is a electric guitar player in danger? (Page 1 of 2)

I want some cheese, NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...oooookay, people are getting paid to play rock music for lab mice now?? Listen, most so called 'metal heads' who end up being damaged in any way will deterioate because of drug and alcohol intake not because the music hypnotized them. Teens that turn to extremely heavy music are alot of times already very angry, the music just works them up some.
I know a guy listens to the death metal, very laid back, kind of nerdy, built his own computer. I know a guy who loves classical music. He's on a downward spiral of self destruction as we speak and he couldn't find his way out of a maze in 30 years, much less seconds.
  Animals react badly to loud noise because they can't comprehend the meaning or even concept of 'music'. When I play my country music loudly I enjoy the song, but my hamster has a fit. Classical, even when played loudly, is very smooth and well, boring I think but thats beside the point, so the animals wouldn't  be as afraid. Rock music when played loudly, while it might make people want to jump up and head bang, scares animals because they don't understand 'music' there's just something very loud in thier ear and thier scared. Scare the crap out of an animal every minute of every day for very long and they're gonna be a little crazy.
  SO, I think when people can take music and just enjoy it for the music's sake, it won't hurt anybody. I do think every once in a while you need a good simple song to keep you from getting depressed, and I'm not saying constant heavy rock music is good for you, but I don't think its gonna magically make anybody wither and die on thier sofa. The PERSON can make decisions to listen without going out and doing everything they sing about and be O.K.

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naw I was just talkin', not in an upset way, just gettin' in on the conversation. It is an interesting study, maybe the key is to balance it out. Enjoy heavy music sometimes but take a break now and then...
I've always heard that people who know music are better at math, but both me and my brother failed math last year, but can comprehend timing and musical progressions and patterns without any trouble....
'Course I play be ear alot more than by music.

All You Need is Love

Which idiot wrote this? Tell the government to direct their funds towards something useful, like music programs.

There's no danger to playing electric MHD, the instrument can be as laid back and relaxed as you want it. Think of Mike Oldfield, king of the ambient vibe, his Gibson SG soars to the sky. Yet in Angus Young's hands that same Gibson SG is the hardest rocking axe.

Let the music take you where _you_ want to go.

Here's a quick fix, don't play heavy metal around mice. Music is not going to effect a persons mood to commit acts of violence.  I own too many fire arms yet I do not feel an urge to go out and commit acts of murder or mayhem. It is the individual and a lack of grounding that is the problem.  As mentioned before in a previous reply to this post spend the money on something else.

Bootlegger.

It's probably true that if you listen to hard rock cranked in your ears all the time, it eventually will effect you negatively ( of course, everything is relative depending on one's personality).  I personally believe that your choice of music should vary according to how you feel.  I would not want to listen to hard rock before going to sleep at night, but I would if I'm working out.  If I'm stressed out, some loud rock would be nice, but if I'm relaxed, some soft rock or country would suffice.  If you plug the average idiot into obnoxious death metal 10 hours a day, he most likely will go and do stupid things.  That's why your music shoudl change with your mood.

you're talking about mice not humans!

Here's my thoughts.

Mice: They run on instinct, have no self conscious thought.

Humans: have the ability to tell right from wrong, and we are able to think for ourselves. We are completely responsible for our actions.

I think the effects that music has on 2 totally different species is not comparable. There seems to be a stereotype that all metal heads are violent, crude, dopey, drunk, and unstable. However, all of the guys in my metal band are well-put-together guys with decent jobs, loving families, and are overall decent people. I'm the biggest metal head out of all my friends, and I managed to graduate with a 3.8 grade point average (honor roll and scholarship worthy in the state of Ohio), and stay away from drugs.

I know a guy who won't listen to anything but classical music, is a huge drug addict, alcoholic, and semi-suicidal. Like Last_Rebel said, the crash inevitably comes from drugs and alcohol.

In the end, it really depends on the individual.

Hey
Come on we cant take one test and say "metal is bad".
i am 16 and been listening to heavy metal, death metal, hard rock and so on.
Yeah my hearing is bad (my fault for turing it up too much) but im a nice guy. i have friends
and i dont do drugs or fight.

Metal is not bad

I think Rock will be around for a while yet - It will fade......and like fashion will come back and take on a new meaning and direction.It will never die - just when you think it has - some Joe Satriani or Zappa or Page will come along and re-invent the way things are done and sound.I also think there will be a new audience, kids who want to listen to guitar bands,loud and aggressive - we all go through it, its a part of being a teenanger.OOps teenager.
Rock On - Loud!
Turn the up the Marshall full ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I remember a report that the US army played Barney the dinosaur " I Love You" constantly to break the spirit of iraqi prisoners at Guantanamo Bay

that might tell you that any loud music can disturb your natural equilibrium if played repetitively at a  loud volume or that -

Barney is dangerous and possibly even evil.