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A History of the Most Iconic Home Designs

The Mozart Effect: Is It Real?

Believe it or not, listening to Mozart CAN make you smarter.

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How Music Affects Your Driving

The Ultimate Medicinal Music Test


Aside from the health benefits of listening to your favorite tunes, there are plenty of links between medicine and music.

There’s a long history of band names, song themes and product marketing drawing inspiration from medical terms – this quiz tests how much you’ve been paying attention.

Are you a music trivia genius? A medical fact repository? A healthy mix of both?

Let’s find out!

Man and Machines Make Music

The machines are coming. If we’re lucky, they’ll just make amazing music like this. If we’re not lucky, they’re going to take over the world.[pb_vidembed title=”” caption=”” url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAdqazixuRY” type=”yt” w=”680″ h=”385″]

8 ways to make a blank wall more interesting

Staying Safe in Your Kitchen

Your kitchen can be a dangerous place.

From open flames to sharp knives, it’s no place to fool around.

Here’s everything you need to know not to become a home accident statistic.

A Brief History of Jazz

Jazz is one of those music genres that you either love or hate. Some have categorized it into “elevator music”, which doesn’t do justice to the lively jazz on the other side of the spectrum.   And indeed, there is a subgenre of jazz called freestyle that is most famous for its improvisational nature. Regardless of whether you are a traditional jazz fan, this uniquely American style of music has impacted popular music that we play even today.

The genre finds its roots in southern blues and the songs slaves sang while working.  Since the 1920’s jazz has come a long way both in quality and complexity. At first, in the so-called ragtime era, the go-to instrument for jazz musicians was a piano. However, that didn’t last for too long and musicians started to incorporate other orchestral instruments like trumpets, guitars, contrabasses, etc. Jazz even made its way into other music genres like hip-hop and rap.

The evolution of different subgenres of jazz has brought about the musical depth American musicians produce today.

Where 7 Famous Bands Played Their First Ever Gig

Where 7 Famous Bands Played Their First Ever Gig

Where 7 Famous Bands Played Their First Ever Gig, courtesy of hometogo