This one is great for the beginning of classes now in September⊠hihihi
Todd heard this song while he slept. The tune just popped in his head. He hurried to the recording studio to put down what he recalled. âThe success of that song is completely organic. Itâs purposely cynical. The record label wasnât taking it seriously and didnât hear it as a single. It was just something that popped into my head while I slept.â
John Lennon is quoted as saying this about the song, âI just churned that out. Iâm not putting it down, itâs just what it is, but I just sat down and wrote it, you know, with no real inspiration, based on a dream Iâd had.â
Michael Stipe wrote this song based on a dream of a party that was similar to an actual party he had attended. In the dream, all the party-goers had the initials L.B. and the only food was jelly beans and cheesecake.
While treating hepatitis contracted through a contaminated needle, Brian May had very feverish dreams. In one of them, âThe Prophetâs Songâ appeared.
Monday I sent a message to this composer and, among other things, I asked if he composes from dreams and today he published a song he is writing about a man who heard in dreams he was going to be taken by an UFO and wrote a letter to a friend⊠amazingâŠ!
"Music can have a number of effects on dreams, including:
Music can influence the themes and scenarios of dreams, and can reflect emotions like excitement, happiness, sadness, and anger. For example, listening to relaxing music before bed can lead to dreams in peaceful settings, while energetic music can lead to action-packed dreams.
Falling asleep to music can improve sleep quality and the frequency of dreaming.
Music can be a tool to induce lucid dreaming, a state where a person is aware they are dreaming and can control the dream narrative.
Music can trigger powerful memories and recollections, which can help access and process memories that might be difficult to deal with otherwise.
Music can activate the brain, particularly in regions associated with stress reduction and relaxation.
The Theta stage, with a frequency of 4â8 Hz, is the best brainwave state for lucid dreaming.
Some ways to incorporate music into lucid dreaming include:
" Dreams that include music tend to be emotionally positive.
If you donât recall hearing music while dreaming, youâre in the majority. In a study published last summer in Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, fewer than half of the nearly 2,000 people who responded to an online survey said they had experienced a music dream. Overall, only 6 percent of remembered dreams contained music.
The likelihood of having a music dream was higher in people who spent more of their waking time on singing, playing an instrument, or actively listening to music (i.e., listening closely and giving the music their full attention). There was also a high correlation between their preferred music style in daily life and the style of music that popped up in their dreams. The researchers say these findings support the hypothesis that the content of dreams is largely a continuation of a personâs thoughts and concerns in waking life.
Among those who had music dreams, these dreams were associated with more positive emotions than dreams in general. That may partly be due to context; music often turned up in dreams about listening to tunes and being at parties. One still-unanswered question is whether having a music dream affects someoneâs mood the next day.
Another provocative question is how dreams about music may stimulate creativity. From Beethoven and Stravinsky to Paul McCartney and Keith Richards, a number of notable musicians have reported hearing music and even composing new pieces in their dreams. But this ability to find musical inspiration isnât limited to world-class musicians. In the study, more than one-fourth of those who had experienced music dreams said they had created new melodies while dreaming.
Bottom line: Whether youâre trying to get ready for bedtime, fend off insomnia, or tap into emotionally positive dreams, the results of these recent studies should be music to your ears."
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âIf Only For a Nightâ â Florence and the Machine
During a tour in Germany, vocalist Florence Welch reportedly dreamed of her late grandmother, who gave her advice for life. Advice turned into music.
âThe Man Comes Aroundâ â Johnny Cash
The track, released in 2002, began to be drafted many years earlier, when Cash dreamed of meeting Queen Elizabeth II of England, who told him he was a âthorn caught in a whirlwind.â Years later, he would have read something similar in the book of Revelation, in the Bible, remembering the dream and working on the song.
