The Things You Used to Do Pretty Baby

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Lullabies are so universally good at getting babies to relax that the language in lyrics could literally be anything. An adult can maybe talk about their own worries or fantasies and still lull that baby to sleep. A lot of tho songs can be very dark, youre just sinking about like, rockaby, baby,. There's a baby falling, or ara. So i don't tink the babis listening to that and capable of interpreting it as, oh-the world's scary. They're just enjoying the musical contents. I'll take that note. Y i like that. What else? Do some art work. Sit down and do, like, be able to sit down and draw

We hear a lot about “vibe” these days: Vibe check, a shift in the vibe, catching a vibe, don't kill the vibe. With the help of scholars and researchers Ellen Dissanayake, Connie Bainbridge, and Maria Witek we’ll define this feeling by drawing a fun, evolutionary line from the sweet sounds of baby talk and lullabies, all the way to adults vibing to the music they love. To put our findings to the test, musicians Phil Cook & Ally J help Saleem write a new lullaby, and DJ Zephyr Ann & DJ Rang demonstrate the power of experiencing “distributed emotion” through music.

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