22 mars, 2009

Duh... brain synchronisation and music

Scientists from Berlin have finally found 'proof' for something musicians have known since the beginning of time: if you get together and play music your brains synchronize after a while.

Clare Fischer is our favorite keyboard player

Clare Fischer is the J.S. Bach of the electric piano. Only the strict counterpoint has been traded in for salsa polyrhythm and the complex polyphonic harmonies have morphed into otherworldly chord voicings. And also the heavy smell of protestant seriousness is replaced by a Caribbean breeze.