music is not rocket science
![Did you know that they recently Chechnyan authorities banned music that is not within the legal range of 80 to 116 BPM? DJs of the world, beware! | Photo: Eric Ward (Unsplash) Did you know that they recently Chechnyan authorities banned music that is not within the legal range of 80 to 116 BPM? DJs of the world, beware! | Photo: Eric Ward (Unsplash)](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_big/public/eric-ward-uD0W-swVGgE-unsplash.jpg?itok=TCWb9-zr)
Music is Not Rocket Science #7: Banned BPM
![Music is not creative chaos, but a carefully organized hierarchy of tones and sounds. | Photo: Etienne Girardet (Unsplash) Music is not creative chaos, but a carefully organized hierarchy of tones and sounds. | Photo: Etienne Girardet (Unsplash)](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_big/public/kazeta%20chaos%20-%20etienne-girardet-OA0qcP6GOw0-unsplash.jpg?itok=h68XoeS3)
Music is Not Rocket Science #5: Organized Sound
![Rhythm is a seemingly simple matter – but how is it actually possible that something can move us almost automatically, as if we were puppets on strings? | Photo: Nicholas Jeffries (Unsplash) Rhythm is a seemingly simple matter – but how is it actually possible that something can move us almost automatically, as if we were puppets on strings? | Photo: Nicholas Jeffries (Unsplash)](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_big/public/nicholas-jeffries-AXF3tTjgjpA-unsplash.jpg?itok=t-RhvQNI)
Music is Not Rocket Science #4: Rhythm and Tempo
![It's probably time to say that major chords are not "cheerful" and that minor keys can work well even in very positive compositions. | Photo: Bailey Zindel (Unsplash) It's probably time to say that major chords are not "cheerful" and that minor keys can work well even in very positive compositions. | Photo: Bailey Zindel (Unsplash)](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_big/public/bailey-zindel-NLgvJM1Y5dw-unsplash.jpg?itok=KB51JcHM)
Music is Not Rocket Science #3: The Myth of Happy Major and Sad Minor
![Charles Darwin didn't think much of the importance of music in terms of his theory of evolution, but he believed that music made us more attractive to the opposite sex and therefore contributed to the replication of our genes. | Photo: Edward Cisneros (Unsplash) Charles Darwin didn't think much of the importance of music in terms of his theory of evolution, but he believed that music made us more attractive to the opposite sex and therefore contributed to the replication of our genes. | Photo: Edward Cisneros (Unsplash)](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_big/public/edward-cisneros-KoKAXLKJwhk-unsplash.jpg?itok=l8aMmiJ5)
Music is Not Rocket Science #2: Is Music Sexy?
![Where does music come from? Is it a mere luxury, a mathematical play of intervals or our vital instinct? | Photo: William White (Unsplash) Where does music come from? Is it a mere luxury, a mathematical play of intervals or our vital instinct? | Photo: William White (Unsplash)](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_big/public/william-white-TZCppMjaOHU-unsplash.jpg?itok=NFcDNcA1)
Music is Not Rocket Science #1: Universal Instinct