 00:08:40.000 to my own music also, so I want to implore that 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:45.120 you... The listening audience, try something 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:55.840 new. Try ThinkTimm. T -H -I -N -K -T -I -M -M. 00:08:56.139 --> 00:09:03.960 And make sure you tune in every week for a new 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:13.980 episode of Why Make Music. dot dot and listen 00:09:13.980 --> 00:09:22.980 to the cool new topic that we are discussing 00:09:22.980 --> 00:09:36.080 and that leads me to episode 27 once again Please 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:43.740 like, subscribe, follow, share with a friend. 00:09:43.820 --> 00:09:52.460 Tell someone that, yo, there's this cool, mellow 00:09:52.460 --> 00:09:58.080 kind of funky podcast that you can listen to. 00:09:58.179 --> 00:10:04.299 You can shop. too. You can clean the house too. 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:11.200 You can dance too. Has anyone ever said I'm dancing 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:16.899 to a podcast? I don't know, but you can. But 00:10:16.899 --> 00:10:23.120 anyway, episode 27, what we are getting into. 00:10:23.539 --> 00:10:31.039 We are going to discuss a topic that I personally 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:40.159 wanted to look up and get into recently I too 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:46.960 listen to podcasts and I too watch YouTube videos 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:53.039 but I came across something that I thought was 00:10:53.039 --> 00:11:00.639 rather fascinating and I wanted to share Long, 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:10.000 long time ago, in a world when I was a youngin', 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:20.440 I used to buy physical records before it became... 00:11:50.539 --> 00:11:58.320 Inside these records were liner notes. I used 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:06.120 to, as I'm sure most people who are collectors 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:12.679 interested in music or literate, just read what 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:32.000 was inside the albums. Being a time this was 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:43.460 84 around Purple Rain and if I'm not mistaken 00:12:43.460 --> 00:12:49.080 that's the first album that I saw the name Susan 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:56.039 Rogers and I thought that was cool only because 00:12:56.039 --> 00:13:06.049 she was listed as the sound engineer. Being though 00:13:06.049 --> 00:13:14.669 it was the 80s and I was young, I wasn't a novice 00:13:14.669 --> 00:13:21.350 as far as terminology of what music production 00:13:21.350 --> 00:13:28.110 was, even though At that time, it was way above 00:13:28.110 --> 00:13:33.870 my pay grade because I was just plucking bass 00:13:33.870 --> 00:13:40.149 and making songs on a cassette player, bouncing 00:13:40.149 --> 00:13:45.509 tracks back and forth. I was nowhere near trying 00:13:45.509 --> 00:13:54.779 to go to a studio. the folks did so i gave props 00:13:54.779 --> 00:13:59.059 to miss susan rogers for working with one of 00:13:59.059 --> 00:14:09.779 the best fast forward to the 2020's Susan Rogers 00:14:09.779 --> 00:14:20.480 is now a PHD Doctor at an University where she 00:14:21.210 --> 00:14:29.370 teaches Neuroscience in relation to music and 00:14:29.370 --> 00:14:37.509 auditory understanding. Why do I find that interesting? 00:14:38.169 --> 00:14:50.169 Because it is scientific research. Excuse me. 00:14:51.309 --> 00:15:01.169 on how we listen and hear music and how that 00:15:01.169 --> 00:15:11.909 is processed in our heads. I don't know if the 00:15:11.909 --> 00:15:22.450 average person is aware music is a therapeutic 00:15:22.450 --> 00:15:36.090 device. Music is something that we as the world, 00:15:36.190 --> 00:15:47.070 we as humans take for granted. From the time 00:15:47.070 --> 00:16:12.049 that we Consistently. A part. Of our lives. I 00:16:12.049 --> 00:16:20.149 say that. Because. My question. Was. That I had 00:16:20.149 --> 00:16:26.370 to do. A little bit of research on. Was. How. 00:16:26.809 --> 00:16:38.980 Does. The brain structure of one who write, compose, 00:16:39.139 --> 00:16:48.379 make, create music, operate. Does it operate 00:16:48.379 --> 00:16:57.919 differently than those who do not? And I didn't 00:16:57.919 --> 00:17:08.119 ask the question or look up just based upon my 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:20.240 own need to understand myself, but more so for 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:37.549 the need to understand how. Music is basically 00:17:37.549 --> 00:17:50.230 sound waves put together to create a understandable 00:17:50.230 --> 00:18:00.750 language that is rarely not understood, rarely 00:18:00.750 --> 00:18:08.240 not holding a... place where a person would have 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:20.880 a opinion about music. It's something that is 00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:28.400 constantly there and is very, very noticeable 00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:42.400 when it is absent from One's life. So. When I 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:48.940 was. Looking up. And reading about this. It actually 00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:55.319 said. That there are. Different attributes. That 00:18:55.319 --> 00:19:04.200 affect. The mind. The brain. brain structure 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:12.700 for composers and producers and for those who 00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:19.299 do not. And they say that these attributes are 00:19:19.299 --> 00:19:30.000 due to the extensive mental and physical training 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:37.920 and practice. that takes place in the creation 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:50.599 of music, it actually leads to neuroplastic changes 00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:58.460 in the brain. When I say neuroplastic changes 00:19:58.460 --> 00:20:03.640 in the brain, I'm actually talking structural 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:10.759 differences, such as gray matter volume. You 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:16.400 know, they say that a professional musician exhibits 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:20.759 an increase of gray matter volume in regions 00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:27.299 associated with motor control. Meaning playing 00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:34.740 your digits, your fingers, your audio, your auditorial 00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:40.400 process, hearing, how you take in and your spatial 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:48.539 coordination. These are things that as a person 00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:55.730 who creates music. We perhaps take for granted. 00:20:55.829 --> 00:21:01.529 And for those who consume. And watch and listen. 00:21:01.910 --> 00:21:09.910 Probably never ever questioned. Was there something 00:21:09.910 --> 00:21:15.589 that's different. About the brain structure of 00:21:15.589 --> 00:21:24.859 a person. Comparable to. An athlete who practices 00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:32.319 and wakes up and works hard and plays hard in 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:40.119 their competition, their sport. A musician. It 00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:45.400 turns out they say that it is funny because there 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:51.700 are parts and area of the brain. that undergo 00:21:51.700 --> 00:22:05.039 changes to what they learn and due to their adapting 00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:10.700 to their special music training, it's almost 00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:14.380 like muscle memory. You understand? It's like 00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:21.480 basically... One thing I, as a creator of music, 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:28.480 novice level, something I have a hard time doing 00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:38.079 is singing and playing at the same time. To me, 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:42.599 that's almost like two trains running on one 00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:51.279 track and... The conductor I am not. So, in time, 00:22:51.599 --> 00:23:00.880 it's funny that I realize when I switch off the 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:08.680 thought process and do it, it works better. It's 00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:16.470 like... You know, you sit back and say, like, 00:23:16.470 --> 00:23:22.170 how could you pull this off when if I when I 00:23:22.170 --> 00:23:27.210 was trying to, it seemed like a rather hard and 00:23:27.210 --> 00:23:32.410 difficult. So there is a thing that I read about 00:23:32.410 --> 00:23:39.930 and it's about a cortical I think I'm saying 00:23:39.930 --> 00:23:45.289 that right. Cortical Activation. Processes. They said. 00:23:45.369 --> 00:23:54.450 That they used a. MRI. Study. To study the brain. 00:23:55.130 --> 00:24:02.509 And that. Professional pianists. Seems as though. 00:24:02.730 --> 00:24:10.380 They use. Lower levels. Of. Cortical Activation 00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:18.039 to stimulate, to activate their digits, their 00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:26.779 fingers, their phalanges when playing. So, I 00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:32.900 guess that's like technically being on autopilot. 00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:45.279 Your brain is literally affected. I say that 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:52.900 because a few years ago, I had the opportunity 00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:58.680 to do a little digging because of my own curiosity 00:24:58.680 --> 00:25:04.799 about culture. And it turns out that I'm not 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:09.539 saying this in a negative way, but I'm speaking 00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:16.359 on a culture's education. And from my understanding, 00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:27.779 a lot of the Asian culture, they spend a lot 00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:37.259 of time teaching their children how to play instruments. 00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:41.740 And I'm not talking recreationally playing. I'm 00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:48.359 talking full music theory, full training, full 00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:56.559 regimented instruction. Now, does that necessarily... 00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:03.299 Make them better when it comes to being a musician. 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:08.799 Because I'm not going to lie to you. I've always 00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:15.539 lived by the statement that I don't know who 00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:22.039 said it. Maybe I made it up. Just because you 00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:25.559 can read a book doesn't mean you can write a 00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:30.779 book. So to me, just because you can read and 00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:37.319 write music doesn't mean that you can necessarily 00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:48.140 create something that will be standout -ish somehow. 00:26:49.759 --> 00:27:01.900 in the grand architect of sound. That leads me 00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:10.299 to something that I touched on early, early in 00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:19.599 another podcast. The therapeutic value of music 00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:29.980 now if that statement that music is therapeutic 00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:38.440 or music does not have an effect I know for a 00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:47.049 fact that several times We have all heard when 00:27:47.049 --> 00:27:52.630 something goes wrong, if someone does something 00:27:52.630 --> 00:28:01.609 negative or something hateful, they always tend 00:28:01.609 --> 00:28:09.670 to investigate, oh, what was that? doing in their 00:28:09.670 --> 00:28:15.589 time their free time what type of shows were 00:28:15.589 --> 00:28:20.210 they watching what type of literature were they 00:28:20.210 --> 00:28:26.150 reading what type of video games were they playing 00:28:26.150 --> 00:28:30.990 and what type of music were they listening to 00:28:30.990 --> 00:28:43.549 so if you ever wanted to question the influence 00:28:43.549 --> 00:28:55.109 that music has we've all been down that road 00:28:55.109 --> 00:29:09.809 once or twice in our lives that we've subconsciously 00:29:09.809 --> 00:29:18.549 gave props or blame to music for something an 00:29:18.549 --> 00:29:26.750 aspect of our being our understanding our memory 00:29:26.750 --> 00:29:35.640 just a reminder right now but You are listening 00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:47.680 to Why Make Music... Dot, dot, dot Hosted by ThinkTimm 00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:59.140 T -H -I -N -K -T -I -M -M And I hope you're 00:29:59.140 --> 00:30:09.210 having a great time. Music therapy. What's the 00:30:09.210 --> 00:30:18.630 phrase? Music soothes the savage beast. Put some 00:30:18.630 --> 00:30:25.990 light music on to relax. Put some banging tracks 00:30:25.990 --> 00:30:32.819 out to... party to let the band play and you 00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:37.680 get down in the pit and you run and you jump 00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:42.039 and you let your vibe out when you're working 00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:48.019 out you pound some music you put on something 00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:54.319 to keep going when you're driving fast you put 00:30:54.319 --> 00:31:00.259 on music you want to be cool, you find a nice 00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:10.140 soothing track. All of these things have affected 00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:16.380 your mental, your understanding, your growth, 00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:25.339 your comprehension of life based upon music. 00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:37.160 Now let me circle all the way back. Now, of course, 00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:42.299 I can only speak for myself and I'm not trying 00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:52.880 to be self -indulgent. But all I think about 00:31:52.880 --> 00:32:06.480 outside of Family and responsibility is music. 00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:17.200 I've had the fortune or misfortune to basically 00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:24.880 have me basically removed from everyday life. 00:32:25.930 --> 00:32:32.049 I'm not imprisoned or anything, but I don't necessarily 00:32:32.049 --> 00:32:41.730 socialize like the average person. So I have 00:32:41.730 --> 00:32:52.670 a lot of time to formulate my thoughts and formulate 00:32:52.670 --> 00:33:04.130 my opinions and to fully self recognize my personality 00:33:04.130 --> 00:33:20.019 my understanding and comprehension of music is 00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:26.619 something that I do not take for granted. It 00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:33.359 is something that I really want to share and 00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:45.859 it's very odd because technically I am a extremely 00:33:48.309 --> 00:33:55.589 introverted person. But I'm not. By no means. 00:33:57.529 --> 00:34:06.170 Technology has allowed me the opportunity to 00:34:06.170 --> 00:34:17.429 share myself and share my ideas my intellectual 00:34:17.429 --> 00:34:29.469 property it allowed me to grow and be fearless 00:34:29.469 --> 00:34:41.500 when it comes to wanting to leave something in 00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:50.639 the world. I say that because from a point of 00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:58.659 view of I don't say the word and use the word 00:34:58.659 --> 00:35:11.500 lightly because as the word is a creator, That 00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:23.519 is a small population, a small segment of the 00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:32.900 world that we know that people want to create 00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:41.340 and people do create. with the intention of sharing. 00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:51.480 The only reason I attempt to put some type of 00:35:51.480 --> 00:36:00.880 financial gain on it is because I see people 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:13.429 with lesser ideas doing so and as we are humans 00:36:13.429 --> 00:36:22.590 and on this planet it tends to allow you to have 00:36:22.590 --> 00:36:32.110 a better existence with more currency and i want 00:36:32.489 --> 00:36:39.090 the better things not necessarily for me but 00:36:39.090 --> 00:36:50.889 more so for my children my wife I feel as though 00:36:50.889 --> 00:36:57.650 I'm intelligent enough to attempt to compete 00:36:57.650 --> 00:37:05.760 for some of this attention So with that said, 00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:16.260 it's to you I share my ideas, my creation, my 00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:26.400 music, my sounds. I put these out to you to listen, 00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:34.530 to critique, to share, to... Drive, walk, talk 00:37:34.530 --> 00:37:43.869 to, to work out, to live with, to think about, 00:37:44.150 --> 00:37:51.309 to converse, to judge, to do whatever you want 00:37:51.309 --> 00:38:00.190 to do with the music. ingested, do what you need 00:38:00.190 --> 00:38:09.010 to do so you too could perhaps spark a creative 00:38:09.010 --> 00:38:17.730 seed within yourself to make you unlock your 00:38:17.730 --> 00:38:27.170 own creativity. We are all influenced by something, 00:38:27.750 --> 00:38:36.449 by someone, by some sound, by some smell, some 00:38:36.449 --> 00:38:45.849 word you've read somewhere has made you who you 00:38:45.849 --> 00:38:53.070 are. Your parents, your grandparents. The reputation 00:38:53.070 --> 00:38:59.809 that you have to live up to. The reputation that 00:38:59.809 --> 00:39:04.909 you want to create for others to live up to. 00:39:05.989 --> 00:39:14.449 These are all part of what makes us tick. What 00:39:14.449 --> 00:39:25.500 makes us alive. I have. the opportunity that 00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:34.139 I think a lot of people have not I can live a 00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:42.000 very peaceful private existence and live with 00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:53.039 my thoughts it is a wonderful feeling to not 00:39:53.039 --> 00:40:00.840 have to bend or break or change yourself and 00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:13.420 be appreciated for what you are. How do I encourage 00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:26.030 everyone to do the same even as I say this and 00:40:26.030 --> 00:40:33.849 then I have the dichotomy within me to say the 00:40:33.849 --> 00:40:41.010 blessed words of social media like follow share 00:40:41.010 --> 00:40:51.150 subscribe be you if If you do, you do. If you 00:40:51.150 --> 00:40:59.230 don't, you don't. Regardless, I have created 00:40:59.230 --> 00:41:07.809 humans. I have found love. I have fulfilled my 00:41:07.809 --> 00:41:14.750 duties as a human. Plus, I found peace within 00:41:14.750 --> 00:41:22.320 myself. which has allowed me to create intellectual 00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:31.099 property that I find good enough to want to share 00:41:31.099 --> 00:41:41.480 and I'm sure it will live on longer than I. What 00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:47.360 words of encouragement What words of meaning 00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:57.980 can I say to a listener, a friend, a family member 00:41:57.980 --> 00:42:09.199 to tell you to exercise your mind? Use your mind. 00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:18.679 that you have inside of yourself to move yourself 00:42:18.679 --> 00:42:29.920 forward so you can be the best version of yourself. 00:42:30.420 --> 00:42:40.880 People, we may possibly live in a world that 00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:48.719 we are supposed to answer to rules that are established 00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:57.559 by common sense principles but As any world or 00:42:57.559 --> 00:43:05.460 anything, anything has rules, parameters, policies 00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:12.239 that you must follow and adhere to. If you can 00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:18.860 be great within the parameters, you are permitted 00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:25.099 to break through those parameters. And the real 00:43:25.099 --> 00:43:34.699 world is exposed to you. The parameters that 00:43:34.699 --> 00:43:43.480 I speak of is the knowledge within your own mind 00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:51.159 that you do not take the opportunity to surpass. 00:43:52.079 --> 00:44:00.440 the status quo if you stay where they want you 00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:08.539 to stay if you do not try to move above move 00:44:08.539 --> 00:44:19.199 beyond the everyday you will allow them to win 00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:28.119 I know I know this started with the effect that 00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:37.519 music has on the mind, but this is the effect 00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:48.380 that music has on the mind. This is why make 00:44:48.380 --> 00:45:01.179 music. This is ThinkTimm. T -H -I -N -K -T -I -M = M 00:45:01.179 --> 00:45:11.699 This is why I make music. It frees my 00:45:11.699 --> 00:45:21.210 mind. It allows me to rise above. the everyday. 00:45:21.329 --> 00:45:29.269 It allows me to love, to share, to teach. It 00:45:29.269 --> 00:45:38.869 allows me to be me. It gives me the freedom to 00:45:38.869 --> 00:45:45.349 breathe, the freedom to grow, the freedom to 00:45:45.349 --> 00:45:55.300 understand and explain. We say all the time that 00:45:55.300 --> 00:46:01.840 there are so many unknowns in the world. There 00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:08.659 are so many things that we cannot do. That is 00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:18.599 all a lie. All of the answers are there. We come 00:46:18.599 --> 00:46:27.079 pre -programmed with the answers. We have to 00:46:27.079 --> 00:46:36.659 unlock our minds to feel, to sense, to understand 00:46:36.659 --> 00:46:48.059 our potential. I'm not saying everyone has to 00:46:48.059 --> 00:46:54.360 be great. I just need you to understand that 00:46:54.360 --> 00:47:05.119 everyone is great. What are you going to do with 00:47:05.119 --> 00:47:17.119 your greatness? with your time while you're here. 00:47:18.059 --> 00:47:26.639 The choice is up to you. The choice is truly 00:47:26.639 --> 00:47:34.699 only yours. If you would have told me six months 00:47:34.699 --> 00:47:41.900 ago, seven months ago, that, oh, you... are going 00:47:41.900 --> 00:47:50.460 to take your idea and you are going to run via 00:47:50.460 --> 00:47:57.679 technology and put your ideas out for the world 00:47:57.679 --> 00:48:07.300 to have, to listen, to be a part of. part of 00:48:07.300 --> 00:48:13.300 someone's listening routine to have an audience 00:48:13.300 --> 00:48:19.199 of people listening to you dispense advice that 00:48:19.199 --> 00:48:27.199 you find useful in living your own life when 00:48:27.199 --> 00:48:33.429 it comes to creating music. When it comes to 00:48:33.429 --> 00:48:39.210 thinking your own thoughts, I would have not 00:48:39.210 --> 00:48:46.510 believed that I would have enough to say. I would 00:48:46.510 --> 00:48:53.329 not believe that I want to sit and share. Go 00:48:53.329 --> 00:49:01.019 back to episode one. I was very apologetic about 00:49:01.019 --> 00:49:07.199 the presentation. I was nervous about the offering 00:49:07.199 --> 00:49:13.800 that I was putting out there. I realized that 00:49:13.800 --> 00:49:21.079 it's not the personal insecurities. There are 00:49:21.079 --> 00:49:30.119 no insecurities. Life is what you make it. Make 00:49:30.119 --> 00:49:37.619 it your own. Make music. Make art. Make love. 00:49:37.800 --> 00:49:43.900 Do what makes you happy as long as you do not 00:49:43.900 --> 00:49:51.780 harm another human. You can do it. I am doing 00:49:51.780 --> 00:49:59.590 it. I am motivated. I am moving forward. I have 00:49:59.590 --> 00:50:11.110 done some amazing things. I have released 156 00:50:11.110 --> 00:50:22.719 individual songs in a six -month period. No samples, 00:50:22.719 --> 00:50:29.199 all original material. I can stand on that. My 00:50:29.199 --> 00:50:37.679 next project, my next trip might take me around 00:50:37.679 --> 00:50:44.199 the world. My next trick might make me the greatest 00:50:44.199 --> 00:50:55.420 illusionist ever. Don't yourself. Everyone can 00:50:55.420 --> 00:51:03.239 do it. This is ThinkTimm for Why Make Music... 00:51:04.539 --> 00:51:12.699 Peace. Be wild. Be free. Be you. And once again Thank you