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Fooling Yourself: Familiarity Breeds Lack of Contempt

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Repetition helps you appreciate a song or an album …

… but be warned that critical thought is also required.

Otherwise you will end up fooling yourself …

…. due to the musical version of “Stockholm syndrome.”

Tom Barnes explains:

we now know that the emotional centers of the brain — including the reward centers — are more active when people hear songs they’ve been played before. In fact, those brain areas are more active even than when people hear unfamiliar songs that are far better fits with their musical taste.

 

“Dark Places” (June 2014 single) by @Quinn_Archer ★★★★☆

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Maybe you heard “Dark Places” by Quinn Archer recently as you were watching the excellent sci-fi TV show Continuum (which happens to be both set in and filmed here in Vancouver, British Columbia).

If so, then you certainly won’t want to miss her great song “Walk Through the Fire” either.

And if those two songs don’t win you over to being thoroughly convinced of her mega-talent, then check out her new video, in which she transmutates the currently popular Ariana Grande (with Iggy Azalea) song, “Problem,” into something very cool.

An earlier version of the “Dark Places” single appears to have been released in January, but now the June release improves on that stripped-down version with superbly crafted musical production and performance.

Clearly, Quinn has the right stuff and it will be interesting to hear what she does next.

Quinn Archer — “Dark Places” [June 2014 single]

Progarchist Rating: ★★★★☆