Making music with your mind | Thomas Deuel | TEDxSeattle

What’s the importance of music in your life? In this 2020 TEDxSeattle talk, Dr. Thomas Deuel argues music is much more than a cultural cornerstone--it’s a critical function.

As a lifelong musician and practicing neurologist, Dr. Deuel found an innovative--and life-changing--way to combine his two passions. See how his project empowers individuals to live richer lives as they use brain signals to play music.

1:37 - Deuel’s research on musical processing in the brain
9:39 - See two quadriplegic musicians perform with a live jazz ensemble

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When Dr. Deuel isn’t hard at work as a practicing neurologist at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, he’s in his StudioLab making site-specific sound installations, interactive music devices, and sound sculptures. It’s here that he applies his research on complex sound and music processing in the human cortex to create installations for human interaction and research. He’s currently developing a brain-music interface that uses thought control of a subject to create music compositions without movement.

[kunalkhan]

Hi, I did 9 brain surgeries because of Brain tumor and Internal Infections. I was paralyzed on my left side and I made that experiment back in 2004 and was successful. Now I'm completely fine and claiming that you are absolutely Right! :)
Thanks you man.

[FynePrntWilliamsMUSC]

Wow, imagine the emotions that flow being given the ability to play again in their conditions. Music is neccessary❤💯

[halcyonrain]

I'm often overwhelmed by these immense and complex symphonies that just come into my head. They fade, though, and I would love to be able to capture them somehow. What a dream this would be!

[ananyamajumder]

Music is not just for entertainment. It acts like a bridge with emotion & human behavior.. I love music❤. If you are a music lover, never become distracted from it.

[al_for_short_]

Music is truly above us.;
And we are the channels of such magic.
Thank you Mr. Thomas Deuel

[soumitrapatil]

Listening or remembering music in mind is great but Playing in any form with our control and emotions on notes is greatest thing I ever experienced. Thank you Sir, You Made Something which gives peace and Joy to people who are suffering.

[beolivia]

Thank God for music🙏!! I could live without TV but not with music. Music raises my vibration, makes me happy, it adds flavor to my life.

[aisadal]

Music helps me destress, rest and relax, focus on chores/assignments, sleep.

I can't function without music

[udampreetkaur]

Making a musician to make music again is like giving his life back to him. You gave all those people their life back. Thank you so much ❤️🙏

[erinhappy-go-lucky]

This is brilliant! What a great way to retrain the brain and give people hope 🥰! I wish you the best in your trials and believe that this therapy will make a huge impact in the healing process 😍. It’s amazing how perseverance and belief in oneself can create miracles. No success is too small.

[rosemarythyme]

It's also great and in some way magical to see you talk about the things you're passionate about. Incorporating what you love which is music in your work and doing scientific research about it for the benefit of mankind makes you truly amazing.

[Tachy_Bunker]

I want to make music with my mind haha, would be far easier. That's something I've always dreamed of since I was a kid actually 👀🎶.

[lawrencegroves]

This is great. Giving ppl with no hope a chance to create again. I wrote something a while back about sound comparison. Music is definitely something that everyone can understand.

[AdamFraserTv]

Incredible ! More than music, you’re restoring life . 👏🏻

[lyngruen]

MUSIC IS HEALING....Praise God for such wisdom to give you the desire to afford these talented people the opportunity to live again! Live in a completely different realm of possibility and action. What a blessing 😘🌹 Texas Nana here 🤠
PSALM 91

[MaryEve]

In french I would say to you : Incommensurable invention!!!! So much of respect!!! XxXx

[sarahhoward]

I have a phonographic memory. I can listen to music in my head just like an orchestra playing in front of me.

[inwex]

Disabled or not, when this becomes perfected most musicians would like to try this. Forget about programming notes and automation. I see major software and hardware companies buying into this. Perhaps there will even be an audio interface on the market where it is also VR ready, and your DAW completely integrated. The simplicity of it could turn music composition into a meditative state. Cool video!

[lisacody]

MAKING MUSIC WITH YOUR MIND - YOU WON MY HEART - RIGHT THERE ❤

[AdamFraserTv]

That’s actually the first step in my creative process . I actually create it in my mind before I lay it down .