Author: Chords for a Cause Team

Cafe Music as a Musical Genre

by Sandhya Mahesh Picture a coffee shop in your head. Maybe you can imagine walking in, seeing the daily specials on a chalkboard in front of the door and menus under the glass at the counter. As you sit at a tiny table, you breathe in the warm aroma of fancy coffee and fresh bread,…
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We Have Donated $1000 to CRY America!

Chords for a Cause is proud to have donated $1,000 to Child Rights and You America Inc. (CRY America), a nonprofit dedicated to helping underprivileged children in India. Its biggest work includes raising voices and promoting change against female feticides, child labor, corporal punishment, and promoting education of children. Some of the biggest underprivileged groups…
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Spotify Appears to be Building a Karaoke Feature

by Sandhya Mahesh For years, Spotify has been selective on which songs can display lyrics. Many songs did not have lyrics available and many regions including large parts of Asia did not have access to this feature. Since then, many new new features have started to roll out. Lyrics have been a long requested feature…
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Playing Music Physically Alters Brain Structure.

Written by Erica Soekardono Although it may be a well known fact that music can impact someone’s brain, listening to music regularly can actually physically alter the structure of a person’s brain. A 2018 study has shown that the human brain actually adapts itself to challenging environments, which are often able to present themselves when…
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Does Singing in a Group Boost Mood?

Singing in front of an audience can be stressful at times, but singing in a group won’t hurt! Actually, it will boost your mood. Many studies have been done to prove that singing in a group promotes both physical and emotional health in numerous ways. First of all, singing is soothing. Allowing yourself a moment…
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Some People Feel No Response Towards Music

Although listening to music is a fun activity worldwide, some people don’t feel anything towards it. This is known as Musical Anhedonia. Based on an experiment at the University of Barcelona, 3-5% of participants DID NOT feel anything toward the music that they played. Not even a tap of the foot, or a bounce of…
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The Impact of Songs in the Body Positive Movement

Written by Gia Villegas Today, more and more people have begun to share the belief that humans come in all shapes, sizes, ages, religions, sexualities, and colors, and every single person is beautiful. Although this is amazing, it is crucial to know that this belief is still not shared by everyone and has not been…
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The Beauty of Musical Imperfection

“True Beauty comes from accepting all aspects of your music, embracing every little imperfect thing that comes in your way” – Marc Jacobs To define or understand the real meaning of musical perfection and elegance, one must have heard of the saying “practice makes perfect” multiple times, in a way that made this element of…
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Music Therapy for Healing w/ Nicole Birmaher, MT-BC

Yesterday, we held an interview with Nicole Birmaher, a board certified music therapist. S graduated from the University of Miami, Frost School of Music, in May of 2020 and completed her 9 month music therapy internship at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago working with hospitalized children. Over Nicole’s undergraduate career she…
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Effects of Classical Music on Patients with Epilepsy

By Angela Khurana There’s no denying that music can have a significant influence on emotions and behavior. Music is quite powerful: it can cause you to forget your emotions. Music stimulates more parts of the brain than any other human function, changing the brain and the way it works (“‘The Power”). Classical music, in particular,…
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