Keyboard Cat: one amazing kitty!

It may take a lot of training, but cats CAN play the piano!

Birds on the Wires Music

Reading a newspaper, I saw a picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes (no Photoshop edit). I knew it wasn't the most original idea in the universe. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating.

I sent the music to the photographer, Paulo Pinto, who I Googled on the internet. He told his editor, who told a reporter and the story ended up as an interview in the very same newspaper.

Here I've posted a short video made with the photo, the music and the score (composed by the birds).

Music made with Logic.
Video made with After Effects.

The newspaper story about my work (O Estado de São Paulo): www.tinyurl.com/l4qdbg

Jarbas Agnelli

Stanley and Gabriel

This is the sweetest thing! Be sure to watch it all the way to the end!

Three Very Talented Kitties

Impressive, no??

Are your animals musical?

I know this is a little unusual for this blog but I came across this beautiful YouTube video with Chinese flute music and ancient paintings of Chinese animals and flowers. Hope you enjoy it! This is definitely healing music for many people, but remember, there is no one type of healing music. This is the kind of music that you'll often hear in a massage therapists office!

Relaxing Chinese flute music with ancient paintings of animals from the East. Featuring art from the Tang & Song Dynasty in China.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=796_uk88d90

Have you seen the "CatCerto"?

Have you seen the "CatCerto." This is pretty cool! Someone has stitched together brief snippets of a cat pawing at the keyboard and written a piece of music to go behind it! This obviously took a lot of work and effort but I'd say it paid off! What do you think??

Singing/Talking Cats!

Wow! This is kind of amazing! Do you think these sounds have been altered?

The Little Chihuahua that Could Sing!

Chihuahua sings @ Yahoo! Video

I think when your pet joins in singing with you, it is very affirming and therefore healing!

Do Gorillas Like Music?

Rave gorilla reviews

At the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, a gorilla group appreciated Sue Raimond’s live harp performance a few years ago. The youngest member, named Little Joe, even blew her a kiss before falling asleep.

Both wild and domestic animals can benefit from music therapy but not all of them respond to it.

“It’s not a magic bullet,” cautions Diane Schneider, who produced "Harp of Hope: Animal Therapy Edition," the music that lulled Cassie. “But for animals for which it works, it works incredibly well.”

Schneider trained at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. Later, as a pastoral theologian and hospital chaplain, she began to use the harp with hospitalized human patients.

"I use certain harp vibrations to resonate with, or entrain, a patient's own cellular rhythms to help release tense muscle tissue, calm anxiety, improve digestion, induce restful sleep, increase endorphins for pain management — to aid the body's own efforts to heal itself," Schneider said.

The same holds true for animals, she said.

The Little Dog that Could

This is 'Faith'This dog was born on Christmas Eve in the year 2002. He was born with 3 legs - 2 healthy hind legs and 1 abnormal front leg which need to be amputated. He of course could not walk when he was born. Even his mother did not want him.

His first owner also did not think that he could survive. Therefore, he was thinking of 'putting him to sleep'.By this time, his present owner, Jude Stringfellow, met him and wanted to take care of him.She was determined to teach and train this dog to walk by himself. Therefore , she named him 'Faith'.

In life , there are always undesirable things. Perhaps one will feel better if one changes the point of view from another direction. I hope this message will bring fresh new ways of thinking to everyone and that everyone can appreciate and be thankful for each beautiful day that follows. Faith is the continual demonstration of the Strength of Life

How are you demonstrating your faith today?

Love Your Pets

Drum Roll and bugles please:

The K9 above is Brutus, a military K9 at McChord. He's huge - part Boxer and part British Bull Mastiff and tops the scales at 200 lbs. His handler took the picture. Brutus is running toward me because he knows I have some Milk Bone treats, so he's slobbering away! I had to duck around a tree just before he got to me in case he couldn't stop, but he did. Brutus won the Congressional Medal of Honor last year from his tour in Iraq . His handler and four other soldiers were taken hostage by insurgents. Brutus and his handler communicate by sign language and he gave Brutus the signal that meant 'go away but come back and find me'. The Iraqis paid no attention to Brutus. He came back later and quietly tore the throat out of one guard at one door and another guard at another door. He then jumped against one of the doors repeatedly (the guys were being held in an old warehouse) until it opened. He went in and untied his handler and they all escaped. He's the first K9 to receive this honor. If he knows you're ok, he's a big old lug and wants to sit in your lap. Enjoys the company of cats.K-9 Congressional Medal of Honor WinnerThought you'd find this interesting. Talk about animal intelligence and bonding with humans!Remember that they can't do a lot of things for themselves and that they depend on you to make their life a quality life!A PET'S TEN COMMANDMENTS......... 1. My life is likely to last 10-15 years. Any separation from you is likely to be painful.2. Give me time to understand what you want of me.3. Place your trust in me. It is crucial for my well-being.4. Don't be angry with me for long and don't lock me up as punishment. You have your work, your friends, your entertainment, but I have only you.5. Talk to me. Even if I don't understand your words, I do understand your voice when speaking to me.6. Be aware that however you treat me, I will never forget it.7. Before you hit me, before you strike me, remember that I could hurt you, and yet, I choose not to bite you.8. Before you scold me for being lazy or uncooperative, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I'm not getting the right food, I have been in the sun too long, or my heart might be getting old or weak.9. Please take care of me when I grow old. You too, will grow old.10. On the ultimate difficult journey, go with me please. Never say you can't bear to watch. Don't make me face this alone. Everything is easier for me if you are there, because I love you so. ~Take a moment today to thank God for your pets. Enjoy and take good care of them. Life would be a much duller, less joyful experience without God's critters~Now please pass this on to other pet owners. We do not have to wait for Heaven, to be surrounded by hope, love, and joyfulness. It is here on earth and has four legs!

Why can't Humans be more like animals?

Animals and music

There is so much that we do not know about animals. Probably individual animals are as different as individual humans, although I do know that each breed has some very consistent traits. I believe that the same vibes that cause animals to know when another animal or human is mad, sad, glad, or scared is the same sort of vibration that makes animals and humans know the mood or intent of specific music. Studies have shown repeatedly that animals and humans respond positively to Mozart. We don't really know why.

Here an interesting story of a papillon that adopted a baby squirrel.

Debby Cantlon, who plans to release Finnegan, the young squirrel, back into the wild, bottle-fed the infant squirrel after it was brought to her house.
When Cantlon took in the tiny creature and began caring for him,
She found herself with an unlikely nurse's aide: her pregnant
Papillion, Mademoiselle Giselle.
Finnegan was resting in a nest in a cage just days before Giselle
Was due to deliver her puppies.
Cantlon and her husband watched as the dog dragged the squirrel's
Cage twice to her own bedside before she gave birth.
Cantlon was concerned, yet ultimately decided to allow the
Squirrel out and the inter-species bonding began.
Finnegan rides a puppy mosh pit of sorts, burrowing in for warmth
After feeding, eventually working his way beneath his new litter mates.
Two days after giving birth, mama dog Giselle allowed Finnegan
To nurse; family photos and a videotape show her encouraging
Him to suckle alongside her litter of five pups.
Now, Finnegan mostly uses a bottle, but still snuggles with his
'siblings' in a mosh pit of puppies, rolling atop their bodies
And sinking in deeply for a nap.
Finnegan and his new litter mates, five Papillion puppies,
Get along together as if they were meant to.
Finnegan naps after feeding.
Finnegan makes himself at home with his new litter mates,
Nuzzling nose-to-nose for a nap after feeding.
Send this along to brighten someone's day!
Wouldn't it be nice if we could all get along
Like Finnegan and the gang?
MORAL OF THE STORY: Keep loving everyone . . . Even the squirrelly ones!

"White Christmas" from the "Jingle Cats"

The "Jingle Cats" are amazing and entertaining! Hope you've had a great holiday! Happy New Year!

Big Cats Love Pumpkins! Who knew??

Notice how much the music adds to the mood of this video! It's wonderful! Enjoy!

Meet my new baby Papillon, Jolie

You may remember that a little over a year ago, my Papillon Jack went on to the Great Doggie Heaven in the Sky. I grieved for a long, long time because his death was really quite unexpected. Yes, he was almost 14 and was rapidly losing his sight and hearing, but we just didn't expect him to die! After putting all of his many toys, blankets, beds and feeding bowls away we questioned whether or not we even wanted to get another dog and go through this again one day.

Then we heard about Jolie. For her privacy, I won't go into all the details, but this beautiful little Papillon had just arrived in Louisville and was not able to stay with her family. I went over to take a peek and it was love at first sight! You'll be hearing a lot about her in the days and weeks ahead. Does she love music? Well, I sang her to sleep her first night here and she slept through the night! She prefers singing to piano or violin so far but time will tell!

IT'S AMAZING HOW STRONG MOTHERHOOD IS - OFTEN IN SOME CASES STRONGER IN OUR ANIMALS THAN US HUMANS.
In a zoo in California , a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size, they died shortly after birth. The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve. After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species will take on the care of a different species. The only 'orphans' that could be found quickly, were a litter of weanling pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger. Would they become cubs or pork chops?? Take a look... Now, please tell me one more time ........? Why can't the rest of the world get along??

A Preemie Deer...would lullabies help?

In my work as a clinical musicologist and a therapist I emphasize the use of singing lullabies to preemies as one of the best things a mother can do to stabilize her baby, get her gaining weight, and create a lifelong bond. But what if the preemie is a deer? This little fellow was delivered by Cesearian when his mother was hit by a car. Read on about his amazing early days:

Little Rupert, who is so small he can fit in an adult'shand, was born after vets failed in their battle to save his mother.
At just six inches tall and weighing just over a pound, he is now in an incubator in the intensive care unit at Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital in Buckinghamshire. He has only recently opened his eyes. Les Stocker, founder of Tiggywinkles, said: Rupert's mother had very severe injuries. We brought him out and got him breathing and then he went into an incubator on oxygen. He is now being fed by a tube.

Puppies Lullaby---Amazing!

We all know that some dogs like to sing along, but who knew they could be put to sleep with a human lullaby?? This is beautiful!

Great video about animals that heal!

Enjoy!