The Music Of You

"The music you love best is actually saying something about who you are. What you want, what you fear, what you'd like to be better at."

Susan Rogers,

Professor of Psychoacoustics

Who is Susan Rogers?

The love we feel for certain songs is a very real feeling. There are components in them that speak to us in ways that reveals things about us. Susan Rogers, Professor of Psychoacoustics at Berklee College of Music, has studied how our brains react to music. At 25 she produced records for Crosby, Stills and Nash. She also spent five years as Prince's sound engineer. Rogers says our taste in music begins to form in our infancy and starts creating a sort of soundtrack of your life.

Where is the Performing Arts Center?

Susan Rogers visited the brand new Performing Arts Center in Brewster as a guest speaker for their February 10 episode of the Arts and Entertainment Lecture Series. The series is an ongoing project organized by Program Coordinator Paul Tingley. He wants the audience to have learned things they've never known before when they leave the auditorium.

What music do you love?

Susan Rogers suggests gathering your friends and family and do a record pull. Watch the video to get advice on how to find the language to describe why you love the music you love, and why Rogers calls it a generous act.

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