What Playing an Instrument Does to Your Brain
The earliest pieces don't get filed as opinions. They get laid down as templates.
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On music, identity,
and why it moves you.
Long-form pieces on the neuroscience of frisson, music psychology, and what your listening reveals about you.
The Song That Knows You
Frisson is not just a reaction to greatness. It is a map of your inner life, drawn by the music that found something in you that nothing else could reach.
Read →The Shiver You Didn't Ask For
The shiver you get when music cracks you open has a name. Scientists call it frisson. MIT has studied it. And one afternoon in Ibiza, Sven Väth explained it better than any researcher could.
Read →Why the Dancefloor Dissolves You, and What That Reveals About Who You Are
Collective effervescence is powerful precisely because it removes the question of individual taste. But that removal creates a hunger. The morning after, you want to know: what is mine?
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