Luke Gilman : Life and Law » Music I Like http://www.lukegilman.com Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:36:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Music I Like: Stephen Bruton http://www.lukegilman.com/2010/03/16/music-i-like-stephen-bruton/ http://www.lukegilman.com/2010/03/16/music-i-like-stephen-bruton/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:45:30 +0000 Luke Gilman http://www.lukegilman.com/?p=174 Alejandro Escovedo mentioned the loss of a friend and musician Stephen Bruton the last time I saw him play in Houston. I knew the name but couldn’t really place it, much to my embarrassment now. I was reminded of it when I heard it again in Jeff Bridges Oscar acceptance speech. Bruton was responsible, with T-Bone Burnett, for much of the music on Crazy Heart. Allow me to humbly suggest, despite my poor example, that you check out the clips I found below and then go out and buy ever album he ever made or played on.

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Stephen Bruton, Waiting for a Long Time

Stephen Bruton with the Resentments: Heart of Hearts

Trailer: Crazy Heart

A Video Tribute

Stephen Bruton Tribute Video from J. Mitchell Johnson on Vimeo.

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World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale

Filmed in June, Bobby McFerrin (you know, Don’t Worry, Be Happy) demonstrates the universal human intuition of the pentatonic scale on a neuroscience panel at the World Science Festival, Notes and Neurons

Is our response to music hard-wired or culturally determined? Is the reaction to rhythm and melody universal or influenced by environment? Join host John Schaefer, Jamshed Barucha, scientist Daniel Levitin, Professor Lawrence Parsons and musical artist Bobby McFerrin for live performances and cross cultural demonstrations to illustrate music’s note-worthy interaction with

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World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale

Filmed in June, Bobby McFerrin (you know, Don’t Worry, Be Happy) demonstrates the universal human intuition of the pentatonic scale on a neuroscience panel at the World Science Festival, Notes and Neurons

Is our response to music hard-wired or culturally determined? Is the reaction to rhythm and melody universal or influenced by environment? Join host John Schaefer, Jamshed Barucha, scientist Daniel Levitin, Professor Lawrence Parsons and musical artist Bobby McFerrin for live performances and cross cultural demonstrations to illustrate music’s note-worthy interaction with the brain and our emotions.

See full panel here: Notes and Neurons

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