Comments on: Did my Brain Injury Make me a Better Songwriter? http://servethesong.net/brain-injury-songwriter/ Songwriting Tips for DIY Musicians Tue, 15 May 2012 23:26:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: leonard http://servethesong.net/brain-injury-songwriter/comment-page-1/#comment-4848 leonard Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:19:24 +0000 http://www.servethesong.net/?p=1285#comment-4848 i want to hear your songs, i dont know if this has happened to you but i used to be a very very social person to the point where i would get depressed when alone. total opposite these days i have more fun learning songs on the computer /learning all the stuff i wasn't interested before. im barely getting brave again ill admit i was spooked for years and the accident happened in 06 it was gross i still don't know why im here, hopefully ill save some lives before i leave and contribute what ive been given to science i want to hear your songs, i dont know if this has happened to you but i used to be a very very social person to the point where i would get depressed when alone. total opposite these days i have more fun learning songs on the computer /learning all the stuff i wasn’t interested before. im barely getting brave again ill admit i was spooked for years and the accident happened in 06 it was gross i still don’t know why im here, hopefully ill save some lives before i leave and contribute what ive been given to science

]]> By: leonard http://servethesong.net/brain-injury-songwriter/comment-page-1/#comment-4847 leonard Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:13:28 +0000 http://www.servethesong.net/?p=1285#comment-4847 are you kidding!!! i thought i was the only one, same thing happened to me i can show you the before and after songwriting capabilities! im pretty sure it improved my i.q as well. i was having trouble in nursing school and then barely passed. after i recovered i took the nursing boards only to have 80 questions usually they give 2-300 and i must have scored near 100% haha it did take and give me stuff i don't enjoy like not being interested in the things i used to. i got hit head on, while riding a motorcycle cracked my skull, damaged my 7th cranial nerve and loss complete hearing out of my left ear (i can almost see the pitch now) lol i also cut my jugular vein in my brain and was supposed to die but i lived and boy do i have some weird psychic abilities when sleeping. anyway im from san antonio if you want to email me feel free . yeah i started writing immediately after the accident and havent stopped since im in a band again and about to start playing shows (hopefully get signed) are you kidding!!! i thought i was the only one, same thing happened to me i can show you the before and after songwriting capabilities! im pretty sure it improved my i.q as well. i was having trouble in nursing school and then barely passed. after i recovered i took the nursing boards only to have 80 questions usually they give 2-300 and i must have scored near 100% haha it did take and give me stuff i don’t enjoy like not being interested in the things i used to. i got hit head on, while riding a motorcycle cracked my skull, damaged my 7th cranial nerve and loss complete hearing out of my left ear (i can almost see the pitch now) lol i also cut my jugular vein in my brain and was supposed to die but i lived and boy do i have some weird psychic abilities when sleeping. anyway im from san antonio if you want to email me feel free . yeah i started writing immediately after the accident and havent stopped since im in a band again and about to start playing shows (hopefully get signed)

]]> By: Jef http://servethesong.net/brain-injury-songwriter/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Jef Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:00:52 +0000 http://www.servethesong.net/?p=1285#comment-288 Stephen, I live in California, so I'm pretty sure I can get marijuana, but I confess, I just have no interest. I've done it in the past often enough to know it's not for me. If you want to email me to talk about this more, my email is jeffshattuck@gmail.com Jeff Stephen,

I live in California, so I’m pretty sure I can get marijuana, but I confess, I just have no interest. I’ve done it in the past often enough to know it’s not for me.

If you want to email me to talk about this more, my email is jeffshattuck@gmail.com

Jeff

]]> By: Stephen Shapiro http://servethesong.net/brain-injury-songwriter/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Stephen Shapiro Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:56:00 +0000 http://www.servethesong.net/?p=1285#comment-287 Jef, Thanks for your reply! There are many different species/strands of marijuana that can give very different effects. Perhaps you would find some relief under the supervision of a specialist. Do you live in one of the 13 states that have authorized medicinal use? Jef,

Thanks for your reply! There are many different species/strands of marijuana that can give very different effects. Perhaps you would find some relief under the supervision of a specialist. Do you live in one of the 13 states that have authorized medicinal use?

]]> By: Jef http://servethesong.net/brain-injury-songwriter/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Jef Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:13:57 +0000 http://www.servethesong.net/?p=1285#comment-286 Brian, thank you for letting me guest post on your blog. I really enjoyed writing the piece! Mike and Susan, if you hear something interesting about right/left brain thinking, please send me a note. My email is: jeffshattuck@gmail.com Stephen, I haven't tried marijuana, but I'm hesitant to because I've never liked how it makes me feel. Good luck with your fight in Florida. I definitely support legalizing the stuff. Jeff Brian, thank you for letting me guest post on your blog. I really enjoyed writing the piece!

Mike and Susan, if you hear something interesting about right/left brain thinking, please send me a note. My email is: jeffshattuck@gmail.com

Stephen, I haven’t tried marijuana, but I’m hesitant to because I’ve never liked how it makes me feel. Good luck with your fight in Florida. I definitely support legalizing the stuff.

Jeff

]]> By: Stephen Shapiro http://servethesong.net/brain-injury-songwriter/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Stephen Shapiro Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:03:08 +0000 http://www.servethesong.net/?p=1285#comment-285 Hey Jeff. I'm sorry to hear of your injury, but glad to hear some good came out of it. Do you live in a state that has legalized marijuana for medicinal use? If so have you tried it, and with what success in treating your symptoms in comparison to other pharmaceuticals. I'm from Florida, and some of us are trying to give Doctors the right to prescribe it, but it's a pretty lofty goal. Moving to California or one of the 12 other states that have it, sounds easier to me. Check out the cause at PUFMM.org. Thanks for the post. Hey Jeff. I’m sorry to hear of your injury, but glad to hear some good came out of it. Do you live in a state that has legalized marijuana for medicinal use? If so have you tried it, and with what success in treating your symptoms in comparison to other pharmaceuticals. I’m from Florida, and some of us are trying to give Doctors the right to prescribe it, but it’s a pretty lofty goal. Moving to California or one of the 12 other states that have it, sounds easier to me. Check out the cause at PUFMM.org. Thanks for the post.

]]> By: Susan Wenger http://servethesong.net/brain-injury-songwriter/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Susan Wenger Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:59:15 +0000 http://www.servethesong.net/?p=1285#comment-284 That's a fascinating story. It also speaks, I think, to how all of us write differently. I don't think I've ever been able to write a song where my left and right brain weren't communicating. Then again, it usually takes me forever to finish a song, so it's possible that too much left brain involvement just inhibits the process. That’s a fascinating story. It also speaks, I think, to how all of us write differently. I don’t think I’ve ever been able to write a song where my left and right brain weren’t communicating.

Then again, it usually takes me forever to finish a song, so it’s possible that too much left brain involvement just inhibits the process.

]]> By: Mike Turitzin http://servethesong.net/brain-injury-songwriter/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Mike Turitzin Fri, 29 May 2009 03:55:15 +0000 http://www.servethesong.net/?p=1285#comment-283 Great post! I'm glad to you're finding an upside to what sounds like a pretty terrible injury. I too have noticed the dichotomy between the rational/thinking and emotional/sensing brain. They seem almost completely independent -- it can be possible to operate almost purely in one realm or the other, at least for a brief period. Great post! I’m glad to you’re finding an upside to what sounds like a pretty terrible injury.

I too have noticed the dichotomy between the rational/thinking and emotional/sensing brain. They seem almost completely independent — it can be possible to operate almost purely in one realm or the other, at least for a brief period.

]]> By: Brian Casel http://servethesong.net/brain-injury-songwriter/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Brian Casel Thu, 28 May 2009 18:51:16 +0000 http://www.servethesong.net/?p=1285#comment-282 Incredible story. Someone, find me a hammer... Incredible story.

Someone, find me a hammer…

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