Howdy!

Well, after considerable effort and troubleshooting. I did it! I am here. Thanks Google!

Got the blog up and running, in a fairly functional fashion. Trial and error took up a great deal of time today, however nowhere near as much time as inaction did. Having thought about launching the blog and not doing it until now was a welcome trade for a few hours of IT PC WP tech stuff.

I am so excited to get the discussions going and can’t wait to hear input from all of those who have some value to add.

Hey! I just realized… it’s quiet here. Hang on…

OK .. that’s better.  A little background music does wonders.

My first experience, with a formal insight, into the reason why I enjoy music so much, was back in my first year of college. I was in a Social Psychology class and authored a very fine research paper on the effects of music on individuals. More specifiaclly, the “healing” effects of music. I am proud to say that, not only did I receive an A+++ on the paper, I was asked by the professor to return the following semester as a guest speaker to the class. A little self esteem boost, and a lot of confidence later, It really sunk in that I was on to something.

Well, this was some time ago, and now access to music has gone through many different and exciting transformations. Today, I would like to revisit the “research” aspect of the topic and see what has changed.

iTunes seems like a valid place to jump off from. What a concept! What impact this medium of getting your music has and will have on the actual effects of the music itself, is where I am curious to explore.

With music from all five major music companies and more than 600 independent labels, the iTunes Music Store catalog now offers more than 1,000,000 songs. These days, you can Download courses, faculty lectures, interviews, music and sports through iTunes U at prestigious Universities, like Stanford University. This is just the tip of the iceberg, of course. The integration into your lifestyle as a whole, has been pretty heavy duty, thanks to iTunes software.

For now, I would like to focus on just the music aspect of iTunes. This one realm will surely provide plenty of data to get my “research” mission accomplished.

So, we’re off to a good start. The question I will leave you with today is…

Has the pleasure we get, or the healing benefits of the music we listen to, been affected by the mediums by which we get it?

Until later remember,

Keep it ©S.I.M.P.L.E

A Good solution will

make SENSE,
have INTEGRITY,
make MONEY,
have PATIENCE in its process,
make use of LEVERAGE, and
have helped EVERYONE involved!

And it’s that S.I.M.P.L.E. !!

he HE he

*~AaRoN~*