Apparently, Tom Cruise
has sent Dakota Fanning a birthday gift—usually a pair of shoes—every year
since she was 11 years old. She is now
22 years old. The actors worked together
back in 2005, filming the movie War of
the Worlds.
Interesting, but not what
this blog is about.
The birthday shoes story
is what I was digging into when I chanced upon something about a guy who has produced
an album of music for cats.
I gave up on Tom Cruise
right there.
This is also where
Metallica arrives. Seems David Teie
(name unpronounceable in East Helena, Montana), first got the idea for making
cat music while performing a concert with the rock band Metallica. David is a cellist with America’s National
Symphony Orchestra.
This is not an indictment
against the music favored by Metallica.
Far from it. Dave Teie (name
still unpronounceable) felt a strong emotional sense to the music—something very
close to nature—but on a human scale. He
started to think about music produced for humans. He asked himself “Why doesn’t a song last for
a tenth of a second, for ten thousand years?”
The answer: Because we base our music on human rhythms.
David Teie (sigh) decided
he would try to make music not for humans. He first wrote music for capuchin monkeys. They liked it. Cats were his next choice. Maybe, because he knows that people goofy
enough to live with cats are goofy enough to buy music for them.
The “cat” music is
layered with sounds that recreates purring, but also has a layer of base clef
that registers too low for cats but is pleasurable to humans. Initial responses from cats have been favorable. Many cats nuzzle next to the speakers while
the music plays, some curl near the speakers and begin purring.
I am thinking about
exposing my 40 pounds of housecat to the cat music album. If that goes well, maybe my 40 pounds of housecat
and I can try to catch Metallica someplace.
To listen to the cat
music, try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV8qERXJgHY
--Mitchell
Hegman
Sources:
news.sky.com, time.com
I like how the music gives cats laser eyes! ;)
ReplyDeleteYeah! What's that all about?
ReplyDeleteInteresting! I hear somewhat "meowing" sounds and lots of what seem to be outer space sounds. The cat's laser eyes is probably a reflection of light used when the video was shot.
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