Common to the Tom Brady and Lindsay Davenport iTunes Playlists: "Where Are You Going?," Dave Matthews Band, meanemotion=enthusiastic, meanspeed=97.1

photo of Lindsay Davenport courtesy of: www.sporting-heroes.net/


photo of Tom Brady courtesy of: http://www.tristarproductions.com




©2006, speed visual


As we have been asserting here at Meanspeed Trust, finding the songs that psyche you up can improve mental performance. Sometimes this enhanced mental performance is exhibited by the best athletes in the world.

iTunes has embarked on a most fantastic project: putting together the playlists of the best athletes alive--and not surprisingly, such athletes have near perfect mental control in regard to timing. Therefore, on these pages we are most happy to begin featuring songs from these lists.

Two of my favorite athletes, Tom Brady, the quarterback of the New England Patriots and Lindsay Davenport, one of the best female tennis players to ever play the game both have shared their playlists with iTunes.

One song that is an absolute favorite of mine which is the only song common to both Tom's playlist and Lindsay's playlist is the song by the Dave Mathews Band, featuring drummer Carter Beauford, bass player Stefan Lessard, woodwinds player LeRoi Moore, violinist Boyd Tinsley. In sits in the meanemotion of enthusiasm: almost right at the top speed of that category, which meanspeed music theory asserts as 90-97 beats per minute. This song is especially fantastic, and I would encourage anyone to check out the athlete's playlists and Dave's songs on iTunes.

On a personal note, I turned 44 years old a couple of days ago, and I am still in wonder over the online/digital music in general:
a) the personalization of musical playlists,;
b) the ease with which one can explore the songs they like online in the comfort of [our] own homes;
c) the back-to-the-1970s FAIR price of 99¢ per single have made using music; and
d) the mental control that can be achieved through music, and the speed of that music .

The Meanspeed Frequencies™ of the song Where Are You Going are:
meanspeed=97.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=enthusiastic
meanspace=0.618 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.528 beats per second
meanpitch=414.293 hertz, 96 cents above G4=391.995 Hertz, 4 cents below G#4/Ab4=415.305 Hertz.

Ian Schneider
November 7,2006
NY, NY, USA