Harnessing the Restorative Power of Music By Carl Sherman

This is an amazing story of the recent
developments in music therapy for restoring the brain.... SO I guess
music saved my life, huh?

Let me know what you know about this fascinating field after you check this out

Music and Stroke Recovery

There is some very important work being done in the field of neurology in
Boston, Mass on the use of music to rebuild pathways in the brain for patients
suffering from aphasia. check it out!

Harnessing the Restorative Power of Music By Carl Sherman

This is an amazing story of the recent developments in music therapy for restoring the brain.... SO I guess music saved my life, huh?

Let me know what you know about this fascinating field

Exploring How Music Works Its Wonders This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

A small professional cohort of experimentally oriented researchers is studying music and musical behaviors. Their research is widely dispersed in dusty journals, but the aggregate findings are genuinely informative about how music works its wonders. check this out:

Ave Maria

Someone has been prompting me to remember Mary and her role in the recovery of the Church and our culture. Many think that Marian devotions are outdated, no longer contemporary. And yet how can this be true? If she protects the Church in one age, she can do so in the current age. Maybe we have to look with new eyes, and understand what her meaning to our lives is today in our current culture.

Today is a sad day in Oklahoma with a lot of flooding. My nephew Michael was flooded out of his home, among many others. So, it seemed like a day to ask Mary to help us, her children, "contemporary" and "postmodern" yes, but still her children. So please watch me this video that we released earlier: Ave Maria. and pray it with me.

Ave Maria

Whole Life Videos on YouTube

Check out this little video on the life story of Andrea Bocelli. Another of those surprises that we don't hear about enough:

Whole Life Videos on YouTube

Deacon Joe's Dialogue

There is a friend and co-worker, Deacon Joe Forgue, that I turn to for many of my musings regarding the relevancy of particular musical expressions for liturgical and para-liturgical uses. We both believe, as Gabriel Moran has so elegantly stated, that God continues to reveal Himself to us in new, exciting and creative ways. I express this personally through my continuing work with music of all types from ancient to postmodern.  I hopefully can in this process help others relate to this "Revealing God".

Deacon Joe expresses himself more directly in dialogue in theology, philosophy, and stretching other's ability to think and talk about God. I sincerely believe you will enjoy engaging him at his new blog: Deacon Joe's Dialogue.

Check it out sometime soon and let me know what your thoughts are!

Catholic Music Facebook

Come join Catholic Music on Facebook and give us your thoughts and opinions on Catholic music within and apart from the Mass and other liturgical functions. We would like your opinions on where we are going in the Church and what might be most effective, especially for youth and young adults,but really for all of us!

Gregorian Chant

f you are ever interested in Catholic blogs addressing Gregorian Chant and other Catholic music, check this out:

Gregorian Chant

I've recently completed two compositions based on Chant, Puer Natus Est and Crucem Tuam; I'm strongly considering Adoro Te Devote and Veni Creator Spiritus . That would be 4, but I really want to eventually complete a 10 composition CD. They say that this is out of date these days, but I want to do it anyway. Please comment on the blog your favorite chants for me to consider. And I will keep you posted, as I continue to try to blend postmodern music with ancient chant.

Corpus Christi

This is the feast of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi. Two members of our choir, Shirley White on violin and Kathy Kenney as soloist, performed Panis Angelicus by Cesar Franck accompanied by our organist, Nancy Metivier. the parish really enjoyed the song, and asked for more, saying that they felt that they were truly at Mass today. For a reflection on  Corpus Christi and Transformation, please visit this blog. I hope that you the enjoy the blog as much as the parish enjoyed this song!

There are new artists coming up, some musicians, others poets. This young man, Preston Michael Losack, is both.

http://www.facebook.com/bob.metivier#!/notes/preston-michael-losack/the-ship/406124946177

Are you a music producer?

Check out this note from immitter.com and tell me: are you a music producer?

Gregorian Chant inspired compositions

The songs Crucem Tuam and Puer Natus Est are new instrumental songs based on ancient Gregorian Chant. Listen in and see if you can tell the original chant from the newly composed parts. Sometimes I forget! :-) Check it out at Bandcamp.com


My facebook page for music is Bob Metivier's Music

http://ncronline.org/news/politics/robin-hood-sword-and-magna-carta

http://ncronline.org/news/politics/robin-hood-sword-and-magna-carta

I've always been a fan of Russell Crowe's work, but this in particular should be very timely. The social justice message, whether you agree or not, of this story should be considered once again.

Musical Experiment

Ok, here is a test to see where tastes are now. In the last few days, I've uploaded to my bandcamp site two of my original compositions. One you would call chant-inspired classical music, the other is psalm-inspired acoustic pop/Contemporary Christian.

You can find them both on bobmetivier.bandcamp.com at these addresses:
Puer Natus Est
Lord, Send Out Your Spirit

Then, if you like either or both, could you go to my facebook account and let me know! That would be wonderful and help me to determine what my readers see/hear as the future of their music tastes.

My facebook page for music is Bob Metivier's Music

Hypebot

If you accept that music, art and media are effected by the environment in which they were created, then the quantum shifts caused by technology and the net are changing not just the way art is consumed, but also how it is created and the perspective of the creators. That's the premise explored in the forthcoming documentary PressPausePlay. According to the film's web site:

Technology Immitter

Immitter is a new Internet Music Transmitter site. It was recently demo'ed by its CEO at a major conference in Los Angeles and is in alpha as we speak.

It is a first look at the future of new media for music.  Immitter (i′mid·ər) is the first radio that any musician can contribute to and any listener can influence - A Social Radio. Look for the official launch in 2010. Here's a quick lighthearted explanation mocking the "plain english" series.

http://www.facebook.com/bob.metivier#!/video/video.php?v=560864775783&subj=45201456

Crucem Tuam

I finally released Crucem Tuam as the first new song from an upcoming release entitled, Embraced by the Spirit. You can hear on the media player here or by checking it out bobmetivier.bandcamp.com or on my facebook account! Let me know what you think! It will also shortly be on Amazon and iTunes.

The Sixty One - site for listeners

Here is another new site that I think you might find interesting!

https://www.thesixtyone.com/artist/bobmetivier/settings/password/?force_refresh=true&base_url=%2Fartist%2Fbobmetivier%2Fsongs%2F&per_page&page&song_position=0&cur_song_progress=121164.80725623583#/bobmetivier/