Alternative Finance has talent

You look at your regular Alternative Finance professional and you may think that's all there is to them, but in some cases, you'd be wrong.

In the depths of the alternative finance industry you may be surprised to find a few dark horses. Those who lend funds by day, but play a completely different tune by night.

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music has unearthed multiple findings relating to music psychology. These include discoveries asserting that musicians have a better memory than non-musicians and have a tendency to have a higher level of information retention.

So, potentially, those in the industry with musical talents could have a higher skill than others for recalling information.

The Weekender is aware of a number of Musician's in the industry including Bridgebank Capital's Laurence Goodman and Brightstar Financial's Kit Thompson both being guitar players. Also, ASTL spokesperson and industry PR figure Debbie Staveley is understood to be a saxophonist in her spare time.

Singing has been concluded to have positive impacts on a person's mental state. The release of hormones through singing is known to relieve both stress and anxiety.

Also, this positive impact is apparently present regardless of whether the person is actually any good at singing. After Alan Cleary's Poker Night this summer, Medianett certainly has an idea of who the good and bad ones are in the industry...

Additionally, multiple studies conducted in the field of background music have found it to be a proven tool to enhance marketing strategies and viewer comprehension. Behaviour can be influenced depending on the style of the background music and the task at hand.

Research involving digit detection tasks illustrated  that the presence of music can have a a positive influence on a person's attention levels.

So, it could, in fact, be a good idea to tune into some music at the office to heighten productivity.

Stuck for choice of radio stations? Well if you wanted to keep things industry related you could  tune into ?... and listen to what DJ Danny Power from Hope Capital has playing.

Alternatively, head for popular music website www.loveukgarage.co.uk, which is powered by none other than Alternative Bridging Corporation's Mike Jones.

Although, it may be a smart idea to limit yourself, as studies have found that in a numerical capacity a person's retention levels can be negatively influenced when compared to silence.

So perhaps just limit music to a Friday afternoon.