Voice of Amarillo 940 » music http://voiceofamarillo.com Fri, 24 May 2013 19:59:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Zach Sobiech, Teen Who Wrote Farewell Song On Youtube After Cancer Diagnosis, Has Died [VIDEO] http://voiceofamarillo.com/zach-sobiech-teen-who-wrote-farewell-song-on-youtube-after-cancer-diagnosis-has-died/ http://voiceofamarillo.com/zach-sobiech-teen-who-wrote-farewell-song-on-youtube-after-cancer-diagnosis-has-died/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 13:44:05 +0000 Billy Goforth http://987jackfm.com/?p=184754 Zach was a teenager who found out that he had a rare form of bone cancer called osteosarcoma. It affects mostly teens and adolescents. After finding out that his diagnosis had turned terminal, he wrote a heartwarming song that has captured the hearts of people around the world.

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]]> http://voiceofamarillo.com/zach-sobiech-teen-who-wrote-farewell-song-on-youtube-after-cancer-diagnosis-has-died/feed/ 0 Scientists Have Found the Answer On How To Get A Song Out of Your Head http://voiceofamarillo.com/scientists-have-found-the-answer-on-how-to-get-a-song-out-of-your-head/ http://voiceofamarillo.com/scientists-have-found-the-answer-on-how-to-get-a-song-out-of-your-head/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:48:04 +0000 Lori Crofford http://mix941kmxj.com/?p=193872 I am the worst when it comes to getting a song in my head.  It happens every day.  That sneaky little tune that plays over and over inside my head.  Most of the time Rick instigates the song that gets stuck in my head, sometimes, it something I heard on Spongebob that morning..  However, when that earworm starts tapping his toes I start going crazy.

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]]> http://voiceofamarillo.com/scientists-have-found-the-answer-on-how-to-get-a-song-out-of-your-head/feed/ 0 iStock Can Music Make You More Productive at Work? http://voiceofamarillo.com/can-music-make-you-more-productive-at-work/ http://voiceofamarillo.com/can-music-make-you-more-productive-at-work/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:15:15 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=131781 Having trouble getting things done at work or staying focused on the task at hand? Fire up your iPod.

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]]> http://voiceofamarillo.com/can-music-make-you-more-productive-at-work/feed/ 0 Thinkstock If You Want Your Kids to Turn Out Well, Get Them Involved in Music http://voiceofamarillo.com/kids-music/ http://voiceofamarillo.com/kids-music/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:36:17 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=111473 Want to make your kids better people?

Here’s new that will be music to your ears.

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]]> http://voiceofamarillo.com/kids-music/feed/ 0 aidanmorgan, Flickr Principal Causes Uproar By Banning Kindergarteners from Singing 'God Bless the USA' at Graduation http://voiceofamarillo.com/principal-banning-kindergarteners-god-bless-the-usa/ http://voiceofamarillo.com/principal-banning-kindergarteners-god-bless-the-usa/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:43:57 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=110205 The principal at a Coney Island, NY elementary school is under fire from both parents and some members of the community after she banned the kids from singing Lee Greenwood’s patriotic anthem ‘God Bless the USA’ at a kindergarten graduation.

But you won’t believe what she says they can sing.

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]]> http://voiceofamarillo.com/principal-banning-kindergarteners-god-bless-the-usa/feed/ 0 William Thomas Cain, Getty Images Who Do You Want to Write a New National Anthem? — Survey of the Day http://voiceofamarillo.com/who-do-you-want-to-write-a-new-national-anthem-survey-of-the-day/ http://voiceofamarillo.com/who-do-you-want-to-write-a-new-national-anthem-survey-of-the-day/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:12:36 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=108637 Francis Scott Key, who was a lawyer and an amateur poet, wrote the lyrics to ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ in 1814. While nobody is suggesting our national anthem should be replaced, if it was it would probably be done by more of a singer-songwriter type.

But which one?

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]]> http://voiceofamarillo.com/who-do-you-want-to-write-a-new-national-anthem-survey-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Rick Diamond / Alberto E. Rodriguez / Kevin Winter, Getty Images Watch How Music Brings a Man Suffering From Dementia to Life http://voiceofamarillo.com/watch-music-bring-an-elderly-man-to-life/ http://voiceofamarillo.com/watch-music-bring-an-elderly-man-to-life/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:15:23 +0000 Kathy Landin http://thefw.com/?p=115574 Music can have a profound effect on all of us. It triggers memories, elevates our mood, makes us angry and helps us learn. It can also bring us out from the dark shell of a weakened and aging mind. That’s certainly the effect music has had for this man who suffers from dementia brought on by age.

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]]> http://voiceofamarillo.com/watch-music-bring-an-elderly-man-to-life/feed/ 0 ncaavideos2, YouTube What Is Your Least Favorite Kind Of Music? http://voiceofamarillo.com/vip/q-and-a/polls/what-is-your-least-favorite-kind-of-music/ http://voiceofamarillo.com/vip/q-and-a/polls/what-is-your-least-favorite-kind-of-music/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:12:04 +0000 Billy Goforth http://loyalty.production.townsquaresites.com/?post_type=loyalty_qa_poll&p=22237 Tell us what makes you turn the radio off.

]]> http://voiceofamarillo.com/vip/q-and-a/polls/what-is-your-least-favorite-kind-of-music/feed/ 0 Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images Musicians Have Less Age-Related Memory and Hearing Loss http://voiceofamarillo.com/musicians-have-less-age-related-memory-and-hearing-loss/ http://voiceofamarillo.com/musicians-have-less-age-related-memory-and-hearing-loss/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:55:43 +0000 Shauna Wright http://thecheckup.com/?p=11544 Over the years, research has shown the benefits of studying music can improve academic performance and heal emotional traumas — and now researchers have learned it can protect protect memory, hearing and brain processing, too.

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