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People are living longer and living more of their life in better health than before,yet we are constantly been told that all the things we enjoy are bad for us. So I guess this unhealthy world is good for you. Just like any other muscle in the body, the brain requires exercise to keep it strong and healthy, so the phrase “use it or lose it” is particularly apt when it comes to your mind. Research has shown that listening to or playing music can reduce anxiety, blood pressure, and pain as well as improve sleep quality, mood, mental alertness, and memory. Music therapy is widely implemented in general health care in the Netherlands, so it’s unsurprising that a group of researchers from the country set out to explore the link between music practice and blood pressure. They studied three guitarists and found that each patient who practiced for over 100 minutes a day showed a significant drop in blood pressure and a lower heart rate compared to those who didn’t. I asked a friend of mine who plays piano about 2  to 3 hours a day if he thought if it is good for his brain. He tells me it has been good for remembering music but hasn’t helped his poor memory in other areas. I guess everything is in the mind. When I think I am making music my wife tells me I am just making noise. I wonder why is Repetitive Strain Injury  such a chronic problem among classical players within the music world ? Debilitating pain when I  play guitar or piano has meant I don’t play much now days. So I guess we can’t generalise about whats good for everyone. In this era of political lies I love the way politicians around the world use scientific theory not fact on whats not good for us as another way of taxing everyday people. Back to music I find there are songs I respond to emotionally because they are part of   previous chapters in my life. When I was a child  staying with my grandparents whenever they sang a song together I could feel the power of their love for each other. It was an incredible joy that would come over me and yet they were songs I wouldn’t have listened to in other circumstances.     

TF that is a brilliant piece of writing. I went to a funeral a while back where the son of the man who had died said one of his proudest days was when he was twenty five and his dad let him for the first time  become part of his circle who met at a coffee shop once a week. He said something along the lines of to sit and be part of this group made him feel like he truely had become a man in his fathers eyes.     

Good man CG.     

Strong lyrics Jeff well written.     

I enjoy looking in on chordie and have on here met many good people. I am not a person that looks at chordie every day or even every week only because there are other things going on in my life which is no reflection on Chordie or those interested in music.  Most of my online communication is email with people that I have met physically so I guess I am not that good good at the web site thing.
The major disadvantage for me of online relationships and communication is that there is no body language to read or  the experience of bouncing ideas instantly while sitting around a table ..Sometimes an expression on a person face says more than words. Sometimes I don’t post thoughts on chordie because I know that due to the fact people who haven’t met me in person could misunderstand what I mean or are trying to say. The positive of chordie is  we can take our angst and difficult emotions and do something positive with them, such as write poetry or songs. The same as we can use it as a sounding board for writing about our differant observation on life or experiences. I think differance between playing a sport like tennis and music is that  sport  is usually  a straight out competition. Music mostly  is about making something enjoyable or challenge peoples thoughts  and  is not always  something that is built around winning and losing.
In regards to the terrible shootings down in Christchurch it has shocked our nation as we tend to think down here we can escape those sort of events by our distance from the rest of the big wide world.. The truth is no where in the world can escape someone who is crazy. The killers attempt to divide our nation has done the opposite and made us more united.
Phill you are not a boring person and your posts I enjoy.

That is a good poem. In a storm we  see the bad bits after a storm we then can reflect on the good bits and the positive outcomes. I went through a terrible break up years ago with the progress of time it put me in the good place I am today.     

Phill a good result. It was a tough test match against a very good England team.
For Kiwis like me it is more than an England versus Wales game it is a Kiwi coach against an Ozzy coach. Eddie Jones cops alot of flak from  Kiwis.  I love watching Warren Gatland teams do well until they come up against the All Blacks. A good effort after the first half it was looking not that good for Wales excellent win. If any team is going to beat the All Blacks let it be Wales.     

A good bit of Prog Rock going on there Ctech.     

Love that photo Neo. Madame Tussauds is the closest I have got to alot of famous people. Maree and I were walking through a park in Tokyo when a bunch of school girls mobbed me mistaking me for being a member of Rod Stewarts band who was doing a concert in Japan  at the time. I obliged by letting them have their photo taken with me and signing autographs. Maree and I never figured out who I was mistaken for.

Jim and Phill great collabration the stars lined up perfectly on this one excellent.     

Cheers Zurf. Thank you for putting me onto James River Blues Just checked it out on youtube a real good song. I watch this show on TV called Alone  it is a American reality show. The contestants film themselves. The first, second and fourth seasons were filmed on northern Vancouver Island British Columbia., and the third near Nahuel National Park in Patagonia Argentina. It follows the self-documented daily struggles of 10 individuals (7 paired teams in season 4) as they survive in the wilderness for as long as possible using a limited amount of survival equipment. With the exception of medical check-ins, the participants are isolated from each other and all other humans. They may "tap out" at any time, or be removed due to failing a medical check-in. The contestant (or team i
n Season 4) who remains the longest wins a grand prize of $500,000. The past vancouver Island seasons they often seemed to have to be wary of bears and Cougars.  I was just wondering have you encounted any bears when your on the  rivers?? Here is a clip that was on the television news here last year that I saw,.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVuuxqZZCRg