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Re: [ARSCLIST] Richard Nanes
On 1/31/07, David Lewis <davlew@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Frank,
I'm glad to hear from someone who likes and has found a use for Nanes'
music. I could never make any sense of it myself; it didn't seem to
penetrate into the "real world" so far as I could see. But it has.
I also want to congratulate you on your concern for music in the Dentist's
chair. I had a teeth cleaning yesterday that lasted close to 90 minutes,
and
the silence was deafening! Also, I once went to a dentist who had his
radio
tuned to the local classical station with little concern as to what was
playing, so I had my wisdom teeth extracted to the strains of Ernest
Bloch's
"Schelomo." I haven't been able to listen to the piece since.
I remember back in the 80s I had some dental work done with a pair of
headphones on, with one channel of white noise and the other of music. It
worked pretty well in helping to distract from pain, but soon the practice
discontinued. Whatever became of that school of thought?
David N. Lewis
Assistant Classical Editor, All Music Guide
"Never treat an audience as customers-always treat them as partners." -
Ted
Healy
Hi David-I have developed a reputation as a bit of a music nut. I
absolutely cannot work without suitable music, and I often tell patients
that it's nice if they like the music, but it's really on to keep me happy,
and they do want me happy, don't they? I often offer to take a cd from a
patient and will play it for them, assuming I can stand to listen to it. I
have about 25GB of .mp3 and Apple Lossless music on my office iTunes. I
have developed a multitude of playlists. Not all the entries are classical.
Jukebox software really lends itself to this. You can develop lots of
programs that fit into convenient time slots. I'm afraid the one
qualification is that I find the music beautiful and relaxing or uplifting.
This can include the Andrew's sisters, the Simon Fraser University Pipe
Band, the "chess" version of the Goldberg Var. with John Lewis and his wife,
etc. It does not include a huge lot of music recorded in the last 10-15
years. It also does not include really loud or really spooky music, such as
Beethoven's Wellington's Victory with the north south skirmish society, or
much of Bartok, to name a few, although I reserve the right to listen to
these things on my own time. Eclectic might be a good description. I have
never had anybody leave because of the music. (maybe other reasons) I've
been at it long enough that I've had some patients who were kids when they
started come back when they grew up and tell me they first heard and started
to like classical music in my office. I've also had them complain that I
never play anything good. I keep waiting for the day when somebody comes
from ASCAP or some similar organization and asks for royalty money. I tried
audio analgesia some years ago, and found that it didn't work nearly as well
as nitrous oxide. I must confess that I did not buy one of the real units
because of expense, but we did dabble with music and white noise, without
much success. I don't think audio analgesia units are still being made. I
encourage folks to bring along their own cassettes, cd's, mp3 players. They
can listen to theirs and I to mine. I have a couple of inexpensive cd
players and Walkmans available.
--
Frank B Strauss, DMD