electronic music makes you smarter?

Serotonin · #1 (**permalink**) Dec 16, 03

let's see where this debate goes.The bottom line is the more openminded you are to music the more open you become as a person.An interesting survey would be to average the iq's of different genres of dj's?

AGROculture · #2 (**permalink**) Dec 16, 03

Well I'm about to read a book which has a chapter on how it has been proven that listening to certain classical music can increase your IQ

Itll be an interesting read

I guess Electronic music may be able to do the same thing *shrug*

Goat · #3 (**permalink**) Dec 16, 03

^ classical makes ya smarter. complex math goin on there.

music is a language. tones, beats, rhythm, volume, (etc) are all part of that equation.

electronic music is (imo) a complex approach, in some aspects, seeing how different sounds, breaks, scratching, mixing in is required.

at the same time though, it's quite easy to follow the 4/4 - 2/2 etc etc rhythm of the song, less time changes and key changes.

definitley, music makes you smarter

shorerider · #4 (**permalink**) Dec 16, 03

Slayer makes me drive faster.

Sykonee · #5 (**permalink**) Dec 16, 03

Attempting to derive a rhythm/melody out of an Aphex Twin drill'n'bass track takes some thinkin'.

Attempting to derive a rhythm/melody out of a speed garage track, um, takes much less thinkin'.

Draw your own conclusions. :smoke1:

Rytalin · #6 (**permalink**) Dec 16, 03

I agree for the most part, some electronic music can definetly make you smarter, amoung other things. Particularily the psychadellic stuff.

sweet~kandy · #7 (**permalink**) Dec 16, 03

makes u smarter, cool!

cyberdog · #8 (**permalink**) Dec 16, 03

Damn...why didn't I know this when I was in school...no more sleepless nights spent studying and stressing for exams...just crank up the rave tunes or better yet, find a dope party and voila! Instant-A!

**MC Hammered** · #9 (**permalink**) Dec 17, 03

If this is true then if I sleep on my music servers I should be able to decode the human DNA sequence then.

Or at least crack 32 character passwords in my head like Myles can.

rawb · #10 (**permalink**) Dec 17, 03

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Originally posted by Serotonin
let's see where this debate goes.The bottom line is the more openminded you are to music the more open you become as a person.

i don't think having a lack of personal taste makes you more intelligent.

ebbomega · #11 (**permalink**) Dec 17, 03

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Originally posted by Rytalin
I agree for the most part, some electronic music can definetly make you smarter, amoung other things. Particularily the psychadellic stuff.

Here's a disagreement.

A lot of Psy-trance is made through excessive layers. And i don't think layers specifically make a song more "intelligent". I find with a lot of the more "mechanical" music (techno, minimal tech, goa/psytrance, etc.) have this razor thin line between really fucking brilliant and absolutely nothing to it. Tobias tends to do sets that bounce between those two I find.

Layers can make a song more intelligent but I find that if that's all it has going for it, I lose interest really quickly.

pony · #12 (**permalink**) Dec 17, 03

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Originally posted by rawb:

i don't think having a lack of personal taste makes you more intelligent.

but if you can't think for yourself (as in you follow others or just don't think at all) then it seems as though you're showing signs that you lack some form of intelligence.

Ignorance is Bliss and Knowledge is Power...

anything that makes your mind wander and ponder
could make you more intelligent. mental apathy is not
the way to go....

rawb · #13 (**permalink**) Dec 17, 03

Quote:

Originally posted by pony

but if you can't think for yourself (as in you follow others or just don't think at all) then it seems as though you're showing signs that you lack some form of intelligence.

didn't i say 'i don't think having a lack of personal taste makes you more intelligent' ?

wouldn't 'personal taste' be dictated by thinking for yourself?

G-Style · #14 (**permalink**) Dec 17, 03

I do not think MUSIC makes you smarter. I do however think music makes you more cultured. Meaning that you learn to appreciate other types of music and art evne if you personally don't like it you can still however appreciate it. This is something many more people in the world nned to learn.
G

Serotonin · #15 (**permalink**) Dec 17, 03

the perspective of intelligence is what needs to be reviewed.
i think an open mind in general makes you more receptive to new information and knowledge thus creating more potential intelligence.The theory behind classical music is that it soothes and relaxes different parts of your mind which makes you able to use the mind more efficiently.Therefore you gain more control over your mind because your mind is able to receive more input.I find the same thing common when i listen to well produced and arranged trance.(watch me get flamed for this one :keebler: )

rawb · #16 (**permalink**) Dec 17, 03

having an open mind means confronting new things without prejudice.

listening and seeking out more electronic music means you have developed a preference for something. it is not having an open mind, in fact it's quite the opposite. you have developed a postive prejudice for all things electronic.

being open minded would be a good litmus test for certain kinds of intelligence, but liking a specific subset of a broader art hardly will raise your iq points.