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This Is Why Autism And Music Talent Are Common (MUST SEE) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  So why is autism and musical talent so commonly linked
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  together? In this video, I'm breaking
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  everything down and talking about just that.
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  Guys, welcome back to the aspy world.
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  What's going on? My name is Dan, I have autism,
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  ADHDOCD and dyslexia, and I make weekly videos all about this
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  awesome. Okay guys.
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  So I want to do this video on autism and musical talent
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  because basically like it fascinated me.
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  I am a musician. I'm a multi musician.
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  If you don't already know, I play in a band called Straight
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  Jacket Legends and I play bass and I sing in that band, but I
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  also play guitar and drums and violin and cello and piano and I
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  play all these instruments. I'm self-taught because I have a
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  relationship with music and that relationship stems from vast
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  amounts of different reasons. Now a lot of people on the
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  autism spectrum are musicians and a lot of very talented
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  musicians in the music industry are on the autism spectrum.
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  So I wanted to know why. You know what?
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  What is this relationship? And I remember I met an autistic
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  savant who was also blind when I was doing a show.
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  He was closing the, the, the show when I was doing a keynote
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  and he actually was just a fantastic pianist.
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  And it really got me thinking. I was like, wow, this guy is
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  amazing. And you know, he's on the
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  spectrum. And like, what relationship does
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  his condition have with music? Like why is music so
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  interesting? So at first I was like, it has
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  to be patterns, right? It just has to be like patterns
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  of things that they just like, you know, we all like patterns.
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  I like routines and maybe music is repetitive patterns that
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  people love, but it goes deeper than that.
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  Yes, you know, learning structure and how instruments
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  and chords are created is kind of a pattern and that's a lovely
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  pattern and it has a relationship which I love doing.
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  But in terms of why it has such a deeper level, it's all about
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  mathematics. Now, I didn't really think about
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  this until I was applying to university and my the the person
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  who was helping, the tutor who was helping me, kind of like
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  through my application said I wanted to do chemistry right.
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  And chemistry is all mathematics based and I had no previous kind
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  of science education so I was like really going off on a whim
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  here. So in my personal statement to
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  the university by the way, I did get that placement and I did do
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  my degree which I have a degree in chemistry, which is crazy.
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  I'm so proud of myself for doing it.
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  So yeah, blow my own trumpet there.
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  But when I was applying my tutor said why don't you say that you
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  are a multi musician because music and mass are very much
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  linked together and I was like okay and it worked.
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  They really did go for it. Then I realized music and maths
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  are very much linked together like Oh my goodness, because
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  music is patterns of timing, signatures and you count when
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  you play music. And I was like, Dang, this all
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  makes sense. I love counting, I love numbers.
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  I actually would do a degree in mathematics if I had time.
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  But you know, I I think maths is such an interesting concept and
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  and such a comfortable concept. I actually like being around
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  numbers, as weird as that sounds.
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  Actually all my clocks are like 24 hour clocks because I like
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  the longer numbers, you know? But in terms of music, you're
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  counting bars. You're creating a mathematical
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  kind of pattern sequence in your head to create music, and then
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  it made sense. This is why autism and musical
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  talent comes hand in hand, because autistic people are
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  generally aligned with the logical thinker type of brain,
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  and that logical thinker type of brain is the type of brain that
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  enjoys mathematics and numbers. And because the mathematics and
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  numbers are related to music, it's kind of only fitting really
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  that autistic people would be really interested in music and
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  play instruments. This was kind of like the glass
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  shattering moment for me. And I was like Oh my goodness,
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  how did I not think about this before?
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  But you know, music is no exception.
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  Mathematics and sound are closely linked together.
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  Also, music is sound waves and sound waves are mathematical
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  kind of nodes and and troughs, you know.
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  And and I think I I just love this.
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  I love the fact that it's like that not.
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  Are you a musical autistic person?
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  Let me know in the comments down below.
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  I'd love to know. Do you play an autistic?
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  Do you play a musical instrument?
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  Are you autistic? Let me know.
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  I read every single comment. So yeah, it's never wasted.
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  But this is fascinating and it fascinates me.
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  And I just love to see, you know, how many more musicians
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  out there are on the spectrum. And this would just be so
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  interesting to see. I'm just really like, I don't
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  know, just brighten up my day to just look at more autistic
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  musicians. I just love that.
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  I think it's great. I think you guys are great and
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  thank you so much for watching this video.
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  If you think this can help somebody or it's interesting,
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  accounts if you have those and give this video a thumbs up if
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  you enjoyed this one and I'll see you in the next one.
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  Guys, peace.