How music can future proof your brain | Neil Moore | TEDxJacksonville
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- Over the next decade we will witness the arrival of a technological tsunami that will transform life on earth and redefine what it means to be a human being. Given the world that we're heading into, it's essential for us to consider that the critical currency and personal attribute of the future will be creativity. Quite simply, humanity needs to think more creatively than ever before. By providing the brain with the critical neurological nutrition of musicianship, music educator Neil Moore believes we can discover and reconnect to our innate creative capability and prepare ourselves for the complex and challenging future we face.
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Australian educator Neil Moore is the Founder of Simply Music, an international music education organization. Neil's Simply Music program codifies the way that music occurred to him as a young child - hearing music and visualizing shapes and patterns. His unique approach democratizes music learning and transforms how quickly people can learn how to play and teach music. Neil's vision is to cause a breakthrough in access to musical self expression and elevate the creative capability of humanity. Simply Music is taught by licensed educators throughout the world, and his online, self-study program provides education to students across 132 countries. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
I couldn't help but smile when he had everyone clapping along. Such a simple and effective way to show how musical we are.
Yes, it's so much fun demonstrating to people how unconsciously musical they are, in all sorts of ways, all the time!! 🙂 Thanks so much for your comment.
that was incredible Neil. It doesn't matter how many times I've listened to you speak on this, it always gives me fresh FIRE to keep doing what I'm doing. Thank you so much for making a massive impact in my life and on everyone who has learned the Simply Music way. So much love to you.
Thank you so much Kat.
His perspective on music and creativity is truly inspiring. I never thought about musicianship in such a broad, humanistic way. His method sounds like a game changer for music education worldwide.
Thank you so much. And we really do have an opportunity, and the need, to cause a breakthrough in music learning.
@@TheNeilMoore thank you for the talk Neil!
@@jayreaves1578 Thank you Jay!
I love what he's talking about in terms of creativity being the future factor because he's spot on. Of all the things that are going to be automated, creativity and the _humanities_ will never be one
Thanks for your comment. Creativity, and its counterpart, adaptability, will be indispensable.
I love listening to [almost] all music genres and have been emotionally moved by listening to a live symphony. So yes, music does grow my brain.
Yes it does. Thanks for your comment.
I appreciate the emphasis on making music education accessible. Breaking down myths is crucial for encouraging more people to explore music.
I wholeheartedly agree.
The flute made from a Cave Bear's thigh bone is such a unique visual! Connecting us to our musical past in a tangible way.
Yes, it's a very powerful testament
If music makes such a significant improvement to our brains every child should have access to this valuable and enjoyable resource.
Erik, I totally agree with you - and right across all age groups.
Mind-blowing vision of the future! Excited about the potential of technology, but also love the emphasis on the timeless power of music.
Thanks so much. I'm very excited about it as well
Music as a tool for brain health and creativity? Sign me up! This talk was eye-opening.
Yes it is! And thanks for your comments.
Whenever people say that to me, "I haven't got a musical bone in my body" I always say yes, because music is in the spirit ❤
Good one!!
I struggled with the traditional piano lessons I had as a child. The first time I heard Neil Moore speak, my understanding of how music can be learned and taught was instantly transformed. I was able to shed self limiting beliefs. As a teacher, I am thrilled to pass this on to my students and their parents.
Yes, so many people have struggled with our traditional approach. So great that you're passing on a playing-based approach to your students.
I can't shake the idea of flying cars and colonizing Mars, but connecting it to music and creativity? Mind officially blown.
Yes, it's a lot to take in, and we're only scratching the tip of the iceberg. I'm very excited about the role that music has to play in dealing with the complexities of the future.
I never knew music could reshape our brains and boost creativity! Hearing that playing an instrument is like brain training for problem-solving and creative thinking is really awesome.
Yes, and we're still learning more and more about the impact and benefits of learning to play. Thanks for your comment.
@@TheNeilMoore That's so cool!! Thank you for responding 🥰
@@sophiachandler4662 My pleasure Sophia!
As someone who has always wanted to learn piano but felt discouraged by the old school approach, hearing about this new era of fun, accessible, playing-based learning gives me a lot of hope that maybe I'll just be able to teach myself!
Great to hear that you're open to restart. Playing-based learning is the way to go!
"I haven't got a musical bone in my body" - That part was hilarious! And so true.
Yes, it's amazing how real it is for people when they say "I haven't got a musical bone in my body", and, it's such a delight to watch what happens when they realize how complex the musicality is of that statement. Thanks for your comment.
Simply Music teaches all of this..Neil has put together a perfect learning program for music...and I would never teach any other way after seeing the results.
Thank you so much Marlene.
Absolutely loving the connection between learning music and neurological development. I wonder how many studies there are on adults picking up music later in life
Glad you appreciate the connection. And more adults that ever are turning to music education!
Can we talk about how cool it is that making music uses practically every part of our brain?? Like dang, no wonder it has the potential to transform us in so many ways 🤯🧠
Yup, it's like a complete neuro-workout, like nothing else!! I loved how you said it, "...it has the potential to transform us in so many ways..."
I just loved his energy and passion for the power of music. You can tell he really believes in this mission of elevating human creativity through musical expression. It's infectious!
Yes, I do firmly believe that music has a new role to play in contributing to elevating the creative capability of humanity. Thank you for your comment, it's much appreciated.
Just watched this with my Dad. He plays the piano a little and I used to play the drums obsessively. I can't wait to see what approach and how learning music in different ways can better prepare and engage all of us as creative human beings growing and changing into the future. We loved it. Just "Brilliant" Neil Moore. Brain explosion! 🤯😂❤
Much appreciated, and great that you watched it with your Dad!
This reminds me of a time when I was working in a store that had little radios for all the staff to talk to each other and I paged for someone, and the customer I was serving was like "oh wow are you a singer?" Lol and I was so confused because no I am not. But he insisted that there was a rhythm and melody to my voice. He even gave me his card and was like I'm in a band, we need a singer, come and try out... it's a pretty huge regret that I never took that opportunity but it's still a lovely memory.
Great story. And these days, with playing-based music education, learning has never been easier, nor is it too late to start. Thanks for your comment.
I appreciate the way he's breaking down a lot of myths around creativity and musicality, I think that's crucial for encouraging more people to explore music that we realize it's not something that needs to be gatekept...
Thanks for your comment. Definitely not something to bo gatekept.
I think he made such an important point that EVERYONE is profoundly musical, without exception. We gotta shed the belief that only some people are musical. It's simply not true!
Thanks for you comment, you're so right!!
I liked the emphasis on making music education accessible. It really is a huge part of our development and it's not fair for some schools to have better resources than others
I agree entirely. We not only need a breakthrough in music-education methodology, we also need a breakthrough in accessibility. It's the only way we will really begin to reach the masses, and cause a new era in music education and self expression. Thank you for your comment Charles.
After listening to the many benefits of being musical I feel every child should be exposed to this valuable skill.
Thanks for your comment Alan, I couldn't agree more!
I really hope that people can start seeing the value in creative arts again, and yes especially in music.
I'm with you on that. And thanks for your comment.
Great point about how we take our natural musicality for granted. Time to appreciate it more! 🎶
Yes, we most certainly do. And yes, it's very much time to appreciate it more. Thanks for your comment.
His vision of our future with life on Mars and flying cars, virtual reality and AI blew me away.
Yes, and there's so much more to come.
It's amazing to think that humans were playing music before we even had language! Kinda flips the script in terms of thinking about what our priorities were as we developed
It is amazing. There's such a fine line between obvious and oblivious. And in that respect, our speech is so incredibly musically obvious that we are oblivious to it.
The emphasis on creativity dominating the future hits home. Can't help but wonder if traditional approaches to education are keeping up with this changing landscape
Yes, creativity's role in the future will be dominant. And education will be transformed by the convergence of robotics, AI, and Augmented, Virtual and Artificial Reality
The idea that music predates language and is fundamental to human nature is really incredible
Yes, it's certainly an extraordinary thing to consider. Thanks for your comment.
The flute made from a cave bear's thigh bone blew my mind! Music really is in our DNA.
Absolutely it is!! Amazing, right!! And thanks for your comment.
I definitely did not know that music is the neurological nutrition that grows our creative ability and brains... Pretty amazing stuff!
Yes it is. Music has so much to contribute. We keep learning more and more about its impact and benefits
I never realized how learning music can impact so many areas of the brain. I’m definitely going to look into Simply Music.
Yes Sam. The impact is enormous and far reaching. Thanks for your comment.
@@TheNeilMoore truth, thanks!
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Intrigued by the concept of playing-based music education. It seems like a game-changer in terms of actually getting kids excited and happy for their music lessons. Hopefully this approach becomes more widespread because I can definitely see it working!
I agree, it is a game-changer, and we'll definitely see playing-based music education taking a far more prominent role in society.
Einstein playing piano throughout his life and attributing intuition to it is an amazing insight! I love Einstein and I never heard that before
Yes, it's a little known fact. And, that he attributed music as the source of his breakthrough!!
Fantastic presentation! Connecting the dots between music, creativity, and the future is truly inspiring. Let's make music education a priority!
Thank you @pennyhooker. There's never been a more important time than now for us to reprioritize the importance of music and playing-based music education.
The benefits are just too good to ignore! I hope this is the beginning of making music education a bigger part of schools
Music learning certainly has a new role to play, and definitely deserves being a higher priority. Thanks for your comment.
his story about people saying they don't have a musical bone in their body (while speaking in a musical way) cracked me up 😂 We really don't know our own musicality!
Yes, so musical we're oblivious to it. Thanks for your comment
Couldn't agree more about having to become the most creative versions of ourselves as a species, I really do think this will be a strong point in the future and we need to start focusing on it NOW while we're in the process of this societal evolution
I totally agree. Now is the perfect time, as you say "while we're in the process of this societal evolution," to start developing our creative capability. Thanks for commenting.
@@TheNeilMoore Thank You Neil!!
@@paigelpatterson My pleasure Paige!
My mom wanted me to learn an instrument and I didn't so I asked for one of those big tubas you have to wear because I thought there's no way she'll find one and actually buy it lol but sure enough she made it happen... pretty grateful for it now.
Hahaha. That's an awesome story. And so glad that it's in your life now!
It's crazy to think about all the iconic musicians out there and how they're basically super geniuses cause of what music did for their brains.
Yes, maybe not 'super geniuses', but brain neuroscience show that their brains are different. More grey-matter, bigger auditory cortices, larger corpus callosum, more neural connectivity, as well as a range of functional differences. A more connected brain is a more creative-capable brain. Thanks for your comment.
@@TheNeilMoore ill still call them very talented...
@@olanik2061 Yup, me too!
"Music is the language of the soul" I forget who said that lol but it's always resonated with me
A great quote. Thanks for sharing it.
Music is chronically undervalued, sometimes I think we have the kind of pop music we do on purpose because it ties into the "stay sleeping" mentality.
I very much agree that music is undervalued, but the tide is turning, and music has a new role to play. Very exciting!
love how the speaker debunks the myth that some people just aren't musical. we all have it in us.
Yes we do, and thank you for your comment.
I love how passionate he is about music and creativity, makes me want to find my creative outlet too!
Thanks for your comment.
Spend a morning in a kindergarten and you'll agree that we are all natural musicians. Happily creating sounds with whatever is at hand.
Yes, we're so naturally, wonderfully musical.
Challenging the traditional view that you need a special talent to be musical is super important, I think that stops a lot of people which is sad in itself, that they don't think they have that special talent
You're so right, I very much agree with you.. Thanks for your input.
It's true, we've all got rhythm and melody in us, whether we're tapping our feet or clapping along, it's really not that hard for anyone to find their rhythm
Exactly. Music is a fundamental part of all of us. I appreciate your comment. Thanks.
The neurological benefits of learning music were incredible to hear about! I wonder if certain types of music have more of an impact on brain development
Yes, William. And there's a number of studies that explored different genres and their differing impact.
This is such a cool talk and makes a lot of sense to me! Creating music is such a pure and instant form of expression, it makes sense that that would do all kinds of cool things to your brain!
Exactly. Thanks for your comment.
Taking away the concept that creativity is just seeing and thinking about things differently and maybe if I keep thinking like that eventually I'll tap in to my creative ability!
Exactly, its a practice and a muscle. Music learning can help accelerate the process,
Learning music increases gray matter in the brain? That's incredible. Makes me want to practice more.
Yes, it is amazing. And I hope you do practice more 🙂 Thanks for your comment.
When I was five we went on a weekend trip to some family friend and he had a bunch of guitars. I'd never seen one up close but he would play it and let me hold it and strum and I was obsessed. It was all I wanted to do but my parents couldn't afford lessons. I wish schools were able to actually teach how to play instruments in the normal music class. Maybe it's changed since I was a kid and they already do
Thanks for sharing that story. And part of the good news for adults is that using a playing-based method makes learning easier than ever before. I hope you get to fulfill your childhood obsession.
I loved hearing that I'm musical despite being oblivious to it. I take music with me wherever I go but hadn't though that "musical".
Yes Xavier, there's such a fine line between oblivious and obvious. Mostly we're oblivious to how musical we are as a species.
The idea that all humans are deeply musical is fascinating. It challenges the 'I'm not musical' myth. We're all part of the musical species!
Yes it is, yes it does, and yes we are. Thanks Carey.
I wonder how the person who carved that flute would react if they could see some of the ways we make music nowadays
Yes, it's such a different world these days.
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Wonderful! Thankyou
Thank you, and my pleasure!
Spine chilling!!
Thank you Ann
Anyone else get anxious listening to him talk about all the advancements that we're going to start seeing? Just me? ??
It's definitely not just you @geraldsolley. It's very appropriate to feel that way. We're all going to have to develop our ability to adapt, hence why it's so important for us to reprioritize the importance of developing our creative capability. Thanks for your comment.
Okay the study he starts talking about around the 7:50 mark has some pretty amazing facts
Yes it does. Thanks for your comment.
Will this was all the convincing I needed to get my kids into music!
That's great to hear Craig!
This talk makes me want to pick up an instrument again and see where it takes my creativity.
I'd definitely encourage you to pick it up. And it's good to know that playing-based music education makes learning easier then ever before. Thanks for commenting.
@@TheNeilMoore thats a challenge, lol, I am already thanks!
@@bleugh9451 Great!! Well done!
Learned something new today. 60,000 years ago we made a flute from a thigh bone of a bear. How cool is that?
Isn't it just amazing! Music came first, then it gave us language! Awesome
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Thank you
Great points! Music education transforming into a playing-based approach is intriguing. Could this be the key to widespread musical self-expression?
Thanks Ariana. I believe plying-based music education will certainly be a key to widespread musical self-expression.
Never thought about music as brain food before. Kinda makes me wanna pick up my old guitar again!
Please do!! It's so good for you in so many ways!
That bear thigh bone flute is incredible. I don't know why but it makes sense to me that we had music before we even had words
Yes, when we understand how incredibly musical speech is, it makes perfect sense that our musicality was the foundation on which language was built.
omg sorry I was not expecting the question around the 6:30 mark and honestly I don't know?? cheeee way to make a point
Thanks for your comment. Honestly, you're in the same boat as most people. We're now starting to develop a deeper understanding of the fact that we do have the ability to develop, at a neurological lever, our creative capability.
The things scientists are learning about the brain are endlessly fascinating. It's so interesting that learning music has the power to shape how we think and create.
Yes Bonnie, music is so powerful!
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Glad that you loved it!!
I had no idea that learning music has the ability to increase the amount of grey matter in my brain.
Yes, it also positively alters the structure of the brain's white matter! Musicianship is a miracle gift that just keeps on giving.
Music is the soundtrack to my life whenever possible but I've not learnt to play an instrument. I wonder if that makes a difference to your brain?
Learning to play, makes all the difference. It's easier to learn nowadays than ever before (with playing-based music education), and its impact on the brain is extraordinary.
Having never learned to play an instrument my neurological nutrition may need some help 😅
And what's great about playing-based music education is that starting, at any age, is easier now than ever before. And the benefits are fully available!
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Not convinced that playing music can really make a difference? Einstein played piano and credited it for his insights. Just saying!
Thanks for your comment. And yes, and the emerging science in this field of understanding is really beginning to reveal so much more about the psychological, emotional and neurological impact of musicianship. Very exciting!!
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The flute made from a Cave Bear's thigh bone is such a unique visual! Connecting us to our musical past in a tangible way.
So unique, and yes, it very much connects us. And re-connecting to something that's so ancient, yet so naturally and profoundly human, is such an extraordinary opportunity.
Absolutely convinced that we're all musical beings. The examples of everyday musicality are eye-opening. Time to embrace our inner musician!
Yes, so profoundly musical. I agree with you!
It's crazy to think this musical vibe has been part of us for all time. Makes you see music as this universal human thing that connects us all.
Yes, it's fundamental to who we are. Thanks for your comment.
It blew my mind when he said learning to read music shouldn't be the way we learn to play, just like we learn to talk way before reading. Makes so much sense when you think about it!
I=Yes, it really does make sense. Thanks for saying so.
Thank you Neil! That was inspiring, and I appreciate all you have done to further the education of music worldwide!
Thanks so much. I appreciate that
So many amazing points about how helpful learning an instrument can be and while that's all well and good I _wish_ part of our modern society was placing importance on the fact that things like music and art are FUN and allow you to express yourself and why can't those alone be good enough reasons for doing it and having it taught in schools?
Yes, music learning is its own reward, in and of itself - the sheer and absolute pleasure that it is to play. Thanks for your comment.
Really enjoyed the talk, but I'm skeptical about the claim that music education doesn't have to involve learning to read music. In my experience you learn that stuff so you can communicate your ideas to other people, same as learning to do technical drawings before you make something
Glad you enjoyed the talk. Learning to read music is certainly a great thing, and very important. But the 'talk first, learn to read later' approach, when applied to music learning, gets students immediately playing great-sounding music. Building a solid foundation of musical genres and styles first, then bringing reading into the picture, is a far easier and more successful experience for the vast majority of students of all ages. We have found this to the consistent experience. With a global community of educators having now taught playing-based music education for over 26 years, and with millions of lessons having been taught this way, the results speak for themselves, and the delaying of music reading is certainly what we will see more of in the future.
I love his approach to making music accessible for everyone. That is how to truly empower people, by giving them the tools to start thinking and creating for themselves.
I wholeheartedly agree with you. Thanks for your comment!
Oh wow I love the reframe of like, literally language is music. Because he's right there is a rhythm and cadence even to just how we speak that's beautiful and unique to each person
Yes, language is music! Thanks for your comment
I really do think that creativity is going to be how to set ourselves apart in the coming decades and this has me convinced that music is one of the best ways to wire our brains for creative thinking now.
I'm in total agreement. Thanks so much for your comment.
Taking away the concept that creativity is just seeing and thinking about things differently.
Great. It certainly is more accessible when we boil it down to its simple design - seeing, thinking about, and doing things differently.
Man this is so cool. I think music played a much bigger part of everyday life before "civilization" as we know it now
Yes, so cool. Time to usher in a new era of music education designed for the population at large
The neurological benefits alone are enough to convince me to start learning music. Improving memory, reasoning, creativity - sign me up!
Yes Sylvia, it's so valuable and important. Thanks for your comment
Creative thinking as the critical attribute for the future is such a good focus, especially considering all the advancements of AI, it's the creative stuff they'll always be falling behind in
Well said. Thanks for your comment.
Anyone else feel motivated to start a new creative project after watching this? The talk was so inspiring! 💡
Gosh, I hope so! Thanks so much for your comment.