little outside of my taste. I like a lot of the Sega music but have a tendency to lose interest quite quickly due to the common rhythm amongst all of the songs. When playing with local musicians I have a tendency to keep it to reggae musicians and musicians playing original stuff. I've played with people like Yoanne Cathrine, Damien Elisa and various other local professional musicians and I have a huge appreciation for these kinds of musicians going out on their own to develop their own styles and musical personas.
Sega is the staple sound of Mauritius, have you got into the rhythm of it?
As I said, I'm more into the Creole Sega Blues/Ballads and the Seggae but the basic Sega stuff I can lose interest very quickly as I find the rhythm can be quite monotonous. Not to take anything away from Sega music because there are so many talented musicians playing beautiful Sega music here, but as a musician with a broad musical influence ranging from House, Techno, Hip-Hop, Soul & Blues, Funk, Folk, Traditional Irish and Heavy Metal, I prefer to have my mind challenged on a multi-instrumental level as opposed to single rhythm and single instrument styles.
I would like to just briefly touch upon your epilepsy.. I did some research on this because I know that music can also have different effects to the mind. The 'Mozart effect' intrigued me, it explains that his Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major has been studied and proven to have had a short-term positive effect on those with epilepsy. There's also various other studies on how music helps the mind in a therapeutic way. What are your experiences or thoughts with the mind and music?
Yeah, to be honest, I'm open to beliefs on this type of thing but it's very broad reasoning to apply to a neurological disorder like this, the amount of actual research into this is not as wide as is referenced and it's very easy to sensationalise a theory like this simply by adding the name and music of the world’s most popular and well know classical musician. As far as increasing the intelligence level of a child while still in the womb, I'm highly sceptic. I'll probably try it with my first children on the off chance it's true but in own my personal opinion, each of us are a product of our environment. My dad had very broad taste in music and played different types of music at home all the time. This played a huge part in
the development of my musical styles. As a teenager I had some DJ friends specifically spinning vinyl, playing Detroit House & Techno and funky French House styles. This rubbed off on me hugely and I have a real love for these electronic styles to this day. While at university, some friends were big into their 70's Progressive Rock. To this day, my love of Pink Floyd and The Doors and Credence Clearwater Revival etc is impalpable. Music influence comes from your surroundings in my opinion.
With regards to music. It is intertwined with my life. All you need to do is open the music folder on my laptop and you will see what I like to listen to. The
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