🎧 We're back! The new Power of Music Thinking episode is a journey for your ears.
I’m sending you 'audio postcards' from Japan 🇯🇵 + sharing 3 big announcements about the future of the show (support, workshops & more!).

Listen to the full story and all the news here: https://musicthinking.com/audio-postcards-and-music-thinking-development/

#podcast #newepisode #japan #creativity #facilitation #musicthinking

My new podcast episode explores the paradox of sad music and its deep connection to our mental health.

I spoke with researcher Dr. Sandra Garrido about why the same song can be a tool for comfort or a trap for negative thinking. We also touch on music therapy techniques and its role in dementia care. A truly fascinating listen.

Find The Power of Music Thinking here:
https://musicthinking.com/why-do-we-listen-to-sad-music-with-sandra-garrido/

#MusicThinking #Podcast #MentalHealth #MusicTherapy #Psychology #Wellbeing

Fascinating new Music Thinking podcast episode is out! I spoke with AI expert Dr. Maya Ackerman about challenging the idea of AI as an "all-knowing oracle."

We explore computational creativity, improvisation, and the "dance of leading and following" between humans and machines.

Listen here:
https://musicthinking.com/challenging-the-ai-oracle-maya-ackerman-on-music-creativity-and-collaboration/

#Podcast #AI #Creativity #MusicThinking #MusicTech #GenerativeAI #HumanMachineCollaboration

Music, Pygmies & Emotion Tracking 🎶

What can research with Congolese Pygmies teach us about music and emotion? 🤔

Dive into the latest Power of Music Thinking episode featuring Prof. Hauke Egermann. We discuss:

Universal mechanisms in music response.
How the Mebenzélé Pygmies use songs against fear & anger.

Explore the science behind our connection to sound. Listen here: https://musicthinking.com/science-music-and-regulating-emotions-with-hauke-egermann/

#MusicThinking #Podcast #Science #Musicology #Culture #Emotions #musikwissenschaft

New episode of The Power of Music Thinking #podcast

We speak with Robin Hoffmann, a prize-winning composer, arranger and orchestrator from #berlin

We talk about orchestration in music and the difference between composing, orchestrating, arranging and conducting in Hollywood films, games and concerts.

This is a deep dive into the music industry and all its facets and an inspiration for everyone #orchestrating something.

https://musicthinking.com/everything-about-orchestration-with-robin-hoffmann/

#musicthinking #podcast #music #orchestra

Let’s talk about books today. What was the last book that inspired you? Was it a novel, a non-fiction book, a design book, a music book or a cookbook?

In this episode, I share three books that inspired my sound way of thinking, experiencing the world with an open ear and what has led to developing music thinking, the framework, the jam cards, the book and the podcast.

https://musicthinking.com/inspiring-books-on-music-thinking/

#books #BooksWorthReading #books #music #musicthinking #rebel #davidbowie #podcast

Hear the story of a strategy consultant who became a Sonic branding specialist. The latest episode of The Power of Music Thinking podcast is full of #branding insights.

https://musicthinking.com/sonic-branding-with-willemijn-van-hussen/

#sonicbranding #musicthinking #podcast

Happy Epiphany 2025

This year's epiphany story is about a multisensory art experience. https://musicthinking.com/listen-a-bit-louder-and-longer-happy-epiphany-2025/

I wish you good luck, excellent health and many multisensory epiphanies in 2025 #Epiphany #musicthinking #epiphany2025

https://musicthinking.com/listen-a-bit-louder-and-longer-happy-epiphany-2025/

#epiphany #epiphany2025 #musicthinking

We end this podcasting year with a young researcher who used improvisation and music as an experimental approach for her thesis on forest and nature conservation. With this approach, she won the Birgit Elands thesis prize just a few weeks ago.
https://musicthinking.com/the-role-of-emotions-and-rationality-in-research-with-leonoor-opstelten/

#musicthinking #podcast #research #experimental

Every two years, my wife and I, visit the Art Biennale of Venice. It's not just a visit, it's a learning experience, an inspiration, a ritual about creativity in the broadest sense.

And this time, I brought my recording device with me on a sound walk through the Biennale of Venice. Hear how the City, the Giardini, the Arsenale, the German, the British, and more pavillions sound.

https://musicthinking.com/sound-walk-in-the-summer-with-christof-zurn/

#podcast #fieldrecording #musicthinking