i used to be a bartender at a mexican resturant in e lansing (el
azteco) and we would from time to time get families in there.
i could always get the little kids to dance to plastikman sheet one
or musik. sometime dave clarke electroboogie mixes.
the never seemed to respond to the dub, maybe it was not loud enough?
scotto
On Jun 8, 2006, at 9:09 AM, Gil Yaker wrote:
I am picking up this thread from about 13 months ago...
So I finally get to add to this b/c I'm a new, first time dad, as
of almost
a month ago. As you either know, or can imagine, there's tons of
writing and
products out there that play on the idea of Classical music being
good and
calming for baby. I personally think it's a load of hooey and a
marketing
technique they use b/c in the real world, people associate
classical music
with intelligence and culture.
Someone gave us a baby Einstein CD (a series of toys, music, and
video for
infants), and it was crap - 40 minutes of classic lullabies played
on a
general MIDI preset box.
My theory goes like this: when baby is in utero, he/she is swimming in
fluid. All of the outside sounds get translated to swirling bass,
and it's
LOUD in there; think about what it sounds like when you're under
water. I
was looking for the best music to mimic that environment
To that end, the thing that just astounds me is that my son loves
and is
calmed by dubby techno (lucky for me!). When he starts to cry, I
play rhythm
& sound, maurizio, or deepchord over and over. More up tempo Gez
Varley,
Ifach label, or Rob Hood tracks work too.
The trick is turning it up, not to any ludicrous level, but loud
enough to
feel the bass kick. Cutting back on the highs helps too.
Hopefully, his taste in music will continue along this path :)
-Gil
