When I journal I have a song for the day, I describe a texture, smell or feeling I had in the most important moment of the day so when I read back I can have more context
As one who struggles with memory issues due to my military service, this gives me a spark of an idea anyway in how to document my life. I've worked with people with dementia as a CNA in a nursing home and it is not a fun journey for these people. I've found that journaling helps a lot in remembering a little, if nothing else how irrational I was in my thinking when struggling with my mental health. Journaling when upset or angry really helps also, as it gets my feelings out so I don't pop a gasket. I can make it into a long prayer and it really helps.
The single most important youtuber/ creator i know of. As well as being utterly beautiful in terms of colour and cinematics to watch. Theres always a message of self help and deeper meaning or enrichment. Enables connection on levels ive not experienced on any other channel. Huge fan Jake. 👏
I have said this before, I am in my 50s and I certainly have learned a lot more than just photography from you- I too also take many pictures of my family and myself and spend most of my income in creating memories.- Why? well, When I am on my death bed I don't want to remember or think about the things I purchased or acquired. I want to be thinking of all the moments and memories and events with my family and friends while listening to music.
Every year since 2017, I’ve been making a playlist of all the songs I play on repeat throughout the year. Every time I go back to those songs, a hundred memories and emotions associated with those songs come flooding back. And if I feel good in a moment, I’ll put on a song to capture that feeling forever. It’s incredible what music can do 🖤
Damn this one hits home. Watching my grandma have her mind destroyed by dementia is breaking me. It’s crazy how she can remember random small details from the past, but can’t remember what she just said. She’s listened to Swiss yodeling bands for decades so I’m definitely going to try and see it that music will trigger different memories for her. Thanks Jake!
So true! My dad is a music therapist, and he works everyday with people who have dementia and alzheimer's, and some of the stories that he has are amazing. Music is super powerful.
Love the shots in this video! I'm only 20 right now but I've noticed I am already forgetting things that I did when I was like 4-10 years old and around that time I took pride in being able to remember pretty much everything. So, finding new ways to remember my life and experiences has become very important to value the little things and value things that once made me happy but I had just forgotten.
I have been doing something similar for more than three years, I’ve been creating a playlist in my phone for each month of each year and added the songs that I discovered that month and mostly listened at that time. Totally worth it, now I can remember what I used to listen back in 2019 and what you said, the feelings and experiences I had and why I listened those songs at that time, I totally recommend this.
I use Day One Journal for writing down my life and the day-to-day minutiae, and have done so for nearly a decade now! I love watching videos like this because it gives me new ways to think about how to capture my life as I live it, and how to remember people, places, feelings, and so on from days long gone. It offers me the ability to really dig into my memory and think about what more I could add to the contextual narratives of my lives as I've lived them. Thank you for this wonderful creation, and may your memories continue to flourish and subsist how you wish them to.
This video should have a million videos bro. Good reminder to everyone out there amidst a time where social media is everything. Sometimes literally just enjoying the moment in life as is, is the best way to go about it. Thanks man, some solid points made in the video!
dude our mindset and way of thinking are so unbelievably similar that i just had to convey this over by this comment. like i was literally predicting where your sentences were going when u began speaking them. a lot of things u talked about are already stuff that i have thought about. our favourite quotes are the same too! its kinda unreal how much similarities we share. love your work, keep this up!
Thank you Jake, I’m a dementia care giver music is amazing…music therapy of your favorite music. Photos and videos of families are very important as well because they remember everyone younger.
Dude, I get giddy when you upload. You’re storytelling capability is phenomenal. I’m always so inspired by your work, bro. Keep grinding and making a difference in peoples lives🤙🏼
You’re such an inspiration! As a musician I have so many voice memos full of ideas so maybe using that could also help you out. It’s like you’re in a meeting with yourself when you relisten and edit.
Gah - this is so powerful, man. My wife is always amazed at how I can know the year that a song came out (*explicit* memory) even from 15, 20, 25 years ago. I just know how I felt during that period of my life (*implicit* memory), so that makes it really easy. And it's fun to sit back and let those feelings wash over me for a minute... But I'd never really consciously thought of that link between the two. Thanks for making it all make more sense... though you've now rubbed off the shine of my magic ability to know song release dates! 🤣
Dude, the way you edit, you talk, you document all these videos is freaking awesome. Keep on working on it please. You really smashed it up once again. ❤️
Man, I'm so glad I found your channel. Especially this video, the tie between music and memory rings so true for me as well. Some of my strongest memories involve jamming with friends as kids. The album I listened to on my train ride through the Italian countryside. An album I used to spam with a close buddy who we lost recently has been the sharpest reminder of him. You have a lot of profound ideas and a gift for putting them into video form.
I am just a guy from Austria. Sitting at work at a 8 hours shift . While i am doing my Job, i have my earpods in and listening to your Video. Somehow i feel something beside my boring job i usually dont feel. i feel good.! Thank you. 😅
Funnily enough, I've collected a spotify playlist for years, conviniently called "memories". But yea, that is so true with music. I met someone once who was not able to speak or communicate in any way at all anymore, completely "out from this world", but when you'd put a guitar on her hands, she would play multiple songs perfectly, and those were not even the easiest songs there are. It was just incredible.
That's actually a really interesting and new way to keep track of memories, and I think it can be very useful. I also strongly associate songs with memories, sowriting them down would be a game changer. Would. If I actually sit down and write them. Never was the diary person, but I do write when I feel a rush of emotions, and rereading those journal entries also help relive moments :)
I love this. You have some of the most intriguing ways of talking about complicated subjects and making them feel relaxing and informative. You are such a great story teller and I appreciate it!
I don’t keep the Excel Spreadsheet but as soon as this video started I thought you would talk about music & memories because I could relate 100%. There is many songs as soon as they play it brings back amazing memories!!! Cool video man!!
What a great video man, Production quality is insane. This touched me in a way I wasn't prepared for, considering I'm always worried about how fast life flies by. I appreciate you, sub earned.
I'm addicted to your channel dude. And this was the best video I've seen until now. This one and "the internet sucks..." You became one of my mentors/inspirations now. Thank you
That's why I love Spotify, Liked Songs playlist is literally a time machine for me, because i can scroll down to a specific date and remember the circumstances in which i was listening to a certain song
Wow what an original video. Honestly, this might be the most amazing video I have ever watched. I can't even bring it to words. A song journal, I'll get one of those ;) Thank Jake and again, amazing video
man, love it! there is a music that my dad used to sing, and every time i listen to it, remember so many things, it’s amazing! That’s such great advice! 👏🏽👏🏽
Wow! This video goes straight to the heart. Much appreciation for sharing your thoughts on treasuring & preserving those special memories we all have. Loved it.
Another powerful and inspiring video from Jake. This is so cool to find someone else with a song journal. I have been keeping a list of songs and memories associated with them since I started university because I wanted to make sure I remembered all of my time at college. Combine that with the thousands of photos and videos, I can go back to amazing times. I would definitely recommend anyone to make a song journal. Again, great video Jake!
For several months, (years ?), I found out like you that music was a strong anchor of memories. Each time I listen to an "old" song, I relive the moment when this song played. Some songs have more influence than others. My problem is that I never register the title of the group performing. Today I'm trying to gather as much information as I can and find these old song and build my "life" playlist. Music also have a strong effect on my mood. Lighten it up, or on the contrary a way to "let it go" when I'm down. I'll also building a list of songs for that matter. There are also songs I experience in some bad / sad moment, that are lovely, but I just can't listen to them any more as they are bringing back those sad moments... Finally, everytime I'm listening to a songs, I've no more voice talking in my head, but images of a video clips I'm building in my head ! Thank you for this video Jake. Take care.
Really enjoyed your insights on this subject. I worked in an Alzheimer's care facility for a couple years and it changed my life. Amazing what triggers memories and how much music is a part of positive experiences. Thank you, you have a wonderful heart.
This is by far the most emotional paid promotion video I have ever seen. The way you told this was spot on, and I was actually watching another TH-cam video of a girl singing ‘you are my sunshine’ with her baby brother who has Down syndrome, and got me crying somehow, thinking that music/song has the power to spark joy and speaks to one’s emotions.
The video touched me a lot, in my family there is dementia as well as I have known for 2 years that I am a neurodiverse person, since my youth I know that I am dyslexic, this form has difficulty remembering what I have just said or seen. As an aphantasie, my memories go back between 4-6 years, which severely limits my ability for deep and wide memory. It also makes me a little emotional, it always makes me sad, due to the further neurodiversity of the adh it makes my memories a little confused, which is very difficult for me in the memory with others. Since this year I know that I am autistic, which explained a lot of things in my life to me, very amazing. It's hard for me to realize who I am right now. What strikes me from time to time is that when I listen to songs from my youth, the one and the other memories come to mind again, unfortunately only fragments, because the neurodiversities deny me further access. That's crazy. Thank you for your video❤🎉
This makes so much sense. There is music that I won't listen too because it was popular when I was going through hard times. I will immediately shut it off. It just brings back too many bad memories. I would like to try this on my Grandma though. She has dementia and maybe music from her childhood might bring some good memories.
i listened to a playlist while on a roadtrip and when i listen to it now it immediately brings back the memories and feelings, happens with the short books i read on that trip too.
Hitting the nail on the head again! Music is so much more than just the title and the lyrics. Something I always go by is, never judge someone by the music they listen to, because you never know what that music has gotten them through.
This is why I love you dude!! I saw that document a couple years ago and it was so powerful. As a musician I couldn’t agree with you more. I’m always stoked of the power of music. Just awesome.
For a lot of different moments in time. the last time before covid having friends I went on a school trip with them and there is a song that encapsulates the experience and every time I hear it I go look at the pictures I took and remember the time, my first date when I had the worst week of my life and then had so much fun, My baptism and the spirit I felt that day. Music has always been such a big part of my life and I could never explain why but because of you I now know. And I will be starting my own music journal.
Great points! After I went through my vision loss, I found that my memory has definitely improved since I think memory is a muscle and it takes lots of effort to flex at times, but when we do it definitely grows. My auditorial memory has definitely grown, but I have also gotten into using cameras since my vision loss which has been a powerful way to clearly capture things in person that I can look at on my computer later to enhance my visual memory through photo and video.
You are wise beyond your years my friend! The 80's were rough on me but there was one song that helped me through it. "Power and the Passion" by Midnight Oil. There was one line that resonated with me at that time " It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees..." That song, to this day, is so powerful for me. Absolutely love your work and your ability to tell a meaningful and powerful story!
Just want to let you know that despite your vids being so short it hits right to the core. It's as if someone I don't know gets me. I even have the word marvel tattooed on me because in one of your travel vids you said that people tend to like to travel because they marvel at anything, they pause, they pay attention. ✨
Hands down one of the best videos I have seen of yours Jake. As someone who's father died from complications from from Alzheimers and his brother diagnosed as well, it scares me as well. Music is such a powerful driving force. It knows no bounds and reach so many people and affect them in different ways. I think the music journal is an awesome idea and I'm going to try it! ✌️
This is so true! I remember when I was on a holiday with my little brother a few years ago, we were surfing for the first time (absolutely hooked now). When we were driving with the surf school van to ‘the secret spot’ for our last lesson I was just staring out of the window and saw the waves crashing on the big cliffs. It was such a peaceful moment that I genuinely felt so good in. On the radio was first R.E.M with Losing my Religion and then Coldplay with Paradise. Now everytime me of my brother hears either of these songs we instantly remember the holiday, the people we met and I can just picture it like it was yesterday. Music is incredibly powerful! Thank you for sharing this Jake, I really enjoy your videos! 👌🏼
This video hits different. I can relate to the way a certain song lights up a memory from a specific time of your life. I have an entire Spotify playlist called “nostalgia” and it’s all old songs from high school that aren’t even good but I listened to them on repeat back then & it literally feels like a time portal if I ever want to experience those memories & emotions again
Jake! This is my second time watching this as I’ve been looking to find new creative inspiration for my channel. Appreciate you and all your hard work. Keep it going!
You two sides of social media, the negative, distraction side and the little positive side. You're on the positive side and I think you help a lot of people with your video's!
This is so funny because I wasn’t expecting you to say music as a way of keeping hold of memories but I’ve done this for years and it’s crazy how much it connects me to myself, and secures me in my identity. Just making a TH-cam playlist with whatever feels like your kind of songs at the time, it lets you go back and remember how strong everything was, how deep those feelings went. Another thing I do to pair with the music is writing. As soon as I started thinking of it not as journalling, but writing, I immediately was able to flow into it way better. Because remembering the feelings from the point of view of your past self, it adds so much understanding to what you were thinking at the time, what your perception was. Just opening up notes and saying what you thought, or deceiving a powerful moment that happened that day, you’ll likely never get the exact moment again, but documenting it through the lens of how you felt the moment went, it’s incredible what it can do
You simply give it a name "Time machine" . It is true about the music, few years ago I had a trip to France and the first thing I remember of that trip was a song from a movie "Good Year" (related to France) after that song memories started to flow ... Thanks Jake
That’s so wonderful! 😍 I don’t have a songs diary but I have years Spotify library from 2010 where I have saved almost every song I have listened to in that year 😉
Thankyou for making this video , I been thinking a lot lately on how to feel more present in the now. It is so easy for us artists that we always want to see and experience the next biggest thing so we tend to forget what it is like to just live in the moment. What really helps for me though is to write down the things that made my day even if it is the smallest little bit of information. Thankyou for your videos
I listen to music almost all of the time. So what I'm gonna do now is journal every day and always write how I feel + a song that I liked on that day / during that phase so when I lose my memory one day I can hopefully remember it better. Thanks for this useful tipp with the music
Music and songs don't just make your memories feel real but also your dreams and the memories that are not even yours are feel to be much alive with true music. Like for example you can feel and visualise what's like living in Tokyo in 50's or in Jamaica in 30's by just listening songs of that time of that place, it's just like a partial time travel and it feels powerfull and humanne. Also one another thing I feel about memory is that it's not just a single memory but a cluster of memory that is binded together with other memories of the same time, so one way is to remember some of your memories look at the major incidents happening at that time like reading past newspapers or memories of someone else of that time can reignite your little memories too. Thanks for creating thing, love you as always ❤️❤️
This is definitely one of the most powerful videos that I’ve seen on TH-cam. Great message and awesome awesome interpretation. I’ve said it for about 25 years now that music is the soundtrack to our life. And every time I hear a song it literally takes me back to the day. I heard it where I was what I was doing etc. Really cool video bro.
Today is the first day in my new house, the purpose of the move was to be closer to family with alzheimer's. So this one hit home! Always great work Jake.
I love your videos so much lately. They give me such a good and warm feeling inside. So I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for your thoughts, ideas and the beautiful images. :)
Thankyou for this. Will definitely do that. I think it is a great way to remember the memories especially for people whose world revolves around music. Thankyou for making super great videos and introducing us to this.
Absolutely outstanding as always Jake! Nothing stirs me inside as much as music it’s the one thing I couldn’t live without. Dementia has affected my family for generations too… I feel your pain. Live well dude.
The music journal idea is very good. It's been a while since I listened to music, like only for myself, purposely to make me feel something. It can seems weird but I find it hard to look for music that I would like. I don't like very much spotify and youtube suggestions. And I don't listen to radio because the advertising annoys me. So I'm kinda stuck. It take too much time to find the music I like that I kinda... gave up. I now realize what I'm missing and I think I'm going to change that (loss of) habit. And why not start a music journal, yeah. My way of remembering is writing. Poetry, journaling, inner thoughts, reflexions, ideas, letters to my past self, letters to my future self, pamplets, articles... Doesn't matter what, I write. Writing can help to store so much things. It's a beautiful art form to me because you can twist and model the words so they express what you feel in so much ways, with so much tools. Anyway, thank you for this video. I really like your work.
These are honestly my favorite videos on YT. So amazing how I was thinking about this same idea, and now there is a video giving me concrete proof that this stuff works. Just great stuff.
Music is a wonderful weapon to remember the emotions of a moment. It's amazing how often I hear some old songs and they perfectly remind me of that precise moment.
Really like your videos!!! In anytime of fast pitching and hustle, the speed of your style inspires to slow down and thing about yourself. Thanks for that!!
Wow this is so true, a photo and video can’t fully capture memories the way smell and touch and the whole experience with all of your senses can capture, the way it fully FELT in that moment.
Late to the party but wanted to share this ! observation drawing is incredible for memory. from time to time I take the habit of drawing anytime or anywhere i go. I like also to right comments, I take notes on the weither, feels, conversations, jokes... Very quick drawings most of the time, or longer ones if I draw my lover sleeping for exemple. I notice that years later, when I go back to these shecktbooks, it's incredible how I remember everything. I often remember what we were saying, how it felt, when it was. But most strongly how I was feeling at the time emotion-wise. Like. Amazingly well. I think the act of drawing,(with the level of subjectivity it demands and the fact that you have to actually take some time to do it) manages to really incapsulate a moment. Idk. :)
Thanks Jake - for highlighting this thought - It's funny - I do exactly the same... with music...but more - I record TONS of audio clips...of the places I travel - and then perform the same catalog methodology. Indexing the catalog is key to finding info later on
Jake, you truly inspire me to make videos💛 - YES, I think music is like the texture of time; it prints feelings in our soul, so when we get to replay "that song," it is like "wearing" back a memory inside; that only you know-how! I also use music to pin my memories. I truly appreciate your thoughts, your ways of visually sharing your feelings, the topics, and your sincere ways of exposing your mind and heart through cinematography and photography. Thank you so much! 😃
Hahaha! First of all, I love the video, the message is on point, you're inspiring as always and this is definitely something that I struggle with, so it really resonated with me... but why is no one talking about the amazing rick roll that you snuck in there?! It just made an already awesome video that much better; well done!!!
How is it that I feel some TH-camrs just speak the exact same wavelength as me hahah. Your videos are something I look up to so much, they're a huge inspiration for my channel... Music is my absolute no 1 way of remembering my life, and I've been talking about it for so long now. But I've never thought to make a song journal, which is an awesome idea. I'll definitely try it out! Thanks for the video, man!
Will definitely make a song journal, you are absolutely spot on about the memory connected with song thing , although not all of those songs memories are much important, but rather than having them fade away in mind , why not just save it because it might not be important now but some day it'll be beautiful to just got through those
And again, a different approach to an interesting topic. that is the reason I bought your presets and subscribed to your channel. stay safe bro and thanks for the awesome content.
Forgetting is one of my greatest fears in life. My family doesn't have a history of dementia or Alzheimer's but watching movies/tvshows/reading books on it. I thought how cruel it is and I started thinking, too, how I wanted to protect those memories and remember when I am older. So, I started taking a lot of pictures, saving old songs, and recording video/audio bites of small moments with friends/family (even it's cringe at the moment). Trying to be my own historian in a way. Anyways, I just wanted to say thank you Jake for making this video! It's nice to know that I am not alone when having these kinds of thoughts.
Your videos are like Therapy to me don't know why but I literally feel alive after watching your videos Thank you so much jake ❤️
You said it exactly 👍👍
That seriously makes me so happy 😭🙏 thank you!! 🖤
Couldn't agree more! Thank you Jake 🙏...
Same
I agree
When I journal I have a song for the day, I describe a texture, smell or feeling I had in the most important moment of the day so when I read back I can have more context
bro. you went SO hard on this video - felt like i just took a psychology class. the most beautiful psychology class.
Ah man thank you Cody!! 🖤
As one who struggles with memory issues due to my military service, this gives me a spark of an idea anyway in how to document my life. I've worked with people with dementia as a CNA in a nursing home and it is not a fun journey for these people. I've found that journaling helps a lot in remembering a little, if nothing else how irrational I was in my thinking when struggling with my mental health. Journaling when upset or angry really helps also, as it gets my feelings out so I don't pop a gasket. I can make it into a long prayer and it really helps.
The single most important youtuber/ creator i know of. As well as being utterly beautiful in terms of colour and cinematics to watch. Theres always a message of self help and deeper meaning or enrichment. Enables connection on levels ive not experienced on any other channel. Huge fan Jake. 👏
I have said this before, I am in my 50s and I certainly have learned a lot more than just photography from you- I too also take many pictures of my family and myself and spend most of my income in creating memories.- Why? well, When I am on my death bed I don't want to remember or think about the things I purchased or acquired. I want to be thinking of all the moments and memories and events with my family and friends while listening to music.
Every year since 2017, I’ve been making a playlist of all the songs I play on repeat throughout the year. Every time I go back to those songs, a hundred memories and emotions associated with those songs come flooding back. And if I feel good in a moment, I’ll put on a song to capture that feeling forever. It’s incredible what music can do 🖤
Damn this one hits home. Watching my grandma have her mind destroyed by dementia is breaking me. It’s crazy how she can remember random small details from the past, but can’t remember what she just said. She’s listened to Swiss yodeling bands for decades so I’m definitely going to try and see it that music will trigger different memories for her. Thanks Jake!
So true! My dad is a music therapist, and he works everyday with people who have dementia and alzheimer's, and some of the stories that he has are amazing. Music is super powerful.
Love the shots in this video! I'm only 20 right now but I've noticed I am already forgetting things that I did when I was like 4-10 years old and around that time I took pride in being able to remember pretty much everything. So, finding new ways to remember my life and experiences has become very important to value the little things and value things that once made me happy but I had just forgotten.
I have been doing something similar for more than three years, I’ve been creating a playlist in my phone for each month of each year and added the songs that I discovered that month and mostly listened at that time. Totally worth it, now I can remember what I used to listen back in 2019 and what you said, the feelings and experiences I had and why I listened those songs at that time, I totally recommend this.
I use Day One Journal for writing down my life and the day-to-day minutiae, and have done so for nearly a decade now! I love watching videos like this because it gives me new ways to think about how to capture my life as I live it, and how to remember people, places, feelings, and so on from days long gone. It offers me the ability to really dig into my memory and think about what more I could add to the contextual narratives of my lives as I've lived them.
Thank you for this wonderful creation, and may your memories continue to flourish and subsist how you wish them to.
This video should have a million videos bro. Good reminder to everyone out there amidst a time where social media is everything. Sometimes literally just enjoying the moment in life as is, is the best way to go about it. Thanks man, some solid points made in the video!
dude our mindset and way of thinking are so unbelievably similar that i just had to convey this over by this comment. like i was literally predicting where your sentences were going when u began speaking them. a lot of things u talked about are already stuff that i have thought about. our favourite quotes are the same too! its kinda unreal how much similarities we share. love your work, keep this up!
Thank you Jake, I’m a dementia care giver music is amazing…music therapy of your favorite music. Photos and videos of families are very important as well because they remember everyone younger.
Dude, I get giddy when you upload. You’re storytelling capability is phenomenal. I’m always so inspired by your work, bro. Keep grinding and making a difference in peoples lives🤙🏼
Every time I hear a song I used to love I'm immediately brought back to the memories during that period. It's so strong and powerful.
Man.. I know this vid is over a year old but this is exactly what I needed to hear today. Thanks bro ❤️
You’re such an inspiration! As a musician I have so many voice memos full of ideas so maybe using that could also help you out. It’s like you’re in a meeting with yourself when you relisten and edit.
It's like time travel it's almost like you're reliving that time of your life, could really feel the person you were back then.
Gah - this is so powerful, man. My wife is always amazed at how I can know the year that a song came out (*explicit* memory) even from 15, 20, 25 years ago. I just know how I felt during that period of my life (*implicit* memory), so that makes it really easy. And it's fun to sit back and let those feelings wash over me for a minute... But I'd never really consciously thought of that link between the two. Thanks for making it all make more sense... though you've now rubbed off the shine of my magic ability to know song release dates! 🤣
Dude, the way you edit, you talk, you document all these videos is freaking awesome. Keep on working on it please. You really smashed it up once again. ❤️
Man, I'm so glad I found your channel. Especially this video, the tie between music and memory rings so true for me as well. Some of my strongest memories involve jamming with friends as kids. The album I listened to on my train ride through the Italian countryside. An album I used to spam with a close buddy who we lost recently has been the sharpest reminder of him. You have a lot of profound ideas and a gift for putting them into video form.
I am just a guy from Austria. Sitting at work at a 8 hours shift . While i am doing my Job, i have my earpods in and listening to your Video. Somehow i feel something beside my boring job i usually dont feel. i feel good.! Thank you. 😅
Funnily enough, I've collected a spotify playlist for years, conviniently called "memories". But yea, that is so true with music. I met someone once who was not able to speak or communicate in any way at all anymore, completely "out from this world", but when you'd put a guitar on her hands, she would play multiple songs perfectly, and those were not even the easiest songs there are. It was just incredible.
7:56 lol Sneaky little rick roll there. I see you.
Just noticed that, too :D
Tried to play music for my mom today. She seemed to enjoy it. Thank you!
That's actually a really interesting and new way to keep track of memories, and I think it can be very useful. I also strongly associate songs with memories, sowriting them down would be a game changer. Would. If I actually sit down and write them. Never was the diary person, but I do write when I feel a rush of emotions, and rereading those journal entries also help relive moments :)
I love this. You have some of the most intriguing ways of talking about complicated subjects and making them feel relaxing and informative. You are such a great story teller and I appreciate it!
I don’t keep the Excel Spreadsheet but as soon as this video started I thought you would talk about music & memories because I could relate 100%. There is many songs as soon as they play it brings back amazing memories!!! Cool video man!!
This is why I like sketching and painting; I remember it differently to a photo or video, I can remember where I was more vividly :)
What a great video man, Production quality is insane. This touched me in a way I wasn't prepared for, considering I'm always worried about how fast life flies by. I appreciate you, sub earned.
I'm addicted to your channel dude. And this was the best video I've seen until now. This one and "the internet sucks..." You became one of my mentors/inspirations now. Thank you
That's why I love Spotify, Liked Songs playlist is literally a time machine for me, because i can scroll down to a specific date and remember the circumstances in which i was listening to a certain song
Wow what an original video. Honestly, this might be the most amazing video I have ever watched. I can't even bring it to words. A song journal, I'll get one of those ;) Thank Jake and again, amazing video
man, love it!
there is a music that my dad used to sing, and every time i listen to it, remember so many things, it’s amazing!
That’s such great advice! 👏🏽👏🏽
Wow! This video goes straight to the heart. Much appreciation for sharing your thoughts on treasuring & preserving those special memories we all have. Loved it.
Another powerful and inspiring video from Jake. This is so cool to find someone else with a song journal. I have been keeping a list of songs and memories associated with them since I started university because I wanted to make sure I remembered all of my time at college. Combine that with the thousands of photos and videos, I can go back to amazing times. I would definitely recommend anyone to make a song journal. Again, great video Jake!
For several months, (years ?), I found out like you that music was a strong anchor of memories. Each time I listen to an "old" song, I relive the moment when this song played. Some songs have more influence than others. My problem is that I never register the title of the group performing. Today I'm trying to gather as much information as I can and find these old song and build my "life" playlist.
Music also have a strong effect on my mood. Lighten it up, or on the contrary a way to "let it go" when I'm down. I'll also building a list of songs for that matter.
There are also songs I experience in some bad / sad moment, that are lovely, but I just can't listen to them any more as they are bringing back those sad moments...
Finally, everytime I'm listening to a songs, I've no more voice talking in my head, but images of a video clips I'm building in my head !
Thank you for this video Jake. Take care.
Really enjoyed your insights on this subject. I worked in an Alzheimer's care facility for a couple years and it changed my life. Amazing what triggers memories and how much music is a part of positive experiences. Thank you, you have a wonderful heart.
This is by far the most emotional paid promotion video I have ever seen. The way you told this was spot on, and I was actually watching another TH-cam video of a girl singing ‘you are my sunshine’ with her baby brother who has Down syndrome, and got me crying somehow, thinking that music/song has the power to spark joy and speaks to one’s emotions.
Jake knows how to put out a story from within his heart to the hearts of others!! Man, keep going ❤️
The video touched me a lot, in my family there is dementia as well as I have known for 2 years that I am a neurodiverse person, since my youth I know that I am dyslexic, this form has difficulty remembering what I have just said or seen. As an aphantasie, my memories go back between 4-6 years, which severely limits my ability for deep and wide memory. It also makes me a little emotional, it always makes me sad, due to the further neurodiversity of the adh it makes my memories a little confused, which is very difficult for me in the memory with others. Since this year I know that I am autistic, which explained a lot of things in my life to me, very amazing. It's hard for me to realize who I am right now. What strikes me from time to time is that when I listen to songs from my youth, the one and the other memories come to mind again, unfortunately only fragments, because the neurodiversities deny me further access. That's crazy.
Thank you for your video❤🎉
This makes so much sense. There is music that I won't listen too because it was popular when I was going through hard times. I will immediately shut it off. It just brings back too many bad memories.
I would like to try this on my Grandma though. She has dementia and maybe music from her childhood might bring some good memories.
i listened to a playlist while on a roadtrip and when i listen to it now it immediately brings back the memories and feelings, happens with the short books i read on that trip too.
Your videos are incredible! I get so hyped everytime I see you've uploaded! Thank you for inspiring us all!
Hitting the nail on the head again! Music is so much more than just the title and the lyrics. Something I always go by is, never judge someone by the music they listen to, because you never know what that music has gotten them through.
This is why I love you dude!! I saw that document a couple years ago and it was so powerful. As a musician I couldn’t agree with you more. I’m always stoked of the power of music. Just awesome.
For a lot of different moments in time. the last time before covid having friends I went on a school trip with them and there is a song that encapsulates the experience and every time I hear it I go look at the pictures I took and remember the time, my first date when I had the worst week of my life and then had so much fun, My baptism and the spirit I felt that day. Music has always been such a big part of my life and I could never explain why but because of you I now know. And I will be starting my own music journal.
Great points! After I went through my vision loss, I found that my memory has definitely improved since I think memory is a muscle and it takes lots of effort to flex at times, but when we do it definitely grows. My auditorial memory has definitely grown, but I have also gotten into using cameras since my vision loss which has been a powerful way to clearly capture things in person that I can look at on my computer later to enhance my visual memory through photo and video.
You are wise beyond your years my friend! The 80's were rough on me but there was one song that helped me through it. "Power and the Passion" by Midnight Oil. There was one line that resonated with me at that time " It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees..." That song, to this day, is so powerful for me. Absolutely love your work and your ability to tell a meaningful and powerful story!
Just want to let you know that despite your vids being so short it hits right to the core. It's as if someone I don't know gets me. I even have the word marvel tattooed on me because in one of your travel vids you said that people tend to like to travel because they marvel at anything, they pause, they pay attention. ✨
I notice your positive self talk. Good to have!
Hands down one of the best videos I have seen of yours Jake. As someone who's father died from complications from from Alzheimers and his brother diagnosed as well, it scares me as well. Music is such a powerful driving force. It knows no bounds and reach so many people and affect them in different ways. I think the music journal is an awesome idea and I'm going to try it! ✌️
This is so true! I remember when I was on a holiday with my little brother a few years ago, we were surfing for the first time (absolutely hooked now). When we were driving with the surf school van to ‘the secret spot’ for our last lesson I was just staring out of the window and saw the waves crashing on the big cliffs. It was such a peaceful moment that I genuinely felt so good in. On the radio was first R.E.M with Losing my Religion and then Coldplay with Paradise. Now everytime me of my brother hears either of these songs we instantly remember the holiday, the people we met and I can just picture it like it was yesterday. Music is incredibly powerful! Thank you for sharing this Jake, I really enjoy your videos! 👌🏼
This video hits different. I can relate to the way a certain song lights up a memory from a specific time of your life. I have an entire Spotify playlist called “nostalgia” and it’s all old songs from high school that aren’t even good but I listened to them on repeat back then & it literally feels like a time portal if I ever want to experience those memories & emotions again
Jake! This is my second time watching this as I’ve been looking to find new creative inspiration for my channel. Appreciate you and all your hard work. Keep it going!
You two sides of social media, the negative, distraction side and the little positive side. You're on the positive side and I think you help a lot of people with your video's!
This is so funny because I wasn’t expecting you to say music as a way of keeping hold of memories but I’ve done this for years and it’s crazy how much it connects me to myself, and secures me in my identity.
Just making a TH-cam playlist with whatever feels like your kind of songs at the time, it lets you go back and remember how strong everything was, how deep those feelings went.
Another thing I do to pair with the music is writing. As soon as I started thinking of it not as journalling, but writing, I immediately was able to flow into it way better. Because remembering the feelings from the point of view of your past self, it adds so much understanding to what you were thinking at the time, what your perception was. Just opening up notes and saying what you thought, or deceiving a powerful moment that happened that day, you’ll likely never get the exact moment again, but documenting it through the lens of how you felt the moment went, it’s incredible what it can do
I have often wondered about this same subject... memory and senses. Awesome video Jake, thanks!
You simply give it a name "Time machine" . It is true about the music, few years ago I had a trip to France and the first thing I remember of that trip was a song from a movie "Good Year" (related to France) after that song memories started to flow ... Thanks Jake
That’s so wonderful! 😍
I don’t have a songs diary but I have years Spotify library from 2010 where I have saved almost every song I have listened to in that year 😉
Thankyou for making this video , I been thinking a lot lately on how to feel more present in the now. It is so easy for us artists that we always want to see and experience the next biggest thing so we tend to forget what it is like to just live in the moment. What really helps for me though is to write down the things that made my day even if it is the smallest little bit of information. Thankyou for your videos
man this video is so heartwarming!!
I listen to music almost all of the time. So what I'm gonna do now is journal every day and always write how I feel + a song that I liked on that day / during that phase so when I lose my memory one day I can hopefully remember it better. Thanks for this useful tipp with the music
Beautifully done and very well-spoken.
Music and songs don't just make your memories feel real but also your dreams and the memories that are not even yours are feel to be much alive with true music. Like for example you can feel and visualise what's like living in Tokyo in 50's or in Jamaica in 30's by just listening songs of that time of that place, it's just like a partial time travel and it feels powerfull and humanne.
Also one another thing I feel about memory is that it's not just a single memory but a cluster of memory that is binded together with other memories of the same time, so one way is to remember some of your memories look at the major incidents happening at that time like reading past newspapers or memories of someone else of that time can reignite your little memories too.
Thanks for creating thing, love you as always ❤️❤️
This is definitely one of the most powerful videos that I’ve seen on TH-cam. Great message and awesome awesome interpretation. I’ve said it for about 25 years now that music is the soundtrack to our life. And every time I hear a song it literally takes me back to the day. I heard it where I was what I was doing etc. Really cool video bro.
Today is the first day in my new house, the purpose of the move was to be closer to family with alzheimer's. So this one hit home! Always great work Jake.
Ah man, that's awesome. Congrats on the move! Thanks Zack 🙏 appreciate you tons!
I love your videos so much lately. They give me such a good and warm feeling inside. So I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for your thoughts, ideas and the beautiful images. :)
Thankyou for this. Will definitely do that. I think it is a great way to remember the memories especially for people whose world revolves around music. Thankyou for making super great videos and introducing us to this.
Absolutely outstanding as always Jake! Nothing stirs me inside as much as music it’s the one thing I couldn’t live without. Dementia has affected my family for generations too… I feel your pain. Live well dude.
Honestly brilliant. Music is the emotional rollercoaster 🎢
The music journal idea is very good. It's been a while since I listened to music, like only for myself, purposely to make me feel something. It can seems weird but I find it hard to look for music that I would like. I don't like very much spotify and youtube suggestions. And I don't listen to radio because the advertising annoys me. So I'm kinda stuck. It take too much time to find the music I like that I kinda... gave up. I now realize what I'm missing and I think I'm going to change that (loss of) habit. And why not start a music journal, yeah.
My way of remembering is writing. Poetry, journaling, inner thoughts, reflexions, ideas, letters to my past self, letters to my future self, pamplets, articles... Doesn't matter what, I write. Writing can help to store so much things. It's a beautiful art form to me because you can twist and model the words so they express what you feel in so much ways, with so much tools.
Anyway, thank you for this video. I really like your work.
this video could not have come at a better time! just this topic has been on my mind lately and you gave me a great idea. thank you so much :D
These are honestly my favorite videos on YT. So amazing how I was thinking about this same idea, and now there is a video giving me concrete proof that this stuff works. Just great stuff.
Music is a wonderful weapon to remember the emotions of a moment.
It's amazing how often I hear some old songs and they perfectly remind me of that precise moment.
Your videos really touched me from the inner. I love your content.
Really like your videos!!! In anytime of fast pitching and hustle, the speed of your style inspires to slow down and thing about yourself. Thanks for that!!
Wow this is so true, a photo and video can’t fully capture memories the way smell and touch and the whole experience with all of your senses can capture, the way it fully FELT in that moment.
This video just pointed me in the right direction. Thank you Jake.
this is DEEP. I loved every minute of it!
Late to the party but wanted to share this ! observation drawing is incredible for memory.
from time to time I take the habit of drawing anytime or anywhere i go. I like also to right comments, I take notes on the weither, feels, conversations, jokes... Very quick drawings most of the time, or longer ones if I draw my lover sleeping for exemple.
I notice that years later, when I go back to these shecktbooks, it's incredible how I remember everything.
I often remember what we were saying, how it felt, when it was. But most strongly how I was feeling at the time emotion-wise. Like. Amazingly well.
I think the act of drawing,(with the level of subjectivity it demands and the fact that you have to actually take some time to do it) manages to really incapsulate a moment. Idk. :)
Wow such a great video! Really connected with the music part… thanks a lot! Looking forward to see more of that.
omg the song journal is such a great idea, I am starting mine right now
It really works!
So inspiring. Thank you
This is such a brilliant idea!! Thank you for sharing it!
This helped me realise that i already do this but additionally you added the looking up photos from that memory Thanks!
Thanks Jake - for highlighting this thought - It's funny - I do exactly the same... with music...but more - I record TONS of audio clips...of the places I travel - and then perform the same catalog methodology. Indexing the catalog is key to finding info later on
Jake, you truly inspire me to make videos💛 - YES, I think music is like the texture of time; it prints feelings in our soul, so when we get to replay "that song," it is like "wearing" back a memory inside; that only you know-how! I also use music to pin my memories. I truly appreciate your thoughts, your ways of visually sharing your feelings, the topics, and your sincere ways of exposing your mind and heart through cinematography and photography. Thank you so much! 😃
this is actually incredibly useful, thank you for sharing this Jake. love your vids!
Hahaha! First of all, I love the video, the message is on point, you're inspiring as always and this is definitely something that I struggle with, so it really resonated with me... but why is no one talking about the amazing rick roll that you snuck in there?! It just made an already awesome video that much better; well done!!!
How is it that I feel some TH-camrs just speak the exact same wavelength as me hahah. Your videos are something I look up to so much, they're a huge inspiration for my channel... Music is my absolute no 1 way of remembering my life, and I've been talking about it for so long now. But I've never thought to make a song journal, which is an awesome idea. I'll definitely try it out! Thanks for the video, man!
Will definitely make a song journal, you are absolutely spot on about the memory connected with song thing , although not all of those songs memories are much important, but rather than having them fade away in mind , why not just save it because it might not be important now but some day it'll be beautiful to just got through those
And again, a different approach to an interesting topic. that is the reason I bought your presets and subscribed to your channel. stay safe bro and thanks for the awesome content.
Nice video & really thought provoking. There's a real class in your storytelling. Nice work
Jake, ILYSM ........ great message, you are the best.
Forgetting is one of my greatest fears in life.
My family doesn't have a history of dementia or Alzheimer's but watching movies/tvshows/reading books on it. I thought how cruel it is and I started thinking, too, how I wanted to protect those memories and remember when I am older. So, I started taking a lot of pictures, saving old songs, and recording video/audio bites of small moments with friends/family (even it's cringe at the moment). Trying to be my own historian in a way.
Anyways, I just wanted to say thank you Jake for making this video! It's nice to know that I am not alone when having these kinds of thoughts.
so footages are so beautiful man 🥺
This is such a beautiful and powerful video