Wow, that sounds most cool and gives some hope! :) You already tested if that works with Reggae and Dub tunes as well? Since Rhythm & Sound seems to go down nicely. A lot of bass around in Dub!
Cheers and groovy times with your son! Jan (disrupt) www.jahtari.org > I am picking up this thread from about 13 months ago... > > So I finally get to add to this b/c I'm a new, first time dad, as of almost > a month ago. As you either know, or can imagine, there's tons of writing and > products out there that play on the idea of Classical music being good and > calming for baby. I personally think it's a load of hooey and a marketing > technique they use b/c in the real world, people associate classical music > with intelligence and culture. > > Someone gave us a baby Einstein CD (a series of toys, music, and video for > infants), and it was crap - 40 minutes of classic lullabies played on a > general MIDI preset box. > > My theory goes like this: when baby is in utero, he/she is swimming in > fluid. All of the outside sounds get translated to swirling bass, and it's > LOUD in there; think about what it sounds like when you're under water. I > was looking for the best music to mimic that environment > > To that end, the thing that just astounds me is that my son loves and is > calmed by dubby techno (lucky for me!). When he starts to cry, I play rhythm > & sound, maurizio, or deepchord over and over. More up tempo Gez Varley, > Ifach label, or Rob Hood tracks work too. > > The trick is turning it up, not to any ludicrous level, but loud enough to > feel the bass kick. Cutting back on the highs helps too. > > Hopefully, his taste in music will continue along this path :) > > -Gil > > > > > > > > > -- (disrupt) www.jahtari.org
