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The Space Between The Notes...

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                                                         That 'Space' Thingy...                                       Evolved musicians, like Miles Davis, are emotionally aware of the elusive space that exists between musical notes. I say emotionally because they feel it within. This isn’t something one can touch. It’s more of a sonic feeling because music is this wonderful enigma that beams us up into that eclectic vortex of the brain where dopamine is released in pleasurable quantities. For most of us, this is a time to momentarily stop whatever we’re doing and tune in, completely absorbed in the melody, the words, the rhythm, the feel of the song and sometimes, recall sublime memory reflections. With our feet tapping away and head bobbing rhythmically, we slide into that pleasurable, lazy mental zone. Hectic Beta brainwaves are replaced by slower Alfa brainwaves. Our busy, active left brain effortlessly slips over into our dreamy, creative right brain mode and we s