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It's not too early to start thinking about what music you would like to have presented to you when you are neurologically impaired, and to share those choices with your family. I've started the process by creating on the blog a category of
Video - music that now has about 200 entries.
I've been thinking about making a "Stroke Mix" on my iPod for years. Might finally do it! I'm a firm believer in the power of music affecting neurological function, especially after reading "Musicophilia" by Oliver Sacks.
ReplyDeleteWell, anything in my iTunes library would make me happy, but I have four playlists in particular that I hope someone would think to hookup. I tag moods and genres with the rating stars, so 2-, 3-, 4-, or 5-star rated music would do well.
ReplyDeleteAs an aside, isn't it strange that iTunes doesn't have some kind of advanced tagging system? I'd love to be able to tag "Here Comes The Sun" with more than Rock and 5-stars. That feature would make Smart Playlist actually worth something.
One big problem with this that I see is -- What about the Deaf? My mother is 87, and slightly deaf (she can hear, but does better with hearing aides). She currently lives at home (with me), but only rarely listens to music because of said deafness. What then?
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What an amazing thing! Music is a magical thing and resonates so deeply. On another note, Yvonne Russell, what a thoroughly beautiful soul! I pray that my loved ones—and I—are surrounded by someone so loving and passionate about care at the tail end of life.
ReplyDeleteI've created a "Wake playlist", so those who attend my wake can hear the music that meant something to me. I originally did it on Youtube, but when I reached their limiot of 200 and was replacing one with another, it deleted 115 of them. I decided to convert all to .mp3 files. I don't have an I-pod or Itunes, so I have it on a flash stick in a folder. If I can, I will add to an I-pod later.
ReplyDeleteAs to a stroke list, I don't see why the same list can't be used for both. If I have a stroke for a long time, I'd hate to have just the same songs playing over and over. But compared to the crap music now on radios, there is no comparison. And oldies stations play the same 300 songs - 220 of which don't mean anything to me.
BTW, the 200 songs were almost exactly 12 hours total. I am aiming for 250 in my Wake folder.