MUSICIANS HAVE SUPERIOR MEMORIES

[anotherhomeysan]

 

[Thumpin6string]

I was going to respond to this. but I can't remember what I was going to say.

 

[eKay]

I think my ears have better memory than I do. Like, I can hear a song that I haven't heard in decades and can tell it's a cover, or that it's been sped up or edited or something. But I have to make lists and reminders for everything or I'll forget it. Meetings, stuff to get from the store, what I came into this room for, you name it.

 

[Kmonk]

I have always had an excellent memory, even before I started playing music. When I was a a young child, my mother would always tell me that I had a memory like an elephant. She was shocked at things I remembered that happened when I was as young as two years old. I still have an excellent memory. I recently jammed with some friends and played songs that I hadn't played in over 30 years.

 

[Pbassmanca]

I cant remember a note after a wreck were a guy ran a red light and wok up in the hospital with a concussion.
Cant read music anymore, cant remember were any note is on the neck, cant remember which string is which.
Cant remember a song until someone starts to play it then i am ok. For months had to check my work at my job 3 to 5 times for for mistakes. Might even start to plat a song havent hears since the early 70s and remember it and dosent take long to nail it. Once i do go off and do my own thing but stick with the beat. Just cant control what happens but usual comes out good.
Now this year at 68 having trouble hitting notes properly though. To soft one pluck correct the next them to hard the next. Hands hurt some fingers numb. Awake in the morning they feel swollen.

That was almost poetic man. Hopefully you recover some of your musical faculties!

 

[Bunk McNulty]

I'm one of those mutants who can remember and play thousands of songs, remember tons of often useless trivia...

and forget your name moments after I'm introduced. It would be fun to know why my musical memory is as sharp as it is. It only takes the mention of a song or maybe a couple of notes and the full arrangement starts playing back in my head. And I do mean "full". And not just songs... TV soundtracks, commercials, doesn't matter, it's all burned in.

I'm that way too. My BL likes to joke that I invented youtube, because I've got a song for every situation. But did I remember to brink a couple picks to Friday night's gig? I did not. (Yes, as a matter of fact, I do use them once in a while.)

 

[Pbassmanca]

"Mighty Zarblax, Slayer of the Unjust and Gatekeeper of Oblivion

That's funny, I once knew a realtor with that name.....

 

[Deleted member 165050]

Posted without pontif- er, further editorial comment:

A new meta-study concludes musicians tend to have stronger short-term and working-memory skills than their non-musical counterparts. The research, published in the online journal PLoS One, finds they also appear to have a small advantage in terms of long-term memory.

Musicians Have Superior Memories

I think you're forgetting something...

 

[Gianni "Orlandez" Orlati]

shirt-term maybe ... but ... Livio Ng-term? Mine is failing and I don’t feel well about this

 

[Richard Martin]

I have an incredible memory for some things, no matter how abstract or bizarre, and then other important things I can't remember to save my life. I like to tell people that I have to be careful about what I hear. My memory storage capacity is filled up and I have to be careful about remembering things because it might bump something important out.

 

[FirewalZ]

I'm one of those mutants who can remember and play thousands of songs, remember tons of often useless trivia...

and forget your name moments after I'm introduced. It would be fun to know why my musical memory is as sharp as it is. It only takes the mention of a song or maybe a couple of notes and the full arrangement starts playing back in my head. And I do mean "full". And not just songs... TV soundtracks, commercials, doesn't matter, it's all burned in.

Maybe I don't remember names because I don't consider them important. Then again I doubt I really considered segues on Gilligan's Island important either and I'm stuck with them.

If I repeat a name a couple of times it does seem to stick a bit better.

This was is pretty much me as well.....
I can remember tons of tunes and useless trivia...but I'll never remember your name, a date or numbers.

 

[Brad Johnson]

I'd say "Mutants unite! "... but we'd probably forget when the meeting was.

 

[Rockin John]

I can never remember my own name ... because I never need to address myself.

I can never remember my phone number ... because I never need to call myself.

Other than that, I can still remember where I live. I find it very difficult to remember (newly learned) songs.

I’m getting old......

 

[Sonicfrog]

I'm one of those mutants who can remember and play thousands of songs, remember tons of often useless trivia...

and forget your name moments after I'm introduced. It would be fun to know why my musical memory is as sharp as it is. It only takes the mention of a song or maybe a couple of notes and the full arrangement starts playing back in my head. And I do mean "full". And not just songs... TV soundtracks, commercials, doesn't matter, it's all burned in.

Maybe I don't remember names because I don't consider them important. Then again I doubt I really considered segues on Gilligan's Island important either and I'm stuck with them.

If I repeat a name a couple of times it does seem to stick a bit better.

Stan Jackson has this right.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

I'm good at jamming to a greater extent than my ability to explicit learn a piece. I'd be no good in a studio: "track wasn't recording, could you play that again?" "Well, sort of"

 

[-Asdfgh-]

I have no problem remembering songs...even songs I haven't played in years are normally not a problem. I can also play a round of golf and the next day will be able to describe every one of the 80 - 90 shots I made in full detail...the club used, distance hit, length of every putt, and the score on each hole.

Please leave your brain to science.

But sometimes I forget the simplest thing...like what I had for lunch.

OK, maybe not

 

[ThuzzleFump]

That's funny, I once knew a realtor with that name.....

Small world! You don't forget it, right?

 

[stringthrough]

What was the question?

 

[bobalu]

This is one of many reasons I don't call myself a musician. My memory is horrible.
I can spend a few days learning a song note for note & if I don't play it again within 4 or 5 days, kaput!

Glad to hear I'm not the only one!

 

[Killed_by_Death]

At least music unlocks memories. I was reading Marilu Henner's book about improving your memory, & she writes about reviving memories with music & it does that quite well, but otherwise my mind is mush.