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Mozart or Moozart? Who’s in the news?

Dr. Alice Cash — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:46:54 +0000

What will they think of next?! Farmers in Spain have now discovered that playing specific pieces of music by Mozart greatly increases the amount of milk his dairy cows produce as well as enhances the taste by making it sweeter! Here’s what the ABC site had to say:

“On Hans Pieter Sieber’s Priegola dairy farm in Villanueva del Pardillo, Spain, the secret to success is not some newfangled technology or machine. Nor is it a time-tested technique or process handed down from generation to generation. Rather it is the dulcet, layered tones of classical music.
And not just any music. Sieber exposes his herd of approximately 700 heifers to the famous chords, crescendos and cadences of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Once just normal, run-of-the-mill dairy cows, these Friesians now receive the rock star treatment — listening to soothing music, sleeping on water beds, taking relaxing showers, and even enjoying sessions with an animal psychologist.
Believe it or not, since sending Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp in D Major soaring through their stalls at milking time, Sieber has seen a dramatic shift in the temperament and production of his Daisys and Besses.
Now his herd quietly lines up to be milked, seeming not to mind the poking and prodding that comes with being a dairy cow, and, most notably, producing anywhere from 1 to 6 more liters of milk per day than their non-Mozart listening counterparts.
“It is relaxing music for them, but at the same time it is dynamic, it keeps the cows active. The trick is not to have music too relaxing,” said Sieber’s son, Nicolas Sieber, the head of marketing for the Priegola farm. But Sieber believes it’s simpler than that. “If you give the cows comfort they are more disposed to help out,” he said. ” Fascinating!

Dr. Alice Cash — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:49:38 +0000

Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Birds on the Wires Music

Reading a newspaper, I saw a picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes (no Photoshop edit). I knew it wasn’t the most original idea in the universe. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating.

I sent the music to the photographer, Paulo Pinto, who I Googled on the internet. He told his editor, who told a reporter and the story ended up as an interview in the very same newspaper.

Here I’ve posted a short video made with the photo, the music and the score (composed by the birds).
The newspaper story about my work (O Estado de São Paulo): tinyurl.com/l4qdbg

Jarbas Agnelli
Music made with Logic.
Video made with After Effects.

A new performance by “Meeow-zart”

Dr. Alice Cash — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:22:45 +0000

This is called the “CatCerto” and is a very clever assemblage of brief clips of “Nora” the cat pawing ”Mozart” at the piano. Very clever indeed!

Why can’t humans be more like animals?

Dr. Alice Cash — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:31:23 +0000

Why can’t Humans be more like animals?

Click on this link for an amazing video set to some beautiful music!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rooyt3ptNco

A Preemie Deer: Would singing lullabies help?

Dr. Alice Cash — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:04:20 +0000

In my work as a clinical musicologist and a therapist I emphasize the use of singing lullabies to preemies as one of the best things a mother can do to stabilize her baby, get her gaining weight, and create a lifelong bond. But what if the preemie is a deer? This little fellow was delivered by Cesearian when his mother was hit by a car. Read on about his amazing early days:

Little Rupert, who is so small he can fit in an adult’shand, was born after vets failed in their battle to save his mother.
At just six inches tall and weighing just over a pound, he is now in an incubator in the intensive care unit at Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital in Buckinghamshire. He has only recently opened his eyes. Les Stocker, founder of Tiggywinkles, said: Rupert’s mother had very severe injuries. We brought him out and got him breathing and then he went into an incubator on oxygen. He is now being fed by a tube.

Did you try some soft lullabies?

Introducing the Feline “Meow-zart!”

Dr. Alice Cash — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:10:29 +0000

Recently, I wrote on a post on my “Music Healing and Animals” blog about a kitty named Nora that loves to play the piano! When I started the music and animal blog over a year ago I wondered if I’d really have enough material to post very often. To my surprise and delight I have found tons of information about animals of all kinds and how they respond to music, make music, and go out of their way to be around music.

A friend of mine in California suggested the “Meow-zart” name for Nora and I love it! To read more and see the sequel to the video I posted a few days ago, click here! Also, remember if you subscribe to this blog, you will get one free download of a healing music product!

Music Going to the Dogs!

Dr. Alice Cash — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:55:22 +0000

Freckles is an attentive boy, a beagle-mix rescued from sure death on Sixth Street some five years ago.He retains a strong food motive from his days of wandering the urban wilderness. So, Freckles was, as usual, at hand when my husband and I put a CD in the player and sat down on the designated doggie couch in our dog/media room.
The CD was “Songs To Make Dogs Happy,” billed as “the first musical CD for dogs, approved by dogs.”
Canine focus groups, selected from 250 dogs nationwide, were assembled and questioned by animal communicator Kim Ogden of Chicago on their music and lyric preferences. MORE Technorati Profile

Can animals benefit from music?

Dr. Alice Cash — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:16:35 +0000

I certainly think so, and for that reason I have a blog called Music Healing and Animals. To visit this blog, go to http://music-healing-and-animals.blogspot.com/. Enjoy!